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Adults Are Perplexed by the “Bizarre” New Makeup Trend of Teens Applying Hot Glue on Their Faces

Teens are sometimes the ones that start a lot of trends. Additionally, they are often early adopters if they did not originate the concepts themselves.

Teenagers seem to be the least resistant to constantly changing fads, and younger girls will follow the latest cosmetic trends, such as thin eyebrows, brown lipstick, and body glitter.

Japanese high school girls are now the primary players in a new cosmetics fad. The majority of adults dismiss their use of hot glue to make 3D teardrops on their faces as “ridiculous.”

According to the South China Morning Post, the trend was first covered by the Japanese program Ninosan.

According to the program, teenagers who are in secondary school are using the “3D teardrop makeup” trend to create looks. In order to replicate the way tears fall down the cheeks, the “tears” are made using hot glue.

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Using hot glue to create a tear form on a flat surface, such as plastic, is the beginning of the fad. Eyelash glue is used to apply it to the skin once it has adequately cooled and solidified.

The skin is never stuck to by the hot glue itself. Because they seem to be sobbing, girls think the look gives them a “delicate appearance that evokes sympathy.”

For Japanese females, trends are often short-lived. According to Rika Shiiki, head of AMF, a Japanese company.

That specializes in marketing goods to students, trends among Japanese females don’t usually stay long, she told SCMP. After two weeks or a month, the teenagers are usually on to the next thing.

Teens are molding the tears and then adding color or texture with additional materials like cosmetics and glitter since the hot glue is so simple to work with.

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The Chinese publication claims that hot glue producers are advising against using the substance to cosmetics.

Since crafting is its primary use, the materials include irritants that might be damaging to skin. Additionally, the hot glue contains compounds that might trigger allergic responses.

The use of hot glue by teenagers has become so widespread that some places are experiencing a scarcity of the supplies.

Many people in China and Japan are criticizing the practice, according to the site. The kids involved in the movement are being referred to as “bizarre” and “ridiculous.”

One Japanese reader said, “Wait, doesn’t this hot glue tear make-up look suspiciously like sperm?” in reference to the tears.

“Really?” pondered another. “Do girls in secondary school really enjoy this kind of inappropriate trend these days?”

“This looks more like snot than tears,” one Chinese individual said. It’s not charming at all; it’s awful.