Be your own kind of beautiful along with our favorite beauty queens!

Enjoy charming Beauty/Makeover dramas from classics like "My ID is Gangnam Beauty" to recent hits like "True Beauty!"

Follow this collection and share your favorites with other users!

#The Glow Up #Beauty #Makeover #Romance drama #Romantic Comedy #My ID is Gangnam Beauty #True Beauty #Korean drama #Chinese drama #Asian contents

The Glow Up

All who have ever felt self-conscious about their appearance will find a kindred soul in Im Joo Kyung (Moon Ga Young). Although cheery about most things, Joo Kyung is secretly leading a double life when it comes to her appearance.
&nbsp;
Thanks to the help of internet beauty tutorials, Joo Kyung has mastered the art of makeup and transforms into a beautiful goddess with the skillful application of cosmetics every day. She’s known as one of the most attractive girls in class. Despite this, she lives with the fear that her classmates will discover her true appearance behind makeup.
&nbsp;
The only person in school who knows her ugly secret is Lee Su Ho (Cha Eun Woo), an all-star student with natural good looks and a talent for basketball to boot. Dashingly handsome, Su Ho has captured the hearts of all the girls in the high school.
&nbsp;
However, Joo Kyung is not the only one with secrets. Su Ho has a few of his own from his past that are slowly but surely catching up to him.
&nbsp;
Drawn together, these two individuals not only begin to uncover each other’s secrets but also learn more about their true selves in the process.
&nbsp;
The True Beauty drama is based on a long-running Webtoon that goes by the name “The Secret of Angel (True Beauty)”, penned by Yaongyi. Now adapted into a full-fledged Korean Drama that stars a stellar cast that includes K-pop Idol Cha Eun Woo amongst other popular celebrities, fans of the Webtoon The Secret of Angel have something to look forward to.
&nbsp;
“True Beauty” is a 2020 South Korean romantic comedy-drama series that was directed by Kim Sang Hyub.

True Beauty

True Beauty Team

JTBC

This is a story of Kang Mi Rae (Im Soo Hyang), a girl once bullied for her looks. Mi Rae decides she wants a fresh start and gets plastic surgery to transform her face. When she becomes a college student, she meets Do Kyung Suk (Cha Eun Woo) from their middle school days, who sees people for what they are on the inside and not on the outside; he then becomes attracted to Kang Mi Rae. As Mi Rae begins to get teased once more and labeled as a "Gangnam Beauty" for getting plastic surgery, Kyung Suk becomes the one person that stands up for her. In the process, Mi Rae begins to recover her lost confidence and discovers that true beauty is not about what's on the outside.

My ID Is Gangnam Beauty

The Beauty Lovers

Channel A

A popular make-up artist, known for his never-ending quest for perfection, Cha Jung Hyeok (Joo Sang Wook) was at the top of his game. But destiny, it seemed, wouldn’t let him stay there for long. Now unemployed and drowning in debt, Jung Hyeok is desperate to find a way out of this most miserable of slumps; but he’s not the only one.

An idol trainee for the past ten years, Han Soo Yeon (Kim Bo Ra) is desperate to finally get her big break. Deciding it’s now or never, she agrees to participate in an idol audition program, but fails to make the cut. Booted from the program, Soo Yeon finds herself wondering if this is really the path she’s meant to take in life.

Desperation and destiny come together in unexpected ways when Jung Hyeok and Soo Yeon cross paths. After finally landing a much-needed job as a make-up artist, Jung Hyeok agrees to take Soo Yeon under his wing. Noticing that his new assistant shows an incredible aptitude for the art, Jung Hyeok is happy to teach her everything he knows. As the two grow closer, they slowly learn to let go of the broken dreams of the past as they steadily walk towards a future full of bright new dreams, together.

A fun romantic romp, “Touch” is a 2020 Viki Original romantic comedy drama directed by Min Yeon Hong.

Touch

 Loving Touch Team 

Tencent, Youku, iQiyi

Qing Chen (Liu Shi Shi) is a powerful enchantress with remarkable healing abilities. She is a member of an elite group of magicians whose chief role is watching over the imperial family that rules the land.

However, a quirk of destiny means that she is destined to fall in love with one of the imperial princes, Yuan Ling (William Chan).

The magicians’ code strictly forbids them from marrying or having intimate relationships with the imperial family – particularly the Emperor – as they believe that breaking this code will have a disastrous effect on the realm.

But the love bond between the pair is too strong to be denied. And when Yuan Ling ascends to the throne, he resolves to take Qing Chen as his wife. But on the day of the ceremony, the new Emperor’s brother unleashes a violent bid to seize power.

Qing Chen uses a magic stone to travel back in time to a parallel universe, intent on thwarting her own love plans with Yuan Ling and avoid future catastrophe.

Can she succeed in pushing him away the second time around? Or will love prove too strong for even this powerful sorceress to hold back?

“Lost Love in Times” is a Chinese drama series that was co-directed by Lin Yu Fen, Liang Sheng Quan, Yu Cui Hua, and Ren Hai Tao.

Lost Love in Times

KBS, KOCOWA

In Greek mythology, Venus was the goddess of love and symbolized beauty. However, we are now living in a world that is materialistic. The definition of beauty in the 21st century has changed and is now portraying being skinny as beautiful. In this drama, the female lead character named Jueun who used to be popular for her beauty in high school has gained a lot of weight and gets dumped by her boyfriend. Then she decides to lose weight with the help of John Kim who is a famous personal trainer to Hollywood stars. By showing the struggles of Jueun and John Kim, 'Oh My Venus' is trying to tell us that physical beauty isn\u2019t everything.

Oh My Venus

Minion's Rising Team

Once a popular girl, Hye Jin grew into freckles and curly hair, losing the perfect features she had during childhood. Sung Joon, who used to be chubby and fainthearted, grew up into a successful and perfect looking guy. Ha Ri, the girl who seems to have everything, lacks some sex appeal. Shin Hyuk is a guy with regurgitative humor who has something to hide. Hye Jin and Sung Joon had a crush on each other back in childhood, but He and his family moved to the states. After many years have passed, Sung Joon came back to Korea as a fashion magazine chief editor while Hye Jin was still jobless. He wishes to meet Hye Jin after his return.

She Was Pretty

The Ugly Ducklings

KBS02

Everyone dreams of a second chance in life and wishes for a different outcome. Everyone makes mistakes, fails at times, and makes the wrong decision in life. It's because humans are imperfect and flawed beings. But more often than not, the consequences of our choices can be extremely cruel. With just one decision, one loses their dream, another loses their love, and another loses on their meaning of life. E Do is the nation's top fashion designer who suffers from 52 phobias and 35 allergies. Moreover, due to his horrible childhood and losing out on his love, he secludes himself and pushes others away. Despite his health issues and poor character, his skills and works are ingenious and creative. Ye Rin the hottest fashion model in the country. She struggled through her life to get love and attention from her peers and family, but she no longer wishes to continue on the same path.

Perfume

Min Ik is a competent and clearheaded man who works as an executive of a leading telecommunications company. This smart guy recognizes people he has met just once and has the insight to read others\u2019 thoughts until he is diagnosed with face blindness. Gal Hee, a loyal secretary of Min Ik, is a dowdy and a disheveled little woman who has worked for Min Ik with all her might. On the day she gets fired out of the blue, she happens to witness Min Ik almost getting murdered by someone and becomes his right-hand man. Min Ik, who suffers from face blindness, mistakes Gal Hee for Veronica, a charming and influential figure in the filming industry, and falls in love with her. Gal Hee starts to pretend to be Veronica, and as time passes, even she gets confused about who she really is. But Veronica finds out about Gal Hee\u2019s double life and puts an end to it. Would the intertwined relationships and feelings be untangled in the end?

The Secret Life of My Secretary

Secret Secretaries Team

In a world ravaged by war, the four great nations, Jin, Yan, Liang and Qin, are ceaseless in their pursuit of power and ultimate domination. In the midst of this endless conflict, the nations of Jin and Yan clash, and the great house of Jin falls. Forced to flee, the Jin prince, He Xia (Sun Yi Zhou), and his brilliant military strategist, Bai Ping Ting (Angelababy) escape death. But fate is not on their side.

Separated during their exodus, He Xia makes his way to the Kingdom of Bai Lan to pursue revenge against the Kingdom of Jin. Meanwhile Bai Ping Ting finds herself at the mercy of Chu Bei Jie (Wallace Chung), the Jin army’s greatest general and the nation’s most beloved prince. Immediately recognized by the prince, as the girl he fell in love with years ago, Bai Ping Ting soon finds herself the object of her greatest enemy’s desire. 

Eventually recognizing Chu Bei Jie as the boy she once loved, Bai Ping Ting gives into the desires of her heart, setting into motion a complicated romance that pits the desires of the heart against the loyalties both have for their kingdoms. 

Directed by Ju Jue Liang, "General and I" is a 2017 romance drama based on the novel, "A Lonesome Fragrance Waiting to Be Appreciated" by Feng Nong.

General and I

The Lovebirds Team

Sohu TV

When you’re trying to win over your Prince Charming, can you find him in an unexpected place? Lin Xin Chen (Zhang Yu Xi) is an heiress of a wealthy family but faces pressure to marry well because of her illegitimate status. Her target? The suave and wealthy Zheng Chu Yao (Chen Bo Rong), a fellow student at the elite arts school known as Four Leaf College. But due to a number of misunderstandings, Xin Chen at first mistakes the brooding Jiang Yu Nian (Mike D. Angelo) as Chu Yao and tries to get his attention. But when Xin Chen realizes she has the wrong man, she keeps running into Nian&nbsp;Yu&nbsp;in the most compromising ways and then learns that Nian Yu is the only person who can teach her to tango to be able to get into Chu Yao’s good graces. But Xin Chen is annoyed when Chu Yao only seems interested in a poor student, Yu Yang Yang (Du Yan), who was admitted to the prestigious school because her father saved the principal’s life. Can&nbsp;Nian Yu teach Xin Chen to tango right into Chu Yao’s heart or will she discover that her destiny is with someone else? “My Little Princess” is a 2016 Chinese drama series produced by Qi Wei.

My Little Princess

The Little Princesses

Tencent

It is the late 10th century, and the Liao dynasty is at the zenith of its power. The powerful Liao rule much of what is now Northeast China, Mongolia, and Russia, as well as much of the Korean peninsula.

Prime Minister Xiao Si Wen and Princess Yan of the Liao have three daughters, but their favorite is the youngest – the hard-working and diligent Xiao Chao (Tiffany Tang).

Xiao Chao’s heart belongs to aspiring military commander Han De Rang (Shawn Dou), whose family have loyally served the Liao for decades. But her parents have other plans for her – and succeed in arranging for her to marry the Liao Emperor, Jin Zhong (Jing Chao).

She obeys and goes on to become the Emperor’s queen, as well as a fierce defender of the Liao – helping to mobilize the army, heading a 10,000-strong cavalry regiment and providing support for the civil administration. Eventually, she is named Empress.

In the meantime, however, Han De Rang has continued his own rise through the ranks of both the military and the government, becoming a powerful general and a minister.

Xiao Chao is prepared to do anything to help the realm…but can she contain her feelings for Han De Rang? And can he, in turn, control his heart, which still beats for his childhood sweetheart, now the Empress?

“The Legend of Legend of Xiao Chuo” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Jiang Jia Jun.

The Legend of Xiao Chuo

Youku

Many years ago, Yan Ke (Riley Wang) and Xiong Yi Fan (Wan Peng) were schoolmates. But back in her younger days, she never discovered that she had a secret admirer in Yan Ke, who kept his crush a secret and loved her from afar.

Now things are very different for both of them, and Yan Ke is at college, where he is one of the most popular and well-loved students on campus.

Dashing, sensitive, a hit among the female students, and unfailingly charming, he has also become a budding young pianist. However, deep down, he feels unfulfilled and lacking in purpose.

When a bizarre set of circumstances leads his path to once again cross with Xiong Yi Fan, it is her turn to be smitten at first sight.

Will love continue to evade them? Or could cupid finally unite this duo?
This series was based on a novel of the same name, authored by Wei Mian Jun.

“First Romance” is a 2020 Chinese drama series that was directed by Ding Pei.

Shows

Comments