While almost all top celebrities pour tons of money into rejuvenating their look, which
explains why most don’t look their age compared to ordinary people at all, there are still
idols who stand out saliently as when time passes, they not only don’t age but also
look younger than the pre-debut era.
Basically, they completely beat the passage of time and reverse aging, leaving people
in awe and making headlines as if living in another dimension where humans only look younger
day by day.
Jennie (BLACKPINK)
Most recently when Jennie attended Cannes Film Festival 2023, and also made her debut
as an actress holding immense influence despite having just pivoted into an acting career,
her name has been trending everywhere.
Of course there were various reasons leading to her going viral, one of which was unfortunately
the vulgarity and controversialness of the series she featured, The Idol; however, the
biggest factor still came down to Jennie’s stunning visual that didn’t look any different
from her youthful debut version.
In fact, some said Jennie even looked younger than her past-self and that, despite sounding
hard to believe regarding her packed schedule and irregular eating as well as sleeping routine,
was actually the truth.
Appearing at Cannes Film Festival 2023, Jennie pursued the classic and classy style, the
iconic image making her a Human Chanel, and opted for a design in Chanel Spring/Summer
2020 Haute Couture.
As the original dress and styling looked a bit formal and suffocating, Jennie added a
little twist by turning the mesh sleeves into an off-shoulder detail, perfectly complimenting
her figure and rejuvenating the whole look.
As she has also been famous as a pro in mixing and matching items, she wisely incorporated
a trendy bow headband and a trendy pair of bow shoes, helping the dress look as in vogue
as being made yesterday.
Combining these with the trendy smokey eye makeup and a muted rosy lips color, Jennie
took over all the spotlight not only for her gorgeous appearance but also for the fact
that she looked younger than her younger self from years ago.
Back in 2019 when the stylists made their first attempt to present Jennie in a classic
and classy image, their effort didn’t turn out to be as good as her 2023 version as at
the time, she reminded people more of an actress in her late twenty with a nude makeup layout,
pearl accessories and the formal long white basic dress.
Or this time when she made the very first appearance for Chanel in 2017, it was clear
that the smoky eye-makeup and the platinum highlight hair perfectly complemented Jennie’s
badass aura but simultaneously, they also made her look older than her real age.
Looking at the styling of Jennie, many were reminded of young entrepreneurs in their late
twenties rather than someone in their extremely early twenties.
Especially considering the Y2K trend that has been taking the world by storm in recent
years, her image at 2017 Chanel stood out as even more unnecessarily aged and formal.
When Jennie hadn’t debuted, her image was also said to be a bit too aged as the makeup
and hairstyle didn’t compliment her classic yet trendy beauty.
Specifically, her eyebrows were drawn too heavy and her hairline wasn’t neatly gelled,
unnecessarily adding weight to her facial features and making her, who was a junior
at the time, didn’t look her age.
Irene (Red Velvet)
Perfectly living up to the Goddess Visual title that was granted since the debut date,
Irene has recently become a hot topic online on her way to Europe a few days ago.
Yet this time, the reason she went viral didn’t merely come down to her alluring visual but
also to her looking like a fresh junior just debuting yesterday.
Even in raw photos taken by master fansite, Irene’s visual still shone through perfectly.
Despite having clocked 32 and been in the industry for nine years, most of which were
filled with hectic schedules, messed up sleeping hours and probably even rigorous diets, Irene’s
skin was still flawless.
In close-up photos, she almost had no wrinkles except for the smile lines and even for the
neck area where the skin is more prone to sagginess and aging, the complexion still
looked good.
Netizens were also taken aback to see Irene’s youthfulness overflown with the silkiness
of her hair as usually at that age, especially as an idol who has to frequently come in contact
with harmful hair-dying chemicals and styling equipment, one’s hair would be super brassy.
Back in December 2022, she also garnered headlines for the ageless visual.
What captured people’s attention most was also her long, thick, silky hair that helped
Irene gatekeep the early twenty beauty.
The magical thing here is that, Irene of 2022 and 2023 somehow looks way younger than Irene
of the debut phase and according to netizens, the reason might come down to her unsuitable
styling at the time.
Take her appearance at Namseoul Uni Festival around 2017 for example.
With heavy eyebrows, eye makeup placing too much emphasis on dark shades and a cherry
pink lips color that didn’t match her skin tone, Irene’s visual not only looked stiff
but also way older than her age.
Especially as the stylists hadn’t found the style flattering enough Irene, which led
to her wearing a sweltering high-collar lace blouse and a dated leather red skirt, Irene’s
youthful visual was buried even deeper under the clothes.
In the same year when Red Velvet came to Pyeongchang Music Festa to perform, Irene’s also looked
more aged than her current image due to the tacky makeup that reminded people of celebrities
managed by small companies that had to hire dated makeup artists due to limited budget.
Besides the questionable red eye makeup and completely unflattering red lipstick, which
added ten years to Irene’s vigorous visual, the styling team worsened everything by making
her wear a cheesy blouse on top of black skinny jeans and a soft fabric bow belt.
Karina (aepsa)
While the visual of Karina is undeniably gorgeous and ever since aespa’s debut, nine out of
ten times she made headlines were for how stunning she looks, netizens have gone into
an even crazier frenzy after seeing her looking more youthful than in the debut era.Especially
considering how it had just been around two years since aespa made their first public
appearance, the fact that she reversed aging at the speed of light just boggles people’s
minds nonstop.
With the recent attendance at Cannes Film Festival 2023, her youthful yet classic visual
complemented by the styling seemingly inspired by the Black Swan went viral right off the
bat.
According to netizens, hardly had they seen such a more perfect epitome who harmoniously
captured both the vigor of modern beauty and sophistication of posh ladies in the 80s than
Karina.
Most probably for the considerable weight Karina has shredded recently, which helped
slim down her face and facial features stand out more prominent, she is said to look no
different than an ageless game character coming straight out of sci-fi movies.
Compared Karina’s current image to the debut era, especially the Black Mamba promotion,
people felt like witnessing her swiftly reverse aging within two years.
They also believed the main factor getting her such a youthful image came down to makeup
layout changes, especially eyebrow shape.
Specifically, while her styling team didn’t focus much on the eye makeup, which made her
eyes look flat, dimension-lacking and eventually adding age to the youthful visual, they have
recently switched to a more modern style, putting a greater emphasis on enlarging her
eyes with special shadows and highlight techniques.
Besides, netizens also noticed Karina has changed her eyebrows from a light arch to
a rounder shape, adding softness to her face and creating a younger, more idol-like visual.
Or this time when Karina performed on Music Bank, her styling was also said to be necessarily
aged due to the muted red lips color and smokey eye makeup.
Obviously in the latest Cannes Film Festival appearance, Karina also opted for a similar
style but as her stylists have known better to adjust here and there, limiting the glittering
and changing the shade of the lipsticks, she has shone brightly as a beautiful young black
swan rather than looking like a female in her thirty-something.
Ningning (aespa)
Besides Karina, Ningning has also garnered great attention in aepsa’s latest promotion
thanks to the rejuvenating visual.
As during her newly debuted phase BLACK MAMBA, Ningning used to be the bullseye of criticism
since netizens found her appearance wasn’t complimentary to aespa’s young, dynamic
vibe, the fact that she suddenly became the center of attention for all the good reasons
was extremely thrilling for fans.
People seem to be so in love with Ningning visual that since the moment SM Entertainment
released her concept photo for Spicy when aespa went on various shows to promote their
songs, she has always made headlines for the youthful, certified-maknae visual.
Specifically, just fifteen hours after Ningning had her concept photos released, showers of
compliments for her took over the Internet.
On Twitter only, she received up to 3.7 million views, 144k likes and 62k retweets for the
pictures.
When appearing on STUDIO CHOOM, Ningning was also chosen to be the thumbnail, quickly drawing
positive reactions from netizens.
As of the time I’m making this video, a thread only discussing her visual on theqoo
had up to 34k views and 234 comments, most of which were about people feeling overwhelmed
by her glow-up and the visual as lively as her personality.
Her styling on Inkigayo and Music Core also received praises and what surprised netizens
most was that, even when Ningning switched from the juicy douyin-inspired makeup look
to a fancier one like this smokey makeup at Cannes Film Festival 2023, her sprightly aura
only got elevated rather than immersed.
With the debut at Cannes, Ningning gave off a vibe of an elegant trendy rich daughter
and till this point, most have still been amazed that she managed to look drastically
younger than her debut phase two years ago.
According to many, this has a lot to do with her mistaking choices of stylings from makeup
to hairstyle and to even outfit.
For example, at this stage, Ningning came across as a lady in her late twenties due
to the nude lips color, sharp cat-eye makeup, unnecessarily thick eyelashes and a confusing
low-tied hairstyle.
At the time, she was only eighteen.
While there was an improvement as the stylists styled her hair differently, the overall aged
vibe remained as her makeup was too heavy and dark.
Somehow they believed it was a good idea to let Ningning carry herself in this image and
up to the Next Level era, she was still seen in the same doddering styling.
So, do you think there is more to the reverse aging of these idols rather than just a change
in makeup, and sometimes weightloss?