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Cosmetic wizardry: Asian women removing makeup to reveal their true selves goes viral【Video】
Watch them undergo some serious transformations.
Our male Japanese-language reporter gets a professional makeover, becomes pretty cheerleader
- Dale Roll
Jun 22, 2018
Football players might be surprised by what they’d find under this cheerleader’s skirt…
- Japan
- (Ahiru Neko • COK • cross-dressing • makeover • makeup • SNOJ)
Chinese artist transforms herself into 2-D masterpieces with only the use of makeup【Video】
- Krista Rogers
May 21, 2018
See the Mona Lisa and another Renaissance-era classics come to life…in vivid 2-D!
The upside of dating a man whose hobby is joso, or cross-dressing as a woman【Interview】
- Casey Baseel
May 8, 2018
Tokyo makeup artist tells us why having a joso-loving lover makes the relationship “twice as fun.”
- Japan
- (crossdressing • crossplay • joso • makeup • relationships • romance)
Half-Chinese woman undergoes extensive cosmetic surgery to become the next living Barbie doll
- Koh Ruide
Mar 26, 2018
Born from the need to raise her self-esteem, this woman turned to plastic surgery to look more Caucasian.
- USA
- (cosmetic surgery • Los Angeles • makeup • nose job • real-life Barbie)
Faced with a dilemma of choosing between Korean or Japanese makeup, Meg decides to do both【Pics】
- Koh Ruide
Mar 1, 2018
Which do you think suits her better?
Japanese beauty magazine asks readers to identify the one crossdresser among 12 beautiful women
- Koh Ruide
Jan 29, 2018
An interesting campaign that shows off the power of their products.
- Japan
- (beauty • crossdressing • makeup • Otoko no ko)
Finger Dance Makeup: Shiseido reveals the history of Japanese makeup through finger dance【Video】
- Oona McGee
Dec 12, 2017
From Heian Period ladies to today’s modern girls, Shiseido finds a unique way to showcase dramatic changes in beauty trends over the years.
- Japan
- (beauty • culture • history • Japanese beauty • Japanese history • makeup • Shiseido • trends)
Beautiful YouTuber shows Japanese and Korean makeup trend differences in half-faced comparison
- Casey Baseel
Nov 28, 2017
In colors and application techniques, the two countries go their separate ways when it comes to cosmetics.
Princess Peach approves new Super Mario beauty products
- Anime News Network
Oct 15, 2017
Japanese make-up cosmetic line Shu Uemura is introducing a holiday collection to look your Princess Peach best.
- Japan, USA
- (Anime News Network • cosmetics • makeup • nintendo • Super Mario • video games)
Japanese men reveal the things they notice when they see a woman without makeup
- Oona McGee
Oct 12, 2017
Almost half of the respondents said they experienced a sense of disappointment when they saw a woman’s unmade face.
- Japan
- (beauty • femininity • Japanese women • makeup • poll • skin • Surveys • women)
Japanese cosmetics ad has women recoiling in horror as ugly man tries to help one of them【Video】
- Casey Baseel
Sep 26, 2017
Their reactions are very different in alternate version with handsomer guy, though.
- Japan
- (ad • beautiful women • controversy • cosmetics • facial masks • Handsome men • makeup • video)
Japan’s Unique Skin Girls bring their brightly coloured complexions out to the streets of Tokyo
- Oona McGee
Sep 18, 2017
The girls showed off the new underground fashion trend in one of the city’s most upmarket shopping streets.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • cosplay • cosplay costumes • cosplayers • fashion • Harajuku • isshoku hada • makeup • Omotesando)
Japanese man religiously followed “9 grooming steps” for three years, netted himself a girlfriend
- Koh Ruide
Sep 18, 2017
After undergoing a three year transformation, he advocates going to great lengths to be popular with women.
- Japan
- (before and after • crossdress • grooming • Japanese Twitter • makeup • personal grooming • weight loss • weight training)
We got a circus show-girl makeover at Studio Esperanto in Kyoto 【Photos】
- Shannon McNaught
Sep 10, 2017
Do you want to be glamorous for a day? Studio Esperanto can help with that!
- Japan
- (circus • cosmetics • cosplay • makeover • makeup • photo studio • photography)
YouTube channel starring 71-year-old Korean grandma is a big hit 【Video】
- Shannon McNaught
Aug 12, 2017
Yeah, your grandma is cool, but does she have a YouTube channel with over 290,000 subscribers?
- Korea
- (funny • grandma • Humor • Korea • makeup • makeup tutorial • South Korea • YouTube)
A century’s worth of Japanese beauty trends, from silver screen chic to puffy-eyed catharsis
- Casey Baseel
Jul 26, 2017
Shiseido tracks Japanese makeup movements through the decades.
Naomi Watanabe shares her beauty secrets in hilariously down-to-earth makeup tutorial 【Video】
- Oona McGee
Jul 19, 2017
The comedian known as “Japan’s Beyonce” reveals embarrassing details we can all relate to in her debut video for Vogue.
- Japan
- (beautiful women • beauty • comedians • makeup • makeup tutorial • Naomi Watanabe • Vogue)
Kina Shen: The beautiful Asian woman who looks like a living doll【Video, pics】
- Oona McGee
Jul 5, 2017
The stunning porcelain doll lookalike shares the secrets behind her amazing appearance.
- Japan
- (Barbie • beautiful women • cosplay • cosplayers • cute • dolls • Goth Lolita • gothic • Instagram • lolita • makeup)
Cosplay catastrophe countermeasure: How to keep your makeup nice at a sweaty anime convention
- Casey Baseel
Jun 28, 2017
Many fans say anime isn’t for little kids, but this cosplay solution makes use of something that is.
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