I've been using the Cheeky blush and love the color. Very flattering to pale skin. And I think it would make a great sheer lip gloss (in the SN sheer gloss and/or cream lip gloss formula) that appeals especially to the East Asia market (Japan, Korea, Hong Kong and other countries strongly influenced by Japanese fashion).
I'm not sure if there isn't one already, but I've gone through the catalog and didn't find one.
A little background that might be helpful here:
Because it's so easy to get tanned over here, the trend is to go very pale, ideally alabaster pale, here year round, and to go with the pale skin and stronger sunlight, sheer colors are always in, especially given that colors look more intense under local natural lighting condition.
Cheeky as a lip gloss?
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That explains all of the umbrellas I saw people carrying on sunny days during the Olympics! Soft is a really cute lippie- it's not completely sheer, but it's very close. Damsel is our 100% clear pink- bright, but the same pigment that we use to make Cheeky with just a hint more red.
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Though I've never been to Beijing, my guess is that this only explains part of the umbrellas you saw people carrying around the Olympics; lower latitude means more direct sunlight and more intense heat, so if you go about not being shaded all day, you would not only get tanned but very easily get heat stroke as well. (But I'm not sure Beijing's latitude is that low after all... anyways, I digress.)
I haven't tried Soft but I have Damsel, and I think it's a much sharper hue than Cheeky... A little softer please.
I haven't tried Soft but I have Damsel, and I think it's a much sharper hue than Cheeky... A little softer please.
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Hey BeaT, until Karen crafts you your dream gloss, why not mix Cheeky with a clear lip gloss and create your own perfect colour? I do this will the blushes and find the mixture to be long-lasting and very very pretty. The blush pigment darkens a little when mixed so it won't look like your lips have disappeared into your cheeks.
And yes you're right about the heat in Beijing. I've been there and it can be INTENSE in summer. I'm from Malaysia where everyone wants to be fair too. And I loathe being out in the sun here. It's too hot, I've had heat stroke in the past, and it' also insanely humid - not pleasant.
When I was in Europe though I was sun-basking as much as the weather would allow! My trip to Italy baked me as brown as a cookie (to the distress of my aunts who all think fairer is prettier, and that I should have seized my European trip to get EVEN fairer).
It's not actually an aesthetic thing to me, I don't sunbathe nor do I whiten (beyond healthy SPF). It's entirely the feel of it. The sun over in Europe somehow manages to be hot, but not too intense. And the light seems whiter, here it's very intense yellow if that makes any sense!
And yes you're right about the heat in Beijing. I've been there and it can be INTENSE in summer. I'm from Malaysia where everyone wants to be fair too. And I loathe being out in the sun here. It's too hot, I've had heat stroke in the past, and it' also insanely humid - not pleasant.
When I was in Europe though I was sun-basking as much as the weather would allow! My trip to Italy baked me as brown as a cookie (to the distress of my aunts who all think fairer is prettier, and that I should have seized my European trip to get EVEN fairer).
It's not actually an aesthetic thing to me, I don't sunbathe nor do I whiten (beyond healthy SPF). It's entirely the feel of it. The sun over in Europe somehow manages to be hot, but not too intense. And the light seems whiter, here it's very intense yellow if that makes any sense!
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Thanks for the tip, Kahani! : )
But alas, I don't have the clear lip gloss... I'll get one with my next order. : )
And you're right, I totally forgot how humidity can make the heat much worse.
I've always found the word "whiten" uncomfortable, especially given how easily it can be interpreted as an adoration of Caucasianness, but historically fair skin has for the most part been seen as connoting a life of leisure, including in pre-20th century Europe, because only those when could afford it could be not tainted by the sun. But when everyone is an office worker, the time and money it takes to get a tan becomes the symbol of wealth and hence preferable and more "beautiful." In most parts of Asia, fair skin is still preferred, because, rare genetics aside, only those who don't have to take public transportation or ride a scooter (the cheapest mode of private transportation) and/or can afford buying tons of sunscreen and after-sun treatment can maintain a sunless complexion year round.
The last paragraph is more for the benefit of the non-Asian, in case there be the misinterpretation that Asians are so under the cultural spell of the West, they can't even stand their own skin color. : )
But alas, I don't have the clear lip gloss... I'll get one with my next order. : )
And you're right, I totally forgot how humidity can make the heat much worse.
I've always found the word "whiten" uncomfortable, especially given how easily it can be interpreted as an adoration of Caucasianness, but historically fair skin has for the most part been seen as connoting a life of leisure, including in pre-20th century Europe, because only those when could afford it could be not tainted by the sun. But when everyone is an office worker, the time and money it takes to get a tan becomes the symbol of wealth and hence preferable and more "beautiful." In most parts of Asia, fair skin is still preferred, because, rare genetics aside, only those who don't have to take public transportation or ride a scooter (the cheapest mode of private transportation) and/or can afford buying tons of sunscreen and after-sun treatment can maintain a sunless complexion year round.
The last paragraph is more for the benefit of the non-Asian, in case there be the misinterpretation that Asians are so under the cultural spell of the West, they can't even stand their own skin color. : )