The Makeup Remover

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Note before the review: It says there are only 26 chapters, but on Line Webtoon (where I read it), there are 127. I have read all 127.

Have you ever wanted to read a rom/dram where the characters actually have common sense? Well, here you go!

Story: 9
The premise of this story is that our main character, Yeseul, finds herself as a contestant in a TV show about makeup called Face Off Cinderella. I, personally, love gameshows, and so this premise instantly hooked me. However, the more important story in this manwha is told through the interactions of the characters, many of whom are fellow contestants. The ... plot related to the show is great, and I wouldn't change it at all. However, I felt that the plot outside of it was slightly worse, and so I docked off a point for that. Overall, I still really liked the story.

Art: 8
The art is a 10 when it wants to be. However, this tends to be saved for the more impactful scenes, and as such, the average quality of art is closer to an 8, which is by no means bad.

Character: 10
THIS is where The Makeup Remover excels. Each character has their moments to shine, and in a cast as large as the one in this story, that is quite a feat in my eyes. I was emotionally attached to most of the characters in the story. The author made it easy for me to like the characters I was supposed to like, and hate the characters I was supposed to hate without making anyone an over-the-top hero or villain. Everyone has their moments of selfishness, but also their moments where they understand. There is incredible character development in this story, and it helps make the important scenes all the more enticing.

Enjoyment: 10
I finished this within three days. I read about 60 of the 127 chapters in two, and the rest today. I could not put it down. This is one of the most enjoyable manwhas I have ever read.

Overall: 10
This story is deeply engaging, interesting, and can be both beautiful and disturbing when it wants to be. I nearly cried in a couple scenes solely due to how well they were done, something that has only ever happened to me once before (in the anime Sonny Boy). I highly recommend that anyone read this.

Hi, this is the person who wrote that true beauty review.
Except I'm not here to trash this manhwa.

It starts off with a college girl yeseul who all of a sudden gets told to start wearing makeup and work on her appearance after only focusing on studying her whole life. She then gets mistreated at a salon by some makuep atrist and at that same salon she gets approached by a dude looking for "The perfect model" and she hesitates to accept the deal at first but eentually gives in.

The makeup remover didn't come off as a super interesting webtoon/manhwa (at ... least for me) which is why it took me so damn long to write this. Once i started it though i realized how good it truly is and it also finds a way to be pretty comical at times. Even though i'm only a few chapters in i think anyone can quickly recognize the theme of this work which is telling us how makeup can make people perceive us in multiple fashions and so far i think the author is doing a good job.

I do plan to read more of this so this review might get rewritten if i wanna add something or my opinion as changed.