Byby Beauty Story: May 2014

Your Star Signs Inspire Your Makeup Colors

By Bybyelle - 11:13 PM

The Star Sign or Zodiac is a great way to predict people character and their daily decision in life.

By knowing our star sign, we can get to know with relevant and interesting facts about things related to our lives and personalities including our decision in choosing makeup style and colors.

The 12 Star Signs as follow: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, Pisces

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Another interest things are every star sign influence by life basic element ~ Air, Earth, Fire, Water ~

Air Earth

Fire Water

Knows your star sign first, then let's see how those star signs and its life elements affect your character in doing makeup and choosing certain colors;

AIR (Sanguine)

Lightness, care-freedom and vigilance characters are found in people under the sign of Libra, Aquarius or Gemini.

Their intellectual character encourages them to play different and unique makeup colors, ice blue and purple are their most favorable colors.

Korean Stars born in this air element:

Libra: Yoon Eun Hye, Yoon Shi Yoon

Aquarius: Park Shin Hye, Kim Soo Hyun, Victoria Song

Gemini: Im Yoo-Na, Kim Hyun Ah (Hyuna), Kim Hyun Joong

EARTH (Melancholic)

Quiet, deep emotionally, tend to be indifference are the signs of Capricorn, Taurus and Virgo people.

People who born under earth element likes a simplicity and practical things, their choice of colors is the easiest which is more neutral like basic earth brown tones to get the natural born look or to show their earth mystery side, the charcoal dark color for eyes can be good option.

Korean Stars born in this earth element:

Capricorn: Ok Tacyeon, Kim Hyo Jung (Hyorin), Lee Seung-Gi

Taurus: IU Lee Ji-Eun, Jang Wooyoung

Virgo: Kwon So Hyun, Jung IL Woo

FIRE (Choleric)

The bold and enthusiast characters of the fire lies on people who born under Aries, Leo or Sagittarius star signs.

The makeup that they usually like has to show their strong character like a fire, somewhat Red, bright Orange, deep Pink could be good choice for them.

Korean Stars born in this fire element:

Aries: Lee Gi Kwang, Choi Jin Ri (Sulli), Choi Si-Won, Kim Tae Hee

Leo: Tiffany Hwang Mi Young, Kwon Sang-Woo

Sagittarius: Song Hye Kyo, Daniel Henney

WATER (Phlegmatic)

Sensitive, mildness yet imaginative are the typical characters of Cancer, Scorpio and Pisces.

Their deep passion toward things in life lean in colors that gives them the luminous and glossy looks, glossy beige or silver colors that sparks as light are match with their characters.

Korean Stars born in this water element:

Cancer: Kim Woo Bin, Han Ji-Hye, Lee Min Ho, Jung Ji Hyun

Scorpio: Kim KiBeom (Key), Krystal Jung Soo Jung

Pisces: Park Min Young, Lee Hong-Gi

Those above are the basic preference based under sign of each star, however, every person is unique and their character is determined by many factors, time of birth can be a difference also. Therefore the color that suitable for each person can be different also, depends on their unique birth astrological aspects.

Don't agree with what written above? well just choose any colors that you think suit your personality best, doesn’t have to be a certain colors. Experiment using many different colors could be a fun thing to do, after all life is a rainbow to enjoy everyday. ┌（★ｏ☆）┘.

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All Natural Scrub you can make at home

By Bybyelle - 8:34 PM

Scrub is very good to lift up the dead skin cell and for other Vitamin or Serum you put on your face and body is absorbing well.

Korean like all natural scrubs, some we can even make it home. Here I compiled some of the info about all natural scrubs that you can make it home.

1. Sugar scrub
This is the easiest one to make, mixed sugar with extra virgin olive oil and raw honey for smoother result, or you can mixed sugar, virgin coconut oil and vanilla essence. Just make sure you know what your skin type and best ingredients for you. The white sugar is suitable for sensitive skin. You can make it also with unrefined cane sugar or brown sugar. Mostly to make this scrub, the proportion is 1:1:1 for each ingredient.
for example: if you put 2 table spoons of sugar, put also 2 table spoons of coconut oil and 2 table spoons of raw honey. But if you put vanilla extract, just add 1 table spoon is enough for nice scents. Add Vitamin E to enrich your skin.

2. Salt
This sea ingredient is really good to exfoliate your dead skin cell and renew it. Use fine sea salt to make this scrub, add 1/2 cup of sweet almond oil for every 1 cup of sea salt, drop 5-15 of your favourite essential oil, choose Lavender for relaxing feel, Lemongrass good for refreshing and Rosemary is best for stimulating.

3. Green Tea Sugar
Green tea known with its high antioxidant content and anti-aging effect, it also a good ingredient to make a homemade scrub, combine green tea, granulated sugar and tea tree oil, or you can skip the oil, it's still good to go. Brew your green tea, make 1 cup, let it cool first before you add a 5 full tablespoon of granulated sugar, blend well, add raw honey about 50ml, add 5 drops tea tree oil if you like.

4. Yogurt Canari
Wants a smooth and silky body then try Yogurt Canary as body scrub, yogurt is best for balance the pH+ level on your skin while canary seed is high content of enzymes, vegetable protein, amino acids and great for antioxidants. Get a plain white yogurt in one cup, blend also one cup canary half smooth, this canary works as the scrubs, add 2 tablespoon of aloe vera gel to get smoother result on skin. All mixed in one bowl, apply to your body regularly, feels a soothing skin as result.

5. Papaya Oat
Papaya commonly used as the base ingredients for whitening skin, rich of Vitamin A, C and E also highly antioxidant. If you live in Asia, this fruit is very easy to find and not too expensive. Prepare a ripe papaya, clean the seed and mashing it. Next, get a full 1 cup of plain oatmeal, grind it, then mix it with the papaya mashed, add 3 tbsp of raw honey.

Its important before you do the scrub on your face, you have to make sure that your face is clean first. Apply the scrub, rub it gently~~ again gently on your face, wait 15 minutes then wash your face with lukewarm water, put mild toner and moisturizer for maximum result.

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12 Commandments of Using MakeUp as Korean

By Bybyelle - 11:15 PM

When it comes to applying makeup, Koreans has its own way to show their signature Korean looks through their makeup personality. Learn these12 ways of how the Korean uses their everyday makeup and their choice of products;

1. Love the Nature product

Korean make a big deal when it's time to apply the product to their body or face, products that contain natural ingredients is their no.1 priority, they afraid to use too many chemicals, so everything must have a ‘green’ code. You must have heard that most households in South Korea like to recycle everything. So they really care about what is inside the bottle they used. Korean cosmetics not only used common green ingredients like orange, apple, and cucumber but uncommon foods like broccoli, caviar, pumpkin, paprika, and cabbage, the stuffs that are usually found in mom’s kitchen are the main ingredients inside the Korean cosmetics products. Wants to start putting on makeup like the Korean, start by getting rid of those ‘too much’ chemical products.

2. Use BB cream instead of Foundation

Ever since I learned to use makeup from my mother, I only knew there has to be a foundation as a base for applying the makeup color. But Korean nowadays tends to use BB Cream (Blemish Balm) instead of the regular foundation, some use CC cream (Color Correction) to correct their uneven skin colors. BB Cream was originally designed to cover minor scars after the plastic surgery, now they use it on an everyday basis. Using BB cream create more flawless looks, at least that’s how the Korean feels. Somehow using the traditional foundation is not a common way to do makeup in South Korea

3. Sheer the Makeup

Being in Korean makeup style means you cannot put too many strong colors on your face. Sheer makeup is like an unspoken rule. Even the Korean ‘nightclub style’ makeup is still far less compared to the western style. They like to show the fresh looks or the cute babydoll look. Sheer makeup means you will stay looking young compared to when you put on a heavy makeup look that gets you older. Do not confuse sheer makeup with minimalist makeup; there is nothing minimalist when applying makeup in the Korean way, read more then you will know what I’m saying.

4. Eye Liner Glam

Getting makeup as Korean means you must put a strong eye definition line on the eyes. That might be because the shape of Korean eyes is less big than western eyes. It is likely heard that Korean get into eyelid surgery, just like you went to a dentist, no big deal, everyone must have it. So, for those who might not have it, putting on a good amount of eyeliner is one of the ways to make their eyes bigger. Eyes are the center point of people's personality, you can tell a lot from people’s eyes, most women like to put effort into this area even more. Guess it is easy to follow as this rule may apply in almost every country in the world, not just the Koreans.

5. Innocent Pink Lips

Korean people have gifts for having nice natural soft pink full lips. The trend nowadays is to use a lip tint, instead of a one-color lipstick. The Koreans invented what this called a peel-off lip tint, that first you apply then wait for 3 min, then you peel it off, the stayed color last for a day, and is not easy to fade off, far better than your regular lipstick. The other way to put the lip tint is to re-apply the tint after you peel it off

6. Go straight eyebrows

Korean look into a modest kind of makeup, they prefer straight eyebrows, instead of a high curve, a good straight, little bit thick, dark brown line for Korean eyebrows does it all. Korean like the natural look, they don’t like to put more shape to their original eyebrows, straight eyebrows can put you in a natural and again young-looking shape.

Westerner tends to like a high curve for their eyebrows; you might want to cut down those high curves if you like to have a Korean style. Korean prefers to apply eyebrows powder using an eyebrows brush, compared to only using an eye pencil.

7. Warm colors eyeshadow

Have you ever noticed all the K-pop stars that become Korean cosmetics icons? See their eyeshadow colors?
Most of them use warm orange, cream, brown, or soft pink colors; barely see a smokey black, dark blue, or purple one.
Refer to the no.1 again; the word Natural is a high preference for Korean makeup style. Use a color that is not too much different from Korean skin and only to brighter their eyes.

8. Air Cushion ‘sin’

It’s a big hit in Korea; maybe since 2 years ago, it’s kinda a must, to have this item in your Korean makeup collection. Almost every Korean brand released its air cushion product. You can not have this one if you really want to makeup like a Korean. It’s like a sin if you don’t have it as Korean ~lol. Air Cushion is some kind of foundation that is splurged in a sponge, but it is unlike any foundation, they have this special air puff for you to dab on the sponge.

The best using this air cushion, is you don’t have to dirty your hands or use brushes when applying it to your face, it came with high sun protection (can be SPF50), full of vitamins, minerals. And the color can be shimmering. This is another best innovation, again by the Koreans. “Bam” “Bam” the air cushion on your face.

9. Cream blusher masher

This is one of the latest things I notice from Korean makeup, they prefer to use cream blusher than the normal powdered blusher. Cream blusher does stay longer on your face, and gives you a natural dewy look, while powdered blusher can easily fade, and you need to re-apply especially during hot weather days. Though for beginners, the powdered blusher is easier to apply, this powder kind is also easy to find in Korea. Been said that cream blusher must blend well when mashed on your face or you will look like a masked face. Hmm then my conclusion is we need to learn from those Korean girls on how to use it as I saw them put too much blusher on their cheeks, good for them!

10. The excessive moisture

In South Korea, the weather can be very extreme, during winter the weather is very freezing cold and summer can be super hot and dry. These extreme seasons required Korean to nurture their skin with an excess amount of moisture; therefore the moisturization products become an essential part of their skincare and makeup. You cannot just use your regular moisturizer, believe me, ~~ been there done that, on this early year winter, I learned my lesson~ Use a deep moisturizer on your face and skin, especially before you put your makeup on. Who said it is easy to have moist Korean skin? :D put your effort into it.

11. The every night skin treatment ritual (using more than 5 treatment products)

Good makeup basically must start with good healthy skin. Korean start by taking care of their skin thoroughly. I was amazed when I watched this Korean girl’s tutorial video on how she does ritual skin treatment at night: right after using a makeup removal, use the cleansing oil, followed by pore scrub foam, continue with deep facial foam using deep facial system tools, apply those pore freshener toner, then use the eye cream, advance night repair serum, and the last ritual would be the night aging cream to prevent your wrinkle. How many products are those? Eight! Whoa~~and I cannot tell which one is more important than the other, seems like everything applied are crucial. She has more than 88,000 subscribers on her video channel, I think what she did do represent most Korean women. What do you think? Do I have to remind you that this is doing an every night basis?

12. Korean men do use makeup

Psst~~ let me tell you….OH NO, this is not a secret. But men in South Korea, do apply some makeup on their faces. Some call them a “Flower Man”, which means a man with an exceptionally good-looking face.

Concealer, lip gloss, powder, mascara, eye shadow, and brow pencils can be on their daily list. The least they had could be a moisturizer and lip balm; most K-pop male stars will apply a nice amount of makeup on their face during their performances, including the lips. (like they haven’t enough lips temptation for me to see~ ugh). Nowadays, BB cream is probably their favorite item for them. It helps them to get their skin perfection. Korean soldiers on duty use this because the SPF factor can protect them from the harsh sun. Korean men also craze of getting an eye cream and anti-aging cream to preserve their youth. In 2013, Korean men are proven to spend $900 million a year on cosmetics based on research done by Euromonitor. No wonder all those big Korean cosmetics brands use males as their icons.

Ordinary Korean men do taking care of their skin and face, face masks are probably the most common products they bought besides facewash and lip balm. I had once a Korean co-worker, who actually asked me to wait when he suddenly remember that he must buy his skin face product during our lunch meeting lol~ how cool is that.

These 12 Commandments of Using Make-Up as Korean~ are probably the things that I spot the most through my living experiences with the Koreans. Should you like to add or state otherwise, feels free to comment below.

Disclaimer:
All the above images is belong to each of Korean brand cosmetics respective items. I do not own it!

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K-Pop idols on Korean cosmetic CF

By Bybyelle - 12:10 AM

Helloo~~ it's been a while.. hope everyone doing well !

Today I'm gonna present some of the K-Pop idol, actor and actress that's been around as brand ambassador and doing commercial for some of the well-known Korean cosmetic brand.

The term of CF : Commercial Film commonly used among the Korean and K-Pop fans to address the TV advertisement endorsed by their idol. Some people also refers CF as Commercial Faces.

In random order:

TVXQ on Missha

Lee Ki Kwang B2st on A'Pieu

Nichkhun & 2PM on It's Skin

Lee Young Ae on Sulwhasoo

Yoona SNSD on Innisfree

Kim Hyun Joong and Seohyun SNSD on Faceshop

Park Shin Hye on Mamonde

Jessica on Banila Co.

Krystal f(x) and Sulli f(x) feat. Shinee on Etude

Exo and Jang Geun Suk on Nature Republic

Lee Min Ho on Etude and Innisfree

Song Hye Kyo and Hyun Bin on Laneige

Kim Tae Hee on OHui

Rain (Bi) on OHui

So Ji Sub on Vonin

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and Lee Junk Ki on Vonin

Kim So Hyun and Suzy Bae MissA on Faceshop

Son Na Eun APink's on Peripera

Shin Min Ah on Hera

Ok that's some of the Korean cosmetic CF that I can compile today, I believe there's many more, be my guest to add the list. I'm having so much fun browsing the images for these idols, and try hard not to be tempted to put too many pictures of my fave idol, like Lee Min Ho :)) ~ i can't help it to put two image of him though ^_~

I don't own copyright to all the images above, the image(s) belongs to each of every respective brand.

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