Meng Zhao rubbed his palms together to warm them up, then took a little of his homemade makeup remover into his palm. After the makeup remover melted with the warmth of his palms, he applied it little by little to Song Lingyun's face.
As she gently massaged your face, she whispered, "I'm removing your makeup now. Actually, pimples can also be caused by not removing makeup properly, leaving residue on your face. So if you want good skin, you can't be careless about removing your makeup."
After the makeup on her face melted, Meng Zhao picked up a square piece of cotton cloth, dipped it in warm water, held it between her thumb and little finger, and then used her middle three fingers to pad the cloth. Starting from her eyes, she wiped away the remaining oil and melted makeup from her skin.
At first, Song Lingyun could still clearly hear Meng Zhao's words while lying in bed, but gradually, her consciousness began to blur. She only felt a pair of soft and warm hands gently caressing her face, and a faint and gentle fragrance lingered around her nose from time to time. Unconsciously, she slowly drifted into sleep.
It wasn't until after applying the Seven White Herbs Mask that Meng Zhao picked up a small bamboo stick to remove it that she suddenly woke up.
This startled Song Lingyun. How could she have fallen asleep outside? She felt dizzy and tried to get up.
Before Meng Zhao could finish his actions, he quickly reached out and gently pressed Song Lingyun's shoulder, soothing her in a gentle tone, "It's alright, Lingyun, it'll be over soon. Lie down for a while longer."
The maid who had been following them spoke up at the right moment, "Miss, don't worry, I've been watching from the side the whole time."
Hearing their voices, Song Lingyun finally breathed a sigh of relief, her tense body relaxed, and she lay back down, letting Meng Zhao continue to work on her face.
After the mask was removed, Meng Zhao first applied a layer of summer lotus hydrosol to her, followed by a layer of tea tree essence.
While applying the essence, Meng Zhao pressed her palm against Song Lingyun's cheek and gently lifted her face from bottom to top. After the skin had fully absorbed the essence, she finished by applying a Seven White Cream.
Then she untied the cotton cloth that had been covering her hair and said, "Alright, get up and see how you are."
Song Lingyun had just slept for a while and was now full of energy, so she quickly asked the maid to bring her a mirror.
When the mirror was handed to her, Song Lingyun stared at it intently and couldn't help but exclaim in surprise, "My God, is this really my face?"
The face reflected in the mirror was still her own, but her skin, which had been slightly dry, was now soft and tender, as if it had drunk its fill of water. Upon closer inspection, her complexion was much clearer than before, white and tender.
Seeing her surprised expression, Meng Zhao couldn't help but cover her mouth and chuckle. "You're still so young, your skin is at its most delicate and supple. You really should use less makeup. Just focus on moisturizing, that's enough."
Many cosmetics nowadays contain excessive levels of heavy metals. These young girls have been using them since they were little, and their skin will only get worse and worse with continued use.
Song Lingyun stared intently at herself in the mirror, her face full of satisfaction. "If my skin could stay like this forever, I wouldn't need to wear makeup at all."
After admiring her newly transformed skin, her gaze fell on Meng Zhao, her eyes filled with envy and curiosity.
"Sister Meng, your eyelashes are so long!" Meng Zhao understood; "eyelashes" meant her eyelashes.
Meng Zhao blinked gently and said playfully, "It's long, isn't it? I drew it."
"A drawing! Can this still be drawn?"
Meng Zhao nodded firmly, "Of course."
Upon hearing this, Song Lingyun became interested and pestered Meng Zhao to paint her makeup as well. Meng Zhao had no choice but to take out her makeup bag.
At this time, makeup techniques were relatively simple. Basically, one would first apply face powder to whiten the skin, then apply rouge to the cheeks and the outer corners of the eyes, and then draw eyebrows and lips. The whole process was basically limited to the simple application of color.
The modern makeup techniques that Meng Zhao learned focused more on shaping and adjusting facial features.
Meng Zhao first took a little powder in her palm, then poured in a drop of summer lotus hydrosol, stirred it evenly with a wooden stick, and instead of applying it directly to a large area of her face, she used her finger to dab a little of the mixed paste onto the pimples and acne scars on Song Lingyun's face.
After roughly covering the blemishes, Meng Zhao took a small amount of dry face powder and gently patted it onto the areas she had just covered, carefully blending it in.
In no time, the minor blemishes on her face were completely covered up. Looking at her flawless face in the bronze mirror, Song Lingyun was extremely excited. "Sister Meng, how did you do that? All those little bumps disappeared in an instant!"
She could hardly believe her eyes. In the past, she had applied countless layers of face powder to cover up these bumps, but no matter how much powder she applied, the bumps would still appear. Over time, she almost forgot what her skin originally looked like.
But now, Sister Meng simply dabbed some powder on her face, and the small bumps disappeared. More importantly, she still has her own face, and it's not indistinguishable from the face despite the excessive amount of face powder applied.
Meng Zhao patiently explained, "This is a simple concealer I just made by mixing summer lotus hydrosol with regular face powder. It's specifically for covering up blemishes. You're still young, and your skin is at its most supple. Don't apply face powder all over your face just to cover up minor imperfections, or you'll only get more and more acne."
Song Lingyun obediently nodded, closed her eyes, and let Meng Zhao continue to work on her face.
Meng Zhao picked up an eyebrow pencil and outlined a simple eyebrow shape. "Your eyebrows are already thick, so you don't need to apply too much. Just fill in the missing parts. Also, your original eyebrow shape is a bit rounded, so you can add some angles to make it look more vibrant."
After finishing her eyebrows, Meng Zhao found a small bamboo skewer, burned it with a candle flame, and gently brushed it across her eyelashes. The warmth made her originally straight eyelashes gradually curl up. Then, she used the burned bamboo skewer to lightly draw the outer corner of her eyes, perfectly elongating the shape of her eyes and making them more expressive.
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