You don’t have to scroll far on Instagram to notice that glossy skin has been blowing up right now. Whether you call it wet skin, glass skin, or dewy dumpling skin – matte skin has officially taken a back seat – and the skin aesthetic taking over the Internet is fresh, glowy, and bright. From Alia to Kiara and Shanaya – the skin trend has been adopted by today’s hottest starlets, and we are hella obsessed. The makeup trend is all about creating skin that looks as glazed as Dunkin’s classic donut. If you want to look impossibly glowy this festive season, here’s how to pave the way to your most glowing, dewiest, mesmerising skin moment yet.
6 Steps To Create A Glossy Makeup Look That Lasts All Day
Step 1: The Pre-Prep Step
Prepping your skin is key to ensuring that your skin is hydrated and ready to glow. We recommend using a chemical exfoliator to slough off dead skin cells. This will make sure that your skincare products penetrate deeper into the skin without a hitch. You can also use a face razor for peach fuzz removal. The smoother the skin, the smoother your makeup application will be.
Step 2: Hydrate Your Skin
While applying your serum, moisturiser, and sunscreen, make sure you wait for a couple of minutes for each product to sink in before moving to the next step. Once you’ve applied the aforementioned skincare products, it’s time for primer. A primer helps in increasing the staying power of your foundation and it also creates a silky-smooth canvas for the rest of the makeup products. Apply an illuminating primer using your fingers. Let it dry completely before you start your makeup application.
Step 3: Opt For Cream Products
After you’re done with prepping and priming your skin, it’s important to check out the kind of formulation you plan on using. If you want your skin to look glowy and hydrated, we suggest opting for liquid and cream formulas. ICYDK, liquid foundations, cream blushes, and highlighters can be warmed by your natural body temperature and fingers to blend well on the skin. Try to use as many cream formulations as possible in your makeup look.
Step 4: Layer And Blend
Blending your makeup properly is key to making sure it looks natural and seamless. Apply your foundation in thin layers to avoid any cakey, ashy look. When you’re sculpting your face, use the shape of ‘3’ as a rule of thumb. Apply the bronzer across your hair line tracing it along the hollows of your cheeks and then across the jawline. Repeat the process for both sides of your face. Next, take a cream blush and apply it atop the apple of your cheeks, slightly extending it out to get a flirty flushed look.
Step 5: Apply A Minimal Eye Makeup
To let your skin be the star of the show, opt for minimal eye makeup. Hues like peach, pink, and nude brown work best to make heads turn. For an added layer of glamm, coat your eyelids with a gloss. This will take your look to another level. Complete the makeup by curling your lashes and coating them in mascara.
Step 6: Glow To The Gods
Apply a lightweight, liquid highlighter on the high points of your face like on the cupid’s bow, on top of the cheekbones, temples, below, and above the brows, and on the bridge of your nose. Top it off with a face gloss or vaseline. This will really make your makeup pop. Finally, apply your fave shade of lipstick. Complete the look by sealing the deal with a dew-inducing makeup setting spray.
Prepare to hear a lot of “Wow! Your makeup!”
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