Korean YouTuber Risabae Amazes With Her Transformations Into Seo Ye Ji & BLACKPINK's Jennie Using Makeup

By Wei Yin on 05 Aug 2020

Digital Editor

An INFP who enjoys watching sappy Korean dramas in her free time. Good food and cute dogs are all she needs.

Aside from Pony, another popular Korean beauty YouTuber everyone should check out is Risabae. She does makeup tutorial videos on many different kinds of looks ranging from simple ones to all out glam.

Her two recent uploads blew subscribers away when she transformed herself into BLACKPINK's Jennie and Seo Ye Ji, the actress starring in hit K-drama It's Okay to Not Be Okay. She only used makeup to achieve the two looks!

Read on to find out more!

BLACKPINK Jennie's How You Like That look

In her BLACKPINK Jennie transformation, Risabae specifically chose Jennie's look from her performance of How You Like That on Music Core, a music program in Korea. To make the transformation look even more legitimate, she wore a black sparkly toga top and headband with gems just like Jennie did.

Photo from @risabae_art via Instagram

She also highlighted a few points in her video you should take note of if you wish to try transforming yourself into Jennie too:
- Use a bright concealer to highlight the bridge of your nose to replicate Jennie's small but tall nose
- Highlight your cheek area as well to achieve Jennie's slightly chubby cheeks
- Contour your jaw and cheek areas to make your face look rounder and smaller like Jennie's
- Put on grey contact lenses
- Stick gems onto your left cheek in the shape of a teardrop
- Dot on a faux mole under your left eyebrow using an eyeliner

Photo from @jennierubyjane & @risabae_art via Instagram

The similarity is uncanny, isn't it?

Seo Ye Ji's It's Okay to Not Be Okay look

Following the success of her Jennie transformation video, Risabae uploaded another video showing how she transformed into Seo Ye Ji in K-drama It's Okay to Not Be Okay. She wore gold dangling earrings and a black blazer top similar to Seo Ye Ji's. She also parted her hair in the middle and pushed them back on each side.

Photo from @risabae_art via Instagram

Some tips she provided are:
- Use two foundation shades to create a smaller face with the lighter one on the centre of the face and the darker one on the outer corners of the face
- Apply concealer on your under eyes to create 'aegyo sal' (those mini eye bags)
- Draw straight, strong-looking brows and use an eyebrow mascara to make the hair strands more obvious
- Use brown eyeshadow colours and black eyeliner to create a subtle smokey eye look
- Put on natural-looking false lashes
- Apply a nude lipstick