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post #46 of 50
9/14/08 at 10:33am
All of this depends on so many factors, but in general, I think it is easier for Asians (especially Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans) to pull off the "no tan" look. Many of my Asian friends are very pale and it works. For me, as a tall, skinny white guy, if I don't have some color, I look like a cancer patient and sometimes even have people ask if I feel okay. It's just something about my complexion. So, I don't really go out in the sun more than normal, but I will go to the tanning bed once a week or two in the winter, just to keep a bit of color. LK... I didn't read through all the products you are looking for, but you may also want to check out some of the Shiseido, Kanebo, and other Japanese company products...
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post #47 of 50
9/15/08 at 5:32am
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I can't wait for the winter for my skin to look severely pale for a person of Oriental persuasion. Combine this with my winter inclination to wear dark blacks and blues.

I aspire to Bowie in Man Who Fell To Earth paleness.

Granted, I take preventive measures in the summer to make myself pale as well.

Why not just use a skin lightener?
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post #48 of 50
9/15/08 at 5:39am
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Originally Posted by rach2jlc View Post
All of this depends on so many factors, but in general, I think it is easier for Asians (especially Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans) to pull off the "no tan" look. Many of my Asian friends are very pale and it works. For me, as a tall, skinny white guy, if I don't have some color, I look like a cancer patient and sometimes even have people ask if I feel okay. It's just something about my complexion. So, I don't really go out in the sun more than normal, but I will go to the tanning bed once a week or two in the winter, just to keep a bit of color. LK... I didn't read through all the products you are looking for, but you may also want to check out some of the Shiseido, Kanebo, and other Japanese company products...
Perhaps you could go for a natural 18th century powdered look. Upper class men would powder their faces leaden white and then use blush to achieve a kind of weird rose-cheeked look of purity, the end-result of which most likely looked quite grotesque, at least to our eyes. On the other hand, very tanned Asians also look quite bizarre. I would venture to say that really bronzed Asian skin looks far grotesque than excessively powdered skin.
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post #49 of 50
9/15/08 at 6:33am
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On the other hand, very tanned Asians also look quite bizarre. I would venture to say that really bronzed Asian skin looks far grotesque than excessively powdered skin.

What LK said.

Ganguro:
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post #50 of 50
9/16/08 at 9:21am
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and then use blush to achieve a kind of weird rose-cheeked look of purity, the end-result of which most likely looked quite grotesque, at least to our eyes.
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This reminds me of a prescription in the "Hagakure," an 18th century Japanese guidebook for loyal retainers/samurai. Amongst other things (such as how how to apply spit to your earlobes to keep from yawning at the wrong time or how good samurai men should treat their younger boyfriends to keep them from being jealous), it also prescribed the right way to apply various shades of make-up when committing seppuku so that the face looked "rose-cheeked" when someone discovered the body, instead of blanched. If I remember correctly, it said, "one must be the color of cherry blossoms... even in death."

As for the pic posted above, I see those kids every time I go to Tokyo. Japanese people think they are just as weird as we do...
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