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"We&amp;#x27;ve had some interesting conversations about how ethnicity/cultural heritage affect our beauty routines here on the blog recently, but they&amp;#x27;ve been buried in the comments section, so I thought I&amp;#x27;d devote a post to the topic. Example: Commenter sushi83 described how winged-out eyeliner can be a tricky look for Asian women to execute, since not having a lid crease makes liner look overly dramatic--anybody got a good tip to share with her? Also: In my post about washcloths, andreap1 revealed that she believes &amp;quot;100% of black women were raised to use washcloths,&amp;quot; with several other people later backing the statement up. Who knew? So tell me, what&amp;#x27;s your ethnicity, and are there any ways that this plays into your beauty routine? Are there certain beauty tricks or habits you think are unique to your culture, or do you have favorite products you&amp;#x27;d like to recommend for your particular skintone or hair type? As for me: You can probably tell I&amp;#x27;m part Italian by the fairly hardcore last name, but I&amp;#x27;m also half Dutch, to which I attribute my freckle-prone facial skin and light complexion. My Italian side does give my skin some built-in sun protection, at least to the extent that I don&amp;#x27;t burn as easily as some of my equally pale friends. It also gives me my heavily hooded eyes, which I love but which aren&amp;#x27;t conducive to awesome eye-makeup trends like the mega-smoky look Beth&amp;#x27;s been blogging about. Anyway, chime in--it&amp;#x27;ll be fun to get to know a little more about one another (now that so many of us are rather intimately acquainted via screen name). Oh, and in case you missed it: Glamour hosted a really interesting roundtable discussion all about race and beauty. Also: Do you have friends of other races? Photo: iStock"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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