Her makeup was darker than Amler's, but she was still more subdued than the other gals who came after her!
What is Amuler Makeup?
Amler makeup is a makeup style modeled after former Japanese singer Namie Amuro.
- The base makeup involves a wheat-colored skin, darkening the skin to make the face look smaller.
- For eyeshadow, "blue shadow" is applied lightly and subtly.
- Lashes are finished with mascara.
- Eyebrows are thin, slightly lifted arch brows.
- Cheek makeup is a faintly applied orange shade that blends well with the skin.
- The lipstick is a shiny lip in beige tones (lipstick with pearl particles).
In Amuler Makeup, the key points are 'thin eyebrows', 'blue shadow', and 'makeup for a smaller-looking face'.
Base makeup
In the late 90's, when Amler was all the rage, healthy wheat skin was popular.
Therefore, foundations and face powders for dark skin were popular.
Darker skin makes your face look smaller! Because of this, many young people were trying out make-up for bronzed skin and smaller faces.
In the 1990s, cosmetics from Shiseido, Courrèges, and Bourjois were very popular, and Shiseido's "Bronze Bronze" face powder was especially popular among amler and girls.
Cheek makeup
The cheek color was an orange color that blended well with wheat skin.
For Amler makeup, the key was not to make the blush stand out, but to apply it lightly.
Eyebrow makeup
The key to Amler makeup is "thin eyebrows"!
The trend was to have thin eyebrows with a slightly slanted arch, so they were drawn at a thin angle with an eyebrow pencil.
Brown or gray eyebrow colors were popular, and some children changed their eyebrow color to match their hair color.
Eye makeup
Blue shadow was popular for the eye shadow.
The reason is that cool colors look better on bronze skin!
However, the key is not to apply the blue shadow too thickly, but to apply it sparingly and thinly!
Amler makeup was characterized by adding a light color shadow to emphasize the eyes.
No eyeliner, no mascara!
Her eyes were decorated with gorgeous eyeshadow.
Lip makeup
Amler makeup doesn't emphasize the mouth too much, so beige lips that blend well with bronze skin were the trend.
Among them, a glossy lipstick with pearls called "Shiny Lip" was very popular and was used by many Amlers.
I got the impression that many of the girls didn't use gloss and finished their look with just lipstick.
POINT
Since Amler and Kogyaru were popular at the same time, Amler makeup is often thought to be Kogyaru makeup, but the overall look is more subdued than Kogyaru makeup, and the tone of the makeup is less flashy and calmer.
What is Kogyaru Makeup?
- The base makeup is a bronzed skin tone, slightly darker than Amuler style.
- For eyeshadow, apply plenty of blue shadow.
- Apply mascara to your eyelashes repeatedly.
- Eyebrows are thin, slightly lifted arch brows.
- Cheek makeup is a faintly applied orange shade that blends well with the skin.
- Popular lipsticks are beige or light pink shades with pearl particles, with brands like Courreges and MAC being popular.
Base makeup
Wheat skin, also known as "bronze skin",swas popular for base makeup.
Apparently they tended to be a little darker than the Amlers that were popular at the same time!
A face powder that was popular among young gals is Shiseido's "Bronze Bronze", which is the same as Amler.
Cheek makeup
The blush is an orange color that blends well with bronze skin, and just like with Amler, the key was to not make it stand out.
If you look at gal magazines from the 90s, you'll see many girls wearing Bourjois's cheeks.
This Bourjois's blush remained popular even into the 2000s, and many Heisei gals used it.
Eyebrow makeup
As for eyebrows, just like Amler, "thin eyebrows with a slightly hanging arch" is trending!
The key was to use a pencil type to draw thinly and at an angle.
The mainstream way to draw eyebrows today is to draw each hair one by one to create a natural-looking eyebrow, but in the past, in gal makeup, many girls completed their eyebrows with one stroke.
The finish also gives a sharp impression rather than a gentle impression.
Eye makeup
Speaking of kogyaru makeup, “blue shadow” is characteristic!
Kogal style is to layer glittery blue shadow over and over again to enhance the color.
Some kogyaru use white shadow with pearls to brighten their eyes with a white x blue gradation color.
After that, draw the eyeliner firmly and apply mascara on the eyelashes until there are clumps, and you're done.
Lip makeup
Lipsticks with pearls that add shine to the lips were popular.
Beige and light pink colors are popular, and many young gals especially love the colors "Courreges 304 and 305" and "MAC Miss and Sis."
Another characteristic of Kogyaru was that her lips were a little whitish because of the pearls!
Kogyaru Makeup is essentially a more intense version of Amuler Makeup.
It was popular during the same period as Amuler Makeup and uses almost the same items, but with overall darker and more intense coloring.
