C-Beauty Helped Me Transition—Now It’s My Armor Against Anti-Asian Hate
glamour.comBy You know those scenes in anime where magical girls like Sailor Moon and Tokyo Mew Mew transform into a superhero? That’s how I feel when I do my C-beauty routine.
As a teenager, I started wearing makeup as an outlet to . But over time, my makeup and cosmetics became less associated with gender identity and more so with my cultural identity.Growing up in Los Angeles, the majority of beauty trends I saw stemmed from Western runways and pop culture.
I never saw Asians represented in mainstream beauty. Subsequently, I tried to adopt Korean and Japanese beauty trends to connect with my Asian heritage, but even that felt somewhat shallow.My makeup routine is the first thing I do when I wake up.
I want to know that the money I’m spending is going towards a community I have direct ties with, which is what led me to using exclusively Chinese beauty brands.My C-beauty routine is a ritual I always look forward to, particularly amid the recent surge in anti-Asian hate crimes.
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