Psst…Did You Know Your Lip Liner Was Replacing Your Beloved Blush This Season?

Most of our skin-enhancing, colour-drenched formulas are pretty accultured. Just notice how receptive they are to the idea of adapting to each other’s strengths, values, and propositions — brow-pencils power-pack the contours of a pout with colour; blushers, in the absence of a palette, drown the lids in all of their show-stopping glory; and highlighters lend their star-studded ambitions to the lips graciously. Now — lip liners are offering blushers some respite, and migrating to the cheeks in waves of pinkish iridescence.

If you’re a clean-girl, soft-glamm subscriber, you’re going to want to check the ‘gram for a newly-arrived hack that has us reinterpreting the way in which we use our lip-liners. While you might have embellished the cheek with a streak of your go-to lip liner at some point, there’s something about this ten-second technique that endows your skin with a dream-like flush of colour. Ahead — a breakdown of the lip-liner hack along with a fine line-up of products that boast glow-inducing abilities.

Because We All Love A Multihyphenate, No?

Notice how Bhatt’s skin is already luminous and lit up pre-hack. To further play into the second-skin-like, lit-from-within glow, let your base do some of the dewy-dumpling weightlifting too. You can achieve the effect by prepping your skin with a Hyaluronic Acid-spike serum and layering on a brightness-inducing moisturiser beforehand.

The MUA begins by slashing a zig-zag across the cheeks with a pinkish lip-liner. She doesn’t blend the colour into the apples yet. Instead — she swipes on a layer of a glow-inducing multihyphenate that highlights, primes, and enhances texture (check: Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Flawless Filter). This product is your key to achieving the aesthetic (though you can experiment with highlighters and shimmers nonetheless). The last step involves blending both formulas into the skin with a brush to achieve a soft-focus, nude-pink flush that flashes through a veil of illuminator gorgeously.

Continue doing the rest of your makeup with clean-girl formulas. Drench the lips in an all-clear lip gloss, and highlight the Cupid’s Bow with a highlighter to play into the illusion of a lush, puckered-up pout. Notice how Bhatt has highlighted her waterline with white eye-pencil. This step instantly brightens and lifts the eyes. Brush the brows with a spoolie, and fill them in with fine hair-like strokes. You’re done!