As 2016 goes on, Korean make-up trends as made famous by some of our favourite K-Pop stars have been gaining popularity in North America.
In this article we will be touching on some of the most popular trends and products you can use to recreate mentioned trends!
With spring right around the corner, we’re all on board for having a healthy glow! The easiest way to achieve this is by highlighting the right areas of your face. For a natural looking glow, apply BECCA’s Shimmering Skin Perfector in Moonstone to your chin, cupid’s bow, tip of nose, and cheek bones to perfect that glow.
BECCA’s Shimmering Skin Perfector in ‘Moonstone’
In North American beauty trends, we’re still pretty partial to contouring and sculpting the face. The Korean trend is to lightly apply blush to the apples of the cheeks. It’s minimal, and almost effortless but has great payoff! The natural look looks great on everyone and is a great go to when you’re running late.
Miliani’s ‘Luminoso’ is a great blush for this look, a light, peach blush that brightens your whole look up!
Milani’s Baked Blush in ‘Luminoso’
Starting in 2015, matte, opaque lipsticks were all the rage but Korean trends are counteracting this movement with their use of sheer lipsticks. In North America, the focus was creating a bold and full coverage lip.
This Korean trend is perfect for the girls who want a more subtle lip look!
Achieve this trend with this Marc Jacobs lipstick
Marc Jacobs Beauty New Nudes Sheer Gel Lipstick in ‘Strange Magic 102′
While eyeliner is both a popular trend in both Korea and North America, the purpose is slightly different. In North America, we use eyeliner to create a bold and dramatic eye. Where in Korea, eyeliner is used to perfect the eye shape and elongate the eye. Try focusing the eyeliner on the wing / outer part of the eye to put this trend in effect.
Kat Von D’s Tattoo Liner is perfect for this!
Kat Von D’s Tattoo Liner in ‘Trooper’
In North America we can tend to go a bit overboard with our eyeshadow looks. We love bold and smoke, Koreans tend to sway the opposite and go for glitter shadows and more natural looks.
This again, is a perfect trend for all our lazy readers.
Glitter doesn’t have to be heavily blended and brightens the eyes resulting in a beautiful, versatile look!
The Naked 3 palette is perfect for this trend, the palette has a beautiful variety of natural matte and glittery shades
Being a broke university student like myself I am always looking for ways to amp up my style while still sticking to my budget. So instead of making more of those late night spend-y purchases online try some of these affordable fashion tips instead!
1. Thrift Shop
Like Macklemore says, “But shit, it was ninety-nine cents!”. You can find some real gems at thrift shops but be prepared to search. Make it fun and spend a day with friends searching your local thrift shops for some stellar items to add to your closet.
2. Flash-sales
You know, Hautelook, Beyond the Rack, Rue La La, all of those amazing sites that have new and incredible flash sales up everyday, sign up for them! They’ll send you emails every day when their new sales go online and most the time their over 50% off designer brands, we can’t get enough of these sites.
3. Clothes Swap
We all know you’ve got clothes lying around that you haven’t worn in years. Get all of that together and hold a clothes swap with friends. You’ll get rid of clothes you’ve never worn and in the process get cute new stuff!
