Growing up Asian in a predominantly white neighborhood, Eve Cong endured plenty of ridicule about the shape of her eyes. “I can say that I love my features now, but growing up, society taught me to ...
A Mercedes-Benz ad aired on Chinese social media website Weibo has since been pulled after users claimed makeup featured on one of the models reinforced racist beauty standards placed on Asian women ...
Jannel Varona hated smiling when she was a kid. It began when the now-fashion influencer, known as @StreetStyleTeller, was 9 years old and moved to the United States from the Philippines. It was ...
When it comes to makeup, commonly touted tips and tricks aren’t always universally flattering (or applicable), especially if you have monolids, hooded eyes or a variation of almond-shaped eyes and ...
Chinese social media has been engrossed in an eye-popping debate over ads depicting alleged Western beauty ideals for Asian women, including the usage of makeup to create stereotypical “slanted eyes.” ...
The fox-eye stalks me these days. The algorithmic TikTok, Youtube and Instagram do fine jobs in pushing make-up tutorials with Caucasian models pulling their eyes back to make them appear slanted. I ...
I’ve had straight, stubborn lashes my entire life—courtesy of my Asian genes. When I was a teenager trying to puzzle out makeup, I remember scanning mascara magazine ads, watching mascara commercials, ...
In this video, I demonstrate how to create a natural smokey eye makeup look for small Asian eyes or monolids using double eyelid tape. Products used include: - Daiso Matte Double Eyelid Tape (single ...
On social media (especially Douyin - the Chinese version of TikTok), a new trend from China has been making waves lately: women are filming themselves removing their makeup, step by step, revealing ...
I don’t know when I first started thinking bigger eyes were better, but it felt like a fact of life—like knowing Disneyland was a happy place, and Mary-Kate was the sporty twin. It was my eye shape, ...