Recently, netizens have been complaining about Li Landi's makeup and hairstyles in the drama 'The Gurgling River (流水迢迢)'. They say, 'This should be the simplest makeup and hairstyles for a leading actress in history.' Some netizens even claim that the beggar makeup and prison makeup in the drama look better than the main - line makeup.
In this drama, Li Landi has three main types of makeup and hairstyles. One is the loose - hair style during the beggar period; the second is the 'high ponytail' style with pulled - up hair during the 'Moonfall' period; the third is the so - called 'bun' style, a simple high - knot hairstyle. Throughout the whole drama, most of her looks revolve around these three styles.
If you think the makeup and costumes in 'The Gurgling River' are perfunctory, do you still remember the high - ponytail styles in 'A Little Sugar Falls from the Sky (星落凝成糖)' where the hairstyle remained the same while only the hair accessories changed? There's always a simpler one.
Why do Li Landi's makeup and hairstyles seem so simple? Especially when compared with her image in another drama, although both are in green clothes with coiled hair, there's an obvious difference in visual finesse. In another drama, after changing the eyebrow shape and adding heavy shadows, she looked completely different from her original self. While it was delicate, not every face shape and temperament needs to match complex classical makeup and hairstyles.
Li Landi's facial features are more open. She has a slightly square jaw, natural eyebrows, and a relatively wide nose bridge. Her overall temperament is a bit more rugged than gentle. This kind of face shape is elegant, long - lasting, grand, and has a touch of heroism in softness. So in makeup and hairstyles, it's easy to look masculine. The makeup and hairstyles don't have to be too complicated but should modify and highlight her features. This kind of image usually takes on the character traits of a brave 'female powerhouse' and is more convincing in playing the 'leading female role'.
Although modern makeup techniques can change one's appearance through eyebrow - shaping and heavy makeup, they can't cover up one's natural. Actresses like Liu Tao, who also have 'both gentle and heroic' facial features and temperament, have relatively simple requirements for makeup and hairstyles. After years of acting, Liu Tao's eyebrows have a more heroic look. Both she and Li Landi have impressive 'high - ponytail' heroic looks.
It's okay to keep it simple, but it shouldn't be 'five high - ponytails and five buns in ten ancient - costume dramas'. After the era when insufficient styling was compensated by hair accessories, can we move to the next level? After all, femininity and heroism shouldn't be 'all the same'.
