It’s hard to have a hit drama but to have two in one year is an incredible achievement so kudos to C-actress Zhao Lu Si. She started with Who Rules the World with Yang Yang and midway went to the stratosphere with Love Like the Galaxy opposite Wu Lei. She got her share of the praise for the dramas rather than usually the male leads get all the cred and I’m thrilled her own contributions are paying off. She’s ending this great career year with a Madame Figaro World magazine spread with different covers and a central pictorial which is so tailored for her image and style. At times cute and playful and other times ladylike and lovely, together I find it exactly frames what makes Zhao Lu Si so winning onscreen.
Just how much white powder did they apply on her??
The answer is a lot. Why can’t they just match the person’s skin tone? They would look so much better and natural. They often make actreses/actors look awful when they are using much whiter/lighter foundation.
Are chiness people this white? (Not sarcas, but purely asking) I mean, chiness people in my country still have skin tone, not just white like blank sheet like this or other chiness celeb photo.
I think it’s just makeup and lighting. Like most people, lighting can change how your skin-tone looks. I’m Chinese and on the pale side.
I have a handful of pics where I look like a vampire and pics where I look unusually tanned (weirdly when flash is on). I can look really pale with in morning sunlight coming through a window during winter/early spring, beige-ish/ivory in direct sunlight or during the summertime/fall (when my summer tan hasn’t faded yet), and tan/yellow when I’m taking my ID photo indoors.
You’re not encountering Chinese people who have a lighting crew following them to make sure they get the sort of lighting that makes them appear pale all the time. Here’s how she looks like outdoors behind the scenes (still have makeup on, but less blindingly white): https://youtu.be/gRxpM5kPnG0?t=86
I’m just glad Zhao Lusi’s face and neck are the same color in this pictorial. I get really annoyed when the face is much paler than the neck.
I feel like the production crew behind this fun, beautifully shot pictorial was trying to create aesthetic value, and they achieved that. It does however, whether intentionally or unintentionally, send out the message that having a pale complexion is the standard of beauty. And that’s kind of like brainwashing the young fans. Asians across the globe (Japanese, SK, China, and a large population of SE Asians) have always been obsessed with having pale skin, with the belief that it dictates your social status. The market for skin whitening products will never diminish. And people pay big bucks for certain brands.
what a good year for zhao lusi ! she is indeed a chemistry queen.