Korean Ulzzang/Dolly Makeup Tutorial + Palette Review

5:36 AM Kristine 6 Comments

Hi guys! I'm back yet again with another highly requested makeup tutorial: Korean ulzzang/dolly look!

To be perfectly honest, this look is leaning more towards the dolly look, in my opinion an ulzzang look should be more natural so I might make another version of this look. Although I've seen ulzzangs with this look, but most of them still go for a more natural look.

Here is the look:



1.) Start with a clean face (as usual).

2.) Apply toner then moisturizer. Moisturizer is a must! Dry skin or not, do not ever skip this!


Loving this moisturizer from Human Nature. Will be doing a review of it soon!

3.) Proceed with your usual BB Cream/Foundation + Concealer + Powder routine.

4.) Using your eyebrow pencil, create an outline of your eyebrows, then fill it in and brush it out for a softer look, or fill it in using a brow powder. Ulzzangs and Koreans in general looove the straight, thick eyebrows so it's the recommended shape for this look.

Left: without | Right: with

6.) On the outer 1/3 of your eyelid, apply a matte, brown colored eyeshadow using your fingers. Keep it light, keep it natural.


7.) On the middle area of your eyelid (where you can feel the ball of your eye), apply a gold, shimmery eyeshadow for a bigger eye effect.


8.) Eyeliner time! Line your eyes from the inner corner to the end of your eye. The trick here is to just follow the shape of your eye while it's open and slightly wing it from there.


Here's how it should look by now:


Don't worry if your eyeliner isn't perfect, as long as the difference isn't too obvious, you're gonna be fine.

9.) Take the same shimmery eyeshadow and apply it on your aegyo-sal/undereye area for more volume.


10.) Using a brown eyeliner pencil/dark brown eyeshadow, create a line below your aegyo-sal/undereye area. This is usually about 0.5~1cm from your lower lashline. I naturally have an aegyo-sal but for this look, I'm going to enhance it.


If you happen to draw it too harshly, just dab a little bit of concealer over it. The trick here is to have a light hand.


11.) Curl your lashes. At this point, you can apply mascara and leave your lashes as it is, or you can also add false lashes. Some ulzzangs use false lashes, and it's recommended as well if you have sparse or short eyelashes.


12.) Add blush. Apply it on the apples of your cheeks. If you don't know where that is, smile and apply it on the chubbiest part of your cheek, just right beside your nose area. Keep it light, and build color if needed.


13.) Using the same shimmery eyeshadow again, highlight the bridge of your nose.


(Optional) Apply mascara on your lower lashes.


14.) Since the focus of this look is on the eyes, we're going to tone down the lips using a beige/coral/peach colored lipstick.


15.) Finish off with lip gloss. ^_^


Finished look:


I hope you guys liked my take on the ulzzang/dolly look! I will recreate this with an even more natural look soon. ^_^

The palette I used for this look was from Glitter Girl Shoppe on Instagram. They have different kinds of makeup brush sets and palettes for a very affordable price. The palette I used is the 88 Neutral Palette which costs P650. It has 88 eyeshadows, both matte and shimmery for each color!


Did I mention that it's also very pigmented? I have trouble using eyeshadows tbh, because some eyeshadows give me allergies, but I tested this one and no allergies for me at all, so I always include this one in my makeup routine whenever I have extra time, or if I want to pretty-up a little. ^__^

They also have a concealer palette, which I use at the moment, for concealing and contouring alike.


It's called the 15 Shades Concealer Palette and this costs P460. The three colors you see on the far left are white (highlighting), green (redness), and lilac (yellow-ness). It's very creamy although not too pigmented, but it can be buildable. ^_^

That's all, more to come soon! Ending this post with a filtered, and ulzzangy-fied pic of the final look.

Yes, it's edited. Get over it.