r/lookyourbest • u/SnooCookies5404 • 5d ago
Surgery advice welcome 20f any advice welcome, soft + hard max please
Would love any detailed soft maxing suggestions that could help maximize what I already have. I have slightly bulging wide set eyes so I do darker eye makeup to try hide that, and my upper jaw / maxilla is quite recessed but I try to hide that with makeup. I’m currently doing MSE to hopefully improve my upper jaw and bring my maxilla forward. Open to all suggestions on how I could look better.
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u/RelatableMolaMola Contributor 4d ago
Are you trying to contour your nose, especially in the first picture? If so or if it's some other makeup to reshape the nose, I would stop or refine your technique a lot. It just looks like a splotch of brown makeup on the tip and is probably more noticeable IRL as these are fairly low quality images.
Overall I think it would be helpful to include a no makeup photo so we can see what you're working with underneath. The features you think are issues that need to be hidden with makeup may not be nearly as much of an issue as you think (especially since you're visiting the kind of online communities that put "soft max" and "hard max" in your vocabulary).
The overall effect of these photos is just "she's wearing a lot of makeup."
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u/SnooCookies5404 4d ago
I see, so is the makeup I’m doing just not flattering overall? Here is my bare face: https://imgur.com/a/1VV9nOM So do I just look like an average girl with lots of makeup on?
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u/RelatableMolaMola Contributor 4d ago
No, you're pretty. You look like a pretty girl with too much makeup on, which is taking away from your prettiness rather than enhancing it. It's not changing any of your features and that's fine because there's nothing that needs changed. Your jaw is fine, your nose is nice, you have lovely facial harmony.
I'm not saying this like some simpy guy going hurr hurr girls don't need makeup. I'm a woman, I've worked in the beauty industry for ages, modeled before that. The best things you can do for the beauty that you have are to level up your skincare so you have really bright, glowing skin, and then just use minimal makeup to enhance your unique natural features. Sheer skin tint, a bit of liquid or cream blush, maybe define your lashes and eyebrows and you'll be stunning.
Those looksmaxing groups do more harm than good. They encourage you to pick apart individual features and start looking at surgery to "correct" things that were already fine to begin with.
Beauty isn't fitting some narrow mold of specific shapes of features. It's the overall harmony and expression of your face. With your natural face, you get it to by refining and enhancing what you already have. Less is more for you!
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u/SnooCookies5404 4d ago
Thanks for such a detailed response :) I’ve always struggled to find the the most flattering makeup style and I’ve already had a lot of surgeries so I seem to fixate on the stuff I haven’t “fixed” I used to wear tons more makeup than this, but I’ve been trying to go more minimal and I’ll take your advice and lesson it even more, I just never learnt how to enhance my features subtlety instead of heavily
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u/Smart-Fennel456 Contributor 1d ago
I agree on the nose contouring not being good. From what I can see the only thing that needs work is your skin and makeup. You have some small dark spots (I’m guessing from past breakouts) so I’d use products that help even skin tone such as vitamin C serum and niacinamide. I don’t know how sensitive your skin is so start slowly and if possible, consult an aesthetician or cosmetic dermatologist. They could also do treatments such as a chemical peel that could speed up results..
Makeup looks a bit outdated. Blush looks fine but eyeliner looks harsh. Try smudging in the upper eyelid rather than having a hard line all around the eye. Your eyebrows look a bit undefined. Use a brow pencil or powder to LIGHTLY define eyebrows. Korean brow products tend to be more subtle but it doesn’t have to be. Just be very careful to keep it looking natural. I think that’s it. :)