In Caucasian eye makeup talk, the crease is the line of indentation right above the lid, where the Lid folds. Here is, finally, my own eye shadow placement chart to share with Asians who want to understand how and where to apply eye makeup better. I am very proud to be Asian, and it is my wish to help as many people out there to understand the Asian eye better and apply the most flattering eye makeup for their own eye shape and contour.
For the remaining half who possess a Fold, the Fold commonly does not coincide with the Orbital Rim. In half of the world’s Asian population, there is complete absence of a Fold. It is the fact that the Orbital Rim and Fold of the eye do not overlap that characterizes the Asian eye, and not the stereotypical slanted eye shape. If you have a Fold, it means you have double eyelids – prominent or hooded. You would realize by now, if you have read the post mentioned above, that while the Crease of the Caucasian eye coincides with the Orbital Rim, the Crease of the Asian eye merely defines the Fold of the eyelid. It will definitely help you understand this post better too! If you haven’t already checked out my post on the differences between the Caucasian and Asian eye, please do. It took me quite long to understand that I cannot copy the Western way of applying eyeshadow because one of the most prominent differences between an Asian and Caucasian eye is the ‘crease’, or rather, lack of. Google and Youtube, of course, presented me with tutorials and eye charts from their wealth of resources, but most of them were limited to the Caucasian eye. I had no idea that there are so many ways to shape the eye, combine colors, or use colors to emphasize or recede certain parts of the eye. I had no idea the eye could be divided into so many parts – lid, crease, contour, highlight. When I purchased my first eyeshadow quad, I was lost. It also took me years of trial and error to finally stop my mascara from making me look like a raccoon by mid day. My eye makeup efforts were previously limited to eyeliner and mascara and sometimes, just a light dab of ONE eyeshadow color. When I first started out, I had no idea where or how to place eyeshadow. In this 1 st installment of the Eyeshadow Tutorials for Asian Eyes series, we take a look at where to place eye makeup on the Asian eye.
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