How to Apply Geisha Makeup?

Ever wonder how to apply make like in the movies of “Memoirs of a Geisha?” No, Geisha are not prostitutes! But “Geisha” is a female, professional Japanese entertainer and hostess. It is believed that Geisha started wearing white face makeup to establish themselves in society. Just like here in Taiwan, a white face is a sign of nobility and wealth. Some historians believe that Geisha started wearing white because the beautiful women in the west had white faces.

Well, learning to apply a Makeup like Geisha isn’t too difficult, but it does take practice. Just like how it works with anything, practice makes perfect. Let me take you through these steps:

• Before applying anything on your face, you need to clean and dry your face and apply face moisturizer.( moisturizer helps protect skin from makeup and prevent from being dry.)
• Apply a white foundation or a cakey white face paint to your face. (You don’t want the makeup to be too thick or too stark. Remember, you’re trying to be a geisha, not a clown!)
• Use an ivory foundation and then covering it with a white powder. (This should help moderate the color.)
• Draw new, thin, dark eyebrows above your existing eyebrows.
• Wait for foundation to dry,then put red blush on your cheeks. You want your checks to look full. To achieve this look, apply the blush to the round part of your check rather than lightly brushing it over your check bones.
• Eyes: outlining your entire eye with a thick eyeliner.
• Apply a dark eye shadow from your eye up to your eyebrow line.
• Put at least three coats of mascara on your eyelashes!
• Apply a dark red lipstick to your lips and viola.

Here is a video of a Japanese girl applying make up of a Geisha, Check it out:

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