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6 main differences between American and Russian make-up

'03.03.2019'

It would seem that the shops are almost the same everywhere, and we all use similar cosmetics. But how then does it turn out that girls in the USA and Russia look completely different? Explains the beauty blogger Avemi Lissa, who travels and analyzes images of beauties at home and abroad.

Skin tone

In the US, girls start to join and experiment with makeup earlier than our girls, writes lady.mail.ru. By 15 years, American teenagers (boys, by the way, it happens too) are already actively testing cosmetics. And especially a lot of attention is paid to the tone. The classic of creating a good tone for an American looks like this: cleansing, base, color correctors for eliminating local flaws, tonal basis, concealer, sculpting with cream, powder, sculpting with dry means, and highlighter.

For Russians, everything is usually simpler: cleansing, foundation, concealer under the eyes, powder. And to be honest, many of the names from the “American menu” are not everyone in our state knows (which is why we try to write more often about highlighters and sculptors). By the way, American women never forget to apply a primer or moisturizer under cosmetics, they know that this will prolong the life of makeup. In our country, girls are just beginning to understand that moisturizing is a mandatory element of the program.

Eyebrows

Despite the fact that in the world for several years in a row the trend for wild and careless eyebrows has been confidently holding on, in America things are different: there are clear and outlined eyebrows at the peak (if you don’t take the modeling business). For Russia, graphic eyebrows go farther into the past, we are more focused on European fashion, where naturalness is in progress.

A typical eyebrow makeup for an American looks like this: eyebrow fudge, a pencil or eye shadow for shaping the start of the eyebrows, shape-giving gel and always concealer under and over the eyebrow to give an ideal shape. Highlighter (means for shine) also occupies an honorable place in this list (it is applied to the stone under the eyebrow). Russians have a smaller set: they have enough shadows and gel. Most Americans love eyebrow sweets (the advantages of this tool are clear to us), we have a favorite product - shadows.

Evening eye makeup

If in the day’s make-up, American women are not too eloquent (usually natural shades), then for the evening they take the base, the shadows, the concealer, the glitter, the eyeliner (both the upper and the lower eyelids), the mandatory selection of the inner corner of the eyes with golden, silver or bronze shadows and false eyelashes. The color range is preferably bright: pink, green, blue shades.

Evening make-up for Russian girls is calmer: the shadows are mostly black, gray or brown, applied using the Smokey Aiz technique, and bulk mascara. False eyelashes among Russian women are almost not popular, but we love eyelash extensions and lamination.

Strobing and contouring

American girls do not like the soul in the strobe (that is, the technique that gives a face a shine, for this they use the highlighter most often). Russian girls are hardly interested in highlighters, they have, at best, the only product from this family, while American women can have a huge number of highlighters of all colors and textures (holographic, and silver, and liquid, and dry). To explain it is simple: for us, the shine on the face is associated with oily skin, and not with natural radiance.

And a little about another popular technique - contouring, which allows you to emphasize the cheekbones, visually narrow the nose and hide other flaws on the face. Often, due to contouring, it is difficult to understand the age of an American woman, which is hidden under this “mask”. So there was a trend for free-makeup, when the girl 30 years can look at the same time and 10 years younger and older. For Russians, contouring is already overkill: you have to spend a lot of time, and it’s not completely clear why this is necessary.

Pomade

In the United States, matte lipstick and a pencil are still held in high esteem to give your lips a clear outline. Americans also like to experiment with application techniques and shades. If it’s not a business meeting, then a girl from the States can easily go out or take a selfie with green, black or blue lips (and on this day Halloween will not be necessary).