Sausage lips, lard lips, what have become of the celebrities who endured the pain of having their lips enlarged for years?

The biggest difference between modern aesthetics and traditional aesthetics of facial features, apart from the round face that is no longer popular, is probably the prejudice against thin lips and the pursuit of thick lips.

I don’t know since when, thin lips have become a symbol of meanness. On the one hand, those who believe in the Asian physiognomy theory that faces come from the heart believe that the upper lip represents friendship and the lower lip represents desire. Therefore, "people with thin lips are more unsympathetic";

On the other hand, many people believe that too much Thin lips will make people feel less friendly and easy-going, make them look more old-fashioned, and lack the "girlishness" that is currently popular.

Thick lips are just the opposite. Not only are the lips round and plump, they look bright and lively when paired with heavy makeup, but they are also more in line with the Western aesthetic pursuit of flaunting the facial features.

Because of this, at a time when the classical and subtle beauty of the East is gradually being westernized, many popular thick lip makeup templates have emerged in the beauty industry. Take the popular "girly pouty lips" as an example. Jennie from the Korean girl group BLACKPINK and Chinese actress Xin Zhilei are both representatives of pouty lips.

They all have small mouths, thick lips, and relatively thick lips. Especially after applying lipstick, the lips will look particularly eye-catching. Coupled with the slightly wide distance between the eyes and the round eye lines, the overall look will have a lazy and childish look like a cat. Some people also regard this as The temperament is called "advanced world-weariness."

In addition, there are also the "big mouth and thick lips" templates that are famous for their sexy appearance - American Kardashian and Chinese actress Shu Qi. Kardashian's European and American thick lips were euphemistically called "European and American hot girl style", which triggered the trend of hyaluronic acid lip augmentation.

Shu Qi’s thick lips have become a symbol of sex appeal. She, Lin Yun and Ni Ni are typical catfish beauties with slightly opened eyes and thick lips and wide mouths.

In the early days, the audience was quite controversial about her appearance. Many people did not agree with her "sausage mouth". However, with the birth of concepts such as "high-end beauty" and "hard-faced" in the later period, Shu Qi Unique big mouth and thick lips have also become a new trend.

When thick lips have become a trend, many people who originally had thin lips cannot stand their "mother's lips." Many people put a lot of effort into using full lipstick colors and shades to create a pair of thick, lustrous lips.

There are also some more radical lovers of thick lips who do not hesitate to undergo lip augmentation surgery in order to change their lip shape. In recent years, there are many celebrities who have had bad lip augmentation results. They endured severe pain to inject hyaluronic acid into their lips, but in the end, they are likely to turn into sausage lips. I have to say "too miserable".

Yuan Shanshan is a victim of lip augmentation surgery. Many people mention her, and their impression of her may be the "sausage-mouthed" heroine in "Palace 2". Although her eyes are big, they can't compete with the weird feeling brought by the uncoordinated thick lips, especially in a costume drama. There is no classical beauty vibe at all, so she was criticized by the audience.

But in fact, before Yuan Shanshan had her lips augmented, although her thin lips were not stunning, they matched her overall facial features and looked much more delicate than they do now.

Rich woman Elva Hsiao, who has had countless boyfriends, has had thick lips that are typical of Europe and the United States after having her lips enlarged. However, her body shape is far less three-dimensional than that of Westerners, and her lower lip looks like it has been stung by a bee. As swollen as ever, I can only say that the rich woman is happy.

In fact, in classical Chinese aesthetics, thin lips and small cherry mouth are the most popular ones. Whether it's Nalan Rongruo's poem from the Qing Dynasty, "The place is wrapped in rosy silk, the cherry lips are slightly bloomed, and the Mohe is red", or Zhang Xian's famous line from the Song Dynasty, "The bun shakes the gold and falls. I'm afraid the cherry lips will be thin", all of them highlight the thin lips. Orthodox status in traditional aesthetics.

Take Chen Xiaoxu, who played Lin Daiyu in the 1987 version of "A Dream of Red Mansions" as an example. Her small cherry mouth, coupled with the two thin lips, not only appear subtle in the facial features but not overwhelming, it is very consistent with the description of "cherry lips as if containing pills", and also vividly depicts Lin Daiyu's quiet beauty.

Zhu Lin, who plays the king of the daughter country in "Journey to the West", also prefers thin lips in her overall makeup. The slightly bloomed cherry lips echoed the two curved slender eyebrows, keeping the focus of vision on the beautiful and affectionate eyes. With such a beauty at his side, Tang Seng was unmoved. No wonder it attracted countless viewers to express their displeasure. Unravel the customs.

In fact, although the makeup tools in early costume TV dramas were far less developed than today, the aesthetics were quite online.

Take the pinnacle of the two-female drama "Marrying the Right Man in the Wrong Sedan Chair" as an example. The makeup is based on the characteristics of the actors themselves. It not only conforms to the characters' agile or steady personalities, but also is very It has an oriental classical beauty, and at a glance you can see the style of Yangzhou in its heyday.

Compared with the current "funeral" style, which does not fit in with the fixed makeup of costume dramas, it is no wonder that many viewers who were dissatisfied by previous dramas feel that the current makeup is useless and beautiful. Yes, there is no discernibility.

Personally, I feel that the transformation from "lightly blooming red lips" to "gorgeous and plump lips" is mainly due to three reasons.

One is the cannibalization of Eastern aesthetics by Western aesthetics. In fact, subtle beauty is often still a part of Confucian culture, but with the integration of Eastern and Western cultures, aesthetics will place more emphasis on the expansion of personality. This is why the West is increasingly pursuing exaggerated makeup, because it wants to appear unique. .

Secondly, thin lips do have the disadvantage of being intolerant of aging. Research shows that the thickness of people's lips will gradually become thinner as they age. Therefore, some people with moderately thin lips are more likely to appear older than their peers as they age.

The third reason is that although everyone pursues personalized makeup on the surface, it is easy to be carried away by the concept of Internet celebrities created by others. Take the pouty lips of a girl as an example. It is suitable on Jennie's face. However, there are many people whose facial features are clearly not suitable for pouty lips. They still use templates to pursue a girly look. After using excessively glossy lip gloss, they end up looking ugly. It looks like lard covers the lips.

In fact, there is no unified standard for whether thin lips or thick lips look better, and there does not need to be a unified standard, because the facial features need to complement each other and coordinate with each other. The same thick lips look good on Shu Qi's face, but they may not look good on your face. The same thin lips look good on Chen Xiaoxu's face, but they may not look good on your face either.

Take AB Yang Ying as an example. Yang Ying's "mummy lips" account for too much of her facial features. In addition, she had "smiling lips" in her early days, so her lips would appear thick when she is bare-faced. The sense of presence is too strong, which affects the coordination of the five senses. Therefore, when Yang Ying puts on lip makeup, she sometimes deliberately avoids applying full lipstick to visually create thin lips.

Dilireba also has thin lips, but because of her rich eyebrows, her relatively thin lips can coordinate the overall sense of beauty, otherwise she will lose the visual focus.

From this point of view, the most important thing is to establish your own aesthetics and not be easily carried away by other people's aesthetics. If you choose some makeup that is not suitable for you, you need to think twice about lip augmentation surgery. Not only will you have to endure the pain, but it may also have the opposite effect. Do you prefer thin lips or thick lips? Welcome to leave comments in the comment area.