Ulzzang (얼짱) Makeup

So today, I'm going to talk about Ulzzangs. In Korean, Ulzzang means best faced. This term usually refers to people on the internet who has really nice pictures, with a flawless looking face and natural eye makeup. But people mostly only use this term to famous internet people who has these features. Online, they seem to have a really flawless looking face with a pointy jaw line. But in real life, I don't know if that is really true because all of those features can be achieved by using Photoshop/ other picture editing software. And I have seen Ulzzangs on TV shows and their face does look different from their photos. For example Ulzzang Pony (Park Hye Min). In her pictures, she seems to have a really nice defined pointy jaw line but in her makeup tutorials (Pony's Beauty Diary), her jaw isn't really that pointy. (I love Ulzzang Pony. Don't get me wrong. I'm just using her as an example)

Makeup wise, Ulzzang's key points are (this applys to both boy and girl) :
-Circle lenses
-To make the eye appear bigger & change/enhance eye color
- BB cream
- To cover up imperfections & for a clear looking face
-Eyeliner
-Apply to top eye line for a natural look or,apply to top and 1/3 of lower outer corner to create               wider eyes

 -Use black for a more defined eye or use brown for a                   more natural eye















-Enhanced under eye fat (Aegyo Sal )
-Most Korean people have this. When you smile so much that your eyes kind of squint, there is a little bit or in some cases, a lot of "fat" under your eyes. According to some Koreans, they think that it is very cute to have that and some people even go as far as getting surgery to make their under eye fat bigger.
-If you don't have a visible under eye fat and don't want to get surgery to achieve this, you can actually squint your eyes, get a brown pencil liner or brown eye shadow and draw a line under the "fat". but be sure to blend it out afterward because you don't want it to look fake. Then get a white eye shadow and apply it to the area above the line you just drew. if you have a darker skin tone,use a eye shadow a shade lighter than your skin.

-Gradient Lips
-This is another key point to Ulzzang makeup because a gradient lip gives a more natural look to the lips and also making it look cuter
- To achieve this gradient lip, you will need a lip tint. Apply this lip tint in the inner part of your lips and on the outer part, you can either apply a nudeish pink lipstick or you can just leave it like that and apply a lip gloss or lip balm. But if you don't have a lip tint, you can use a red,berry, or bright pink  lipstick and dab it in the inner part of your lips.

-Straight Eyebrows
-Most Ulzzang will have a really straight and full eyebrow because it gives them a younger look. But I know that some Ulzzangs actually don't bother to do their eyebrows because their bangs will cover their eyebrow. (If an Ulzzang has straight bangs).
-Contoured and Highlighted nose
-This not only applies to Ulzzang but many people use this too. Just contour your nose to make it look slimmer and higher

That is basically everything. To achieve an Ulzzang look, just follow these key points and you might just have a chance of looking like an Ulzzang. An if you want to, you can also edit your picture. Like slimming the jaw line, make your eyes bigger, have clearer skin, and etc. There is nothing you can't do with Photoshop.

Here is what I did to myself:

Before

After

Here are some of my favorite Ulzzangs:

Park Hyung Seok

Pony (Park Hye Min)

Young Gi

 I hope you all enjoyed this post. And give it a try.