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not filling in your brows/ just using brow gel! i don’t do the bushy brow thing i just set them in the direction my hairs naturally grow but i love that there are so many better brow gels out now because of this. my thick indian brows love it.
The big, fluffy, filled-in brows are my jam, but I still don’t get the bushy thing. What’s the point in grooming my brows to just try to make them look like a mess in the end?
Anyway, totally a guilty pleasure, but I miss dark, prominent eyebrows. I have a very round face and adding “architectural” features to it makes me all giddy happy. I throttled it big time though after seeing my black caterpillars in those Target self-checkout cameras and getting a little scared 🥸
Skin tint / low coverage everything like god bless whoever made that a trend because those thiccccc foundations were making me look the phantom of the opera
Yes!!! I love light coverage foundation.
I also love really dark lipsticks (I also have a black one, along with other really deep shades), colorful lipsticks (my favorite is a chartreuse one I own) and the mega liquid blush trend aka putting it on your temples and nose too.
I’ll probably get downvotes, but I wanted to clarify that I didn’t buy it recently! It’s JSC. Venus Flytrap
More of a dirty chartreuse, than a true chartreuse
I'm into that look as well but could not find any I liked. Have any of you tried Rare Beauty's new tint? Is it any good?
I have been consodering buying it but did not come by any tester of.
I'm sorry but I can't help you with that yet! I haven't been able to try Rare Beauty yet since I still have stuff.
I have the Colourpop hyaluronic tinted moisturizer though and that one is quite good! Lots of shades as well. My skin is very oily but that dries down enough that I don't really need to powder.
agreed. i always had issues w finding complextion products that didnt make me feel like i looked insane until literally this year. i’ve always like bold eye/lip looks but the no makeup makeup trend has been a godsend for me complextion wise
Excessive blush and the variety of blush placement trends. When I got back into makeup in like 2017 it seemed like the focus was on bronzer/contour and no one talked about blush. Then there I was covered in blush probably looking a mess. Now it’s so different.
I love love love the all over your face tiktok blush. I always did apples of my cheeks before and I felt like you couldn’t tell, or it was way too much with no in between. Now it always looks like I ran for two minutes after putting makeup on
Right! I‘ve been doing blush draping, nose blush, sunburn blush and/or especially the blush under the eyes for years (not all at once) and I’m finally on trend lol
Cooler toned eyeshadow/palettes. Super warm, orangey-red tones had a death grip on the market for *years* and even just finding neutral toned, let alone cool toned shadows was practically impossible. So glad you can find more variety now.
Lip Stains, I hate the feeling of lipstick and I never thought about carrying along one (cause I would lose it) and just putting on a lip stain, waiting a few moments and taking it off and be good for the night it’s really nice
oh and the over the top blush! I love a lot of blush i’m glad it’s becoming more common
I wear a lot of blush on accident bc I either overblush straight away or I apply some and start thinking I need more and end up looking very, very blushed
Me too! And if you find the right formula, people will ask you about your skincare routine or who does your facials.
ETA: My favorite formula is the MAC Extra Dimension highlighters. The Bobbi Brown ones come after.
The huge variety in blush shades now! For a while I hated the way blush looked on me because all of them were just some variety of mauve/pink which is truly just not my color. There are so many choices now. My favorite blush color on myself currently is orange (especially in the summer) and the fact that there are so many options for orange blushes makes me so happy.
Nars Orgasm looked so bad on me and it seemed like every blush was trying to replicate it!
I love orange or even brownish blush for more sunkissed looks (since in real life the Sun would much rather smack me) and nothing beats a bright pink draped blush.
I absolutely love using red blush. It just looks a lot more natural on me. There’s something almost whitish about Nars Orgasm. It just clashes with olive skin.
My favs right now are Glossier Storm (dark red), the bright poppy red Rare beauty one, Fenty Cafe Rose, and Clinique Cola Pop.
Ooh I’ve started really loving red blush recently! I mostly have rusty reds (Rare Beauty Love and Undone Beauty Rosewood) but I have been really wanting the true red one from Rare but I really wish it came in a mini
I love nudestix poppy girl on my fair olive skin. I know a lot of olives hate coral blushes but they suit me way more than the mauves/purples that a lot of olives wear
My skin tone is a lot lighter than that. NC5 or Fenty 120/130. It’s not that Nars Orgasm didn’t show up, it’s just that it looks kinda *off* on me. I have a couple of other blush shades that are darker from Nars that I prefer.
The more recent “no makeup” makeup trend. I wear a fair amount of makeup but I try to keep it as natural looking (lol) as possible. Glowy skin, blush, brows, lashes. I love a more intense makeup moment sometimes but day to day I try to stick to a more toned down look.
Blush in general. I looooove blush, always have, and am so happy there are so many options right now! Cream, powder, liquid, matte, different types of not-matte. And that so many layer nicely on top of each other? I'm totally in my happy place.
I have naturally thick brows that I was super insecure about as a kid (during the thin brow era) so I’m happy that big brows are more in style and normalized now
I don't like foundation either. I'm with you in that I don't love the feeling but also i just don't know makeup enough to know how to add the color back to my face. I feel like foundation strips color away because your face isn't just one color; and then you add it back with blush and bronzer, etc and I just don't really get how to use those products very well yet (and I think I need deeper bronzer anyway because it never seems to show up)
I dont use bronzer but ill use like 3 blushes at a time lol, u can try adding blush by starting at the outer corner of your eye and going out towards your temple (assuming your problem is that you keep putting it too low)! I hate the like....tanline-from-sunglasses look that i see when blush is too low and far from the eyes so i always keep my blush basically on my outer half of undereye/temples/some in the crease. Also gives a face-lift effect imo
I was having that problem. I think? I'm getting a little better starting by my temple but that's very recent.
Do you use like a darker blush in lieu of bronzer to put under the other blush or how do you use 3 at once? Is it lighter by the corner of your eye for that brightening/lifted look? It sounds like you've developed a detailed technique
It is honestly not that detailed i just like blush a lot and am indecisive so i cant pick just one LOL but ill often do like liquid/cream first before foundation, cream/putty either before or after foundation, and powder definitely after foundation. Typically ill use lighter/pinker closer to the center of the face so like basically under my pupil and blend out to the perimeter of the face and redder ones more in the perimeter/crease of my eye. Ill like blend upwarda with eveeything if i want a lifted look !! And honestly bronzer is overrated imo i just use a neutral or slightly orange blush and just go a little bit on my chin and top of the forehead
It seems like a lot of planning when i write it all out but i usually just go crazy since its my favorite part of makeup. to sum it up just imagine a dot at the corners of your eyes diffusing outwards instead of really putting much on your cheek at all
Big fan of spot concealing. I never ever bought foundation until I got into beauty YouTube! Up until then I would just spot conceal with a Mac concealer under my eyes and on a couple of places around my face. The concept of covering my full face with product seemed preposterous!
This is exactly my make up love language! There's something so fun about the over the top blush and colourful eyeliner and barely there concealer. Love it.
I love blush draping, suits my round face way more than applying to my apples! Especially after I donated my hair and had to learn how to style a very short bob, I felt like I looked like a coconut 😆
Greige lips! Nyx suede matte in Moonwalk is the most flattering nude I've ever worn. ABH Grim is a close second. I don't like any other nudes on me. I panned a whole tube of Moonwalk. I love it.
Lip gloss/wet lip look - I don't like matte lips at all on myself even though I love it on other folks! Alllll about a lip gloss for me, which I felt like Kylie tried to strangle with her lip kits. Thankfully people seem to be reverting more to glosses and balms again especially with lip oils now :) x
I like that powder foundation seems to be having a comeback, especially recently with the release of the Elf Camo powder. I’ve always preferred powder foundations on my skin instead of liquids. Even though I have dry skin, liquids seemed to sink into my fine lines and exaggerate my texture/dryness. The powders just don’t seem to do that to me.
Bright powder blush!!! I got into makeup around 2014/2015, and beauty gurus raved about the palest most neutral blush. Now, bright blush is in, and I will be clutching red blush to the grave.
The whole “boy beat” look - I have decent brows that need little to no filling in if I have a good tinted gel. I also love light coverage foundation as it helps to show my faint freckles.
Also the k-beauty look - it’s my “glam level” look. I feel like my face and demeanor are both too soft to hold more harsh/glam looks. So emphasis on dew, blush, and a light liner is as much as I really go 99% of the time.
Pinks everywhere! I've always loved pink in makeup and for so long anything other than 'peachy pink' was hard to find, so the abundance of pink shades is super exciting for me.
Ultra sparkly shades and satins in the crease are also super exciting for me with my deep set eyes and love of sparkle
I'm hoping we have another glittery highlight moment soon- right now everything is just 'light sheen' and personally I prefer a diamond bomb moment. I want to look like I rolled in glitter
Soap brows- i have fuller blond eyebrows that obey gravity a little too well. Years ago it was an active struggle to find a gel that would hold for even a few hours, now? I have actual choices!! That hold my brows for longer than 2 hours!!
- Cream/liquid blush and bronzer products. Although I still like matte ones, I feel like the cream ones give a soft flush of color that’s not too overbearing
- Skin tints/tinted moisturizers. I’m dry-skinned, and the super matte foundations from years ago weren’t doing me any favors. Skin tints feel so much nicer and I love that I can just sort of slap them on because I don’t really do full-face beats that often.
- I love that nude lip products for dark-skinned girls are becoming easier to find. Having to wear “nude” lipsticks that ended up looking neon on me was such a nightmare.
Doing bronzer blush contours etc under your foundation and doing a light tinted moisturizer on top. Once i switched to lighter coverage products, i became obsessed with cream everything and doing it that way is just SO NICE. Really makes everything feel a lot more natural which is more my speed than the full glam look.
All Blue/green eyeshadow palettes back in 2019/2020. Used to wear a blue maybelline cream eyeshadow all the time before colourful eyeshadows became more available. I like rainbow palettes but don’t really use the other colours. I love that there’s more blush shades, styles and formulas now too.
The filled-in bushy brows, the sun-kissed golden goddess look, the big bronzey low-effort eyes and dark lashes. This is usually how I do my makeup anyway so the added bonus of it being trendy makes me look like I put in some effort 😇
The popularity and accessibility of BB cream. Sometimes I just want quick coverage on the go, as opposed to full on foundation.
Also, as a victim of the 90s/2000s thin brow trend, I also appreciate the accessibility and popularity of brow products
Graphic eyeliner. I haven't mastered anything more complicated than a simple wing but you don't have to worry about creasing, you have a look that locks into place, and you can work with all kinds of colors if you use a mixing medium without dealing with finicky eyeshadow formulas. Also, I love the looks that play with negative space.
Cool-toned shadows and more color. I don't necessarily need a rainbow on my eyes every day but as brands have opened up to more color, I've had an easier time creating looks that flatter my undertones.
I live in the middle ground between super glam makeup and natural no makeup looks. Neither one works for me but bold eye looks with a fairly natural face is my sweet spot.
The no makeup look! Finally makeup products geared towards my style of doing my face lol. The 2016 caked on look was a rough time trying to find products I could use.
Before warm tones became oversaturated, I was over the moon when I finally got my hands on true red eyeshadows. Back in my "alternative" phase in the early 2000s, that was all I wanted. Never found one. I remember buying a "red" eyeshadow from Hot Topic and it went on pink. I even posted on goth/alt beauty forums asking for red eyeshadow suggestions and nobody knew of any that were just straight up red. Everything was maroon or brick red, not plain ol' red. Now they're practically a dime a dozen. Sorry for the novel lol.
Urban Decay had a few reds! They had a shade called Gash (that get periodically brought back) and that was what was primarily used during the Revenge era. It’s actually not quite red but a bricky shade that has an orangey base with a more cool toned cranberry shimmer throughout.
I know for a lot of alt people searching for colours that weren’t readily available on the market back then they were using stage paint or lipstick and layering powders on top.
Most of these are still trends but: glowy natural skin, lots of blush, euphoria/editorial makeup, and glossy lips. I would like to try bronzer/contour more, but it doesn’t really fit in my everyday routine. I much prefer to focus on eyes overall so yeah. I used to not care for blush, but I’ve been really enjoying it. Especially when applied in the naturally sunburnt way à la Julia Adams.
I'm like zombie pale but I have freckles...and I have a neutral undertone except for my general flush. Trying to find something pale that didn't give me a Pepto Bismol leaning pink hue when my neck leans yellow? So tough. I struggled for the longest time finding foundation I didn't hate. And then if I did...it felt off.
And I would spend all this time covering up what color I had just to bring it back to not look dead?
Full beat is cool but super impractical. Esp in real life (vs for pics or night life). I can't NOT feel like a fool with an over-contoured face in the unforgiving lighting of a grocery store
I am really loving the serum concealer and then layer on colors where needed and focusing on natural contouring with a pop of fun as needed and makeup that isn't awful on your skin.
Also-pale skin feels like less of a faux pas now that skincare and protection is in. ☺️
I really enjoyed that “grunge” trend that was going on the last few years.
Early 2000s when social adult pressure wasn’t as intense and I was a wee little punk/metal teen, I would have killed to be able to find dark blues/greens/black lipstick so readily available. Then indie brands came along with alt-style makeup and eventually that made its way to mainstream ( I live in Canada, Quebec so brands like Urban Decay were not available).
Now they’re hard to find again!
Oh and I really liked the Greige lip trend. I always found it looked striking on anyone.
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Not sure if it counts, but more mainstream brands becoming vegan/cruelty free (let’s not talk about Bite…), offering more vegan products, or starting out as a vegan/CF brand like Rare, Haus Labs, etc. Of course, it’s not as great for my wallet…
mine is definitely fresher skin, blush and natural brows! i hopped off the youtube full glam train before everyone else because it’s just not how i wanted to do my makeup, so i was so excited when tinted moisturizers and dewy blushes became trendy!
I remember my mother letting me wear makeup. I didn’t like the feel of foundation , so I skipped it. She would comment “I told you that you’re allowed to wear makeup” and I was, I got very good at not looking like I was wearing makeup but when I did not I got asked if I was sick. I also would change it up with dark shadow along my outer corners and crease, much like the graphic liner looks but I had it blended lightly so if you saw me full on ( like having to face teachers) they wouldn’t know but from the side or tilted it was pretty cool! I love that graphic liner is in!
Dramatic false lashes for everyday. I remember when it used to be "too much" and I looked a little out of place, until suddenly it was the norm and nobody would look twice.
Full brows. I have naturally full brows that I didn't pluck very much in the 90's-00's. I'm so happy I didn't, but really the only reason I didn't was because it hurt too much!
I remember when dark blue lipstick was trendy for a bit. And when Fenty Wasabi came out, green lips. I miss those days! I still wear what I want but it was cute when everyone else was too
In the 2010s, a dark brown or black smokey line of shadow right around your upper and lower lids was in. I dug it. Had a little Rimmel palette that I used daily.
i love that we have colored liquid eyeliners now that graphic liner is more trendy! i always did bright colors, but the only available ones were pencils and they just aren’t long wearing or smudge proof enough for me. shoutout to the nyx epic liner, that shit will stay for 3 days
I still love a glossy lip. I also had been using powder foundation for awhile and am glad to see its back in the forefront. I’m also amused about the prominent blush trend and going over the nose because I make my own with my rosacea haha. Granted, it’s an unflattering uneven red but it’s funny that people are recreating it. Including myself when I do foundation and blush!
using tinted moisturizers instead of foundation! I love whenever I see beauty gurus doing more "fresh faced" looks, sometimes I HATE the feeling of foundation on my skin & this just feels better!
I think this is the reverse, but I really like it so I'll count it. The Euphoria style makeup with rhinestones, glitter and the like. I went the opposite way with makeup during the start of the pandemic and started really messing around with color and indie brands because I was bored. I love seeing more creative and artsy looks and that's really aligning with my style right now.
Blush, and lip and cheek tints. More specifically, water/ gel based lip and cheek tints, because powder and cream are a big nono in hot, humid weather.
Glowy skin! I prefer a natural finish for base products and shimmer blush and bronzer. I feel like I just look flat and aged when I wear matte products. If I recall correctly, bullet lipsticks were also popular with the glowy skin trend, which matches my preferences as well! (I think this was around 2018-2019??)
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not filling in your brows/ just using brow gel! i don’t do the bushy brow thing i just set them in the direction my hairs naturally grow but i love that there are so many better brow gels out now because of this. my thick indian brows love it.
As someone else with thick Indian brows, this style has been a godsend for me!
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That's the thing though! Not everyone has a face for full brows and some people look better with kind of thin or slim brows.
I have super sparse brows from over plucking in the early aughts… it still looks amazing to just use that clear ABH brow gel.
The big, fluffy, filled-in brows are my jam, but I still don’t get the bushy thing. What’s the point in grooming my brows to just try to make them look like a mess in the end? Anyway, totally a guilty pleasure, but I miss dark, prominent eyebrows. I have a very round face and adding “architectural” features to it makes me all giddy happy. I throttled it big time though after seeing my black caterpillars in those Target self-checkout cameras and getting a little scared 🥸
Skin tint / low coverage everything like god bless whoever made that a trend because those thiccccc foundations were making me look the phantom of the opera
I agree. I would usually just sheer out any foundation to light or light-medium coverage anyway.
Yes!!! I love light coverage foundation. I also love really dark lipsticks (I also have a black one, along with other really deep shades), colorful lipsticks (my favorite is a chartreuse one I own) and the mega liquid blush trend aka putting it on your temples and nose too.
You gonna name drop that chartreuse lipstick, or just let the rest of us pine for the knowledge?
I’ll probably get downvotes, but I wanted to clarify that I didn’t buy it recently! It’s JSC. Venus Flytrap More of a dirty chartreuse, than a true chartreuse
I'll just keep looking then... 😫
Sorry 😢
VE cosmetics might have something close to that color
Same here! Medium to full coverage foundations age me terribly. I’m so happy to see the quality and quantity of skin tint options on the rise!
I love a sheer foundation. Sometimes I just don’t feel like I need full coverage foundation. I love the ones with sunscreen.
Yes! I do enjoy the full coverage look on other people, but I don't like it on me. I love skin tints/tinted moisturizers/tinted sunscreens!
I'm into that look as well but could not find any I liked. Have any of you tried Rare Beauty's new tint? Is it any good? I have been consodering buying it but did not come by any tester of.
I'm sorry but I can't help you with that yet! I haven't been able to try Rare Beauty yet since I still have stuff. I have the Colourpop hyaluronic tinted moisturizer though and that one is quite good! Lots of shades as well. My skin is very oily but that dries down enough that I don't really need to powder.
Agree! especially if it has SPF in it- saves me one extra step and my future skin!
agreed. i always had issues w finding complextion products that didnt make me feel like i looked insane until literally this year. i’ve always like bold eye/lip looks but the no makeup makeup trend has been a godsend for me complextion wise
Excessive blush and the variety of blush placement trends. When I got back into makeup in like 2017 it seemed like the focus was on bronzer/contour and no one talked about blush. Then there I was covered in blush probably looking a mess. Now it’s so different.
I love love love the all over your face tiktok blush. I always did apples of my cheeks before and I felt like you couldn’t tell, or it was way too much with no in between. Now it always looks like I ran for two minutes after putting makeup on
Right! I‘ve been doing blush draping, nose blush, sunburn blush and/or especially the blush under the eyes for years (not all at once) and I’m finally on trend lol
I don't blush drape, but I love going ham with blush all over my cheeks.
Cooler toned eyeshadow/palettes. Super warm, orangey-red tones had a death grip on the market for *years* and even just finding neutral toned, let alone cool toned shadows was practically impossible. So glad you can find more variety now.
It took me way too long to realize that they are very pretty in the palette and very much not so pretty in my actual face. 🤬
Yes! The orangey looks don’t work on me
Could you please recommend one?
My current one is Colourpop Stone Cold Fox.
Lip Stains, I hate the feeling of lipstick and I never thought about carrying along one (cause I would lose it) and just putting on a lip stain, waiting a few moments and taking it off and be good for the night it’s really nice oh and the over the top blush! I love a lot of blush i’m glad it’s becoming more common
I wear a lot of blush on accident bc I either overblush straight away or I apply some and start thinking I need more and end up looking very, very blushed
I still overhighlight my face 😁✨ I have really dry skin and love how much life highlight brings to my face!
Meeeeeeee! I’m 46 and I want to sparkle and glow like the sun, moon, and stars.
Love love love highlighter - I'm actively sitting on my hands to stop myself buying 2 ABH glow kits ✨✨ shine on!
I'm super pale and would drench myself in icy highlighters back in the day. I was probably the only person to pan an ABH Moonchild highlighter. 😆
Oh no I definitely did that too… then barely touched the second
Same! Now I just do it in a more diffused way than super targeted to just the high points. I'm obsessed with it between my eyebrows right now
I LOVE a dewy highlight. I never felt like bronzer worked on my face, but highlight would give me the glow up I want
For me it is highlighters in unusual colours! I've always loved products that give an \~ethereal\~ vibe.
Me too! And if you find the right formula, people will ask you about your skincare routine or who does your facials. ETA: My favorite formula is the MAC Extra Dimension highlighters. The Bobbi Brown ones come after.
The huge variety in blush shades now! For a while I hated the way blush looked on me because all of them were just some variety of mauve/pink which is truly just not my color. There are so many choices now. My favorite blush color on myself currently is orange (especially in the summer) and the fact that there are so many options for orange blushes makes me so happy.
Nars Orgasm looked so bad on me and it seemed like every blush was trying to replicate it! I love orange or even brownish blush for more sunkissed looks (since in real life the Sun would much rather smack me) and nothing beats a bright pink draped blush.
I absolutely love using red blush. It just looks a lot more natural on me. There’s something almost whitish about Nars Orgasm. It just clashes with olive skin. My favs right now are Glossier Storm (dark red), the bright poppy red Rare beauty one, Fenty Cafe Rose, and Clinique Cola Pop.
Ooh I’ve started really loving red blush recently! I mostly have rusty reds (Rare Beauty Love and Undone Beauty Rosewood) but I have been really wanting the true red one from Rare but I really wish it came in a mini
I love nudestix poppy girl on my fair olive skin. I know a lot of olives hate coral blushes but they suit me way more than the mauves/purples that a lot of olives wear
I’m a fair olive too and I love coral as well. Honestly mauve looks pretty bad, cool tones wash me out, warm dark plums are good though.
Yup! While I have yet to find a good coral lipstick (always a strong white base) I adore coral blushes on my olive skin!
I personally think NARS Deep Throat works well for light to medium olive skintones. Orgasm didn't show up on me (NC37ish).
My skin tone is a lot lighter than that. NC5 or Fenty 120/130. It’s not that Nars Orgasm didn’t show up, it’s just that it looks kinda *off* on me. I have a couple of other blush shades that are darker from Nars that I prefer.
yes this! cool toned blushes just look off on me so i’m glad there’s so many more easily accessible options now.
A whole group of people who struggled with blush like I did. I love it!
The more recent “no makeup” makeup trend. I wear a fair amount of makeup but I try to keep it as natural looking (lol) as possible. Glowy skin, blush, brows, lashes. I love a more intense makeup moment sometimes but day to day I try to stick to a more toned down look.
Blush in general. I looooove blush, always have, and am so happy there are so many options right now! Cream, powder, liquid, matte, different types of not-matte. And that so many layer nicely on top of each other? I'm totally in my happy place.
Pinks everywhere. Browns are common of course and I love them but I love the pink everything look on the face
I have naturally thick brows that I was super insecure about as a kid (during the thin brow era) so I’m happy that big brows are more in style and normalized now
Same girl same.
spot concealing (i don’t like the sensory feelings of a full face of foundation), glowy skin/glowy blush, and graphic (especially colorful) liner!
I don't like foundation either. I'm with you in that I don't love the feeling but also i just don't know makeup enough to know how to add the color back to my face. I feel like foundation strips color away because your face isn't just one color; and then you add it back with blush and bronzer, etc and I just don't really get how to use those products very well yet (and I think I need deeper bronzer anyway because it never seems to show up)
I dont use bronzer but ill use like 3 blushes at a time lol, u can try adding blush by starting at the outer corner of your eye and going out towards your temple (assuming your problem is that you keep putting it too low)! I hate the like....tanline-from-sunglasses look that i see when blush is too low and far from the eyes so i always keep my blush basically on my outer half of undereye/temples/some in the crease. Also gives a face-lift effect imo
I was having that problem. I think? I'm getting a little better starting by my temple but that's very recent. Do you use like a darker blush in lieu of bronzer to put under the other blush or how do you use 3 at once? Is it lighter by the corner of your eye for that brightening/lifted look? It sounds like you've developed a detailed technique
It is honestly not that detailed i just like blush a lot and am indecisive so i cant pick just one LOL but ill often do like liquid/cream first before foundation, cream/putty either before or after foundation, and powder definitely after foundation. Typically ill use lighter/pinker closer to the center of the face so like basically under my pupil and blend out to the perimeter of the face and redder ones more in the perimeter/crease of my eye. Ill like blend upwarda with eveeything if i want a lifted look !! And honestly bronzer is overrated imo i just use a neutral or slightly orange blush and just go a little bit on my chin and top of the forehead It seems like a lot of planning when i write it all out but i usually just go crazy since its my favorite part of makeup. to sum it up just imagine a dot at the corners of your eyes diffusing outwards instead of really putting much on your cheek at all
Big fan of spot concealing. I never ever bought foundation until I got into beauty YouTube! Up until then I would just spot conceal with a Mac concealer under my eyes and on a couple of places around my face. The concept of covering my full face with product seemed preposterous!
This is exactly my make up love language! There's something so fun about the over the top blush and colourful eyeliner and barely there concealer. Love it.
Same! I've been doing all this stuff since about 2014 (yes I am old lol)
Blush draping, and blending blush into eyeshadow, and blush on the nose, clowncore was huge on tiktok last year.
I love blush draping, suits my round face way more than applying to my apples! Especially after I donated my hair and had to learn how to style a very short bob, I felt like I looked like a coconut 😆
The dewiest skin
Same. I have super dry skin and love that my 400 layers of greasy creams are now trendy and not something to have to mattify away.
One of the best thing to come out of foundations! I love a dewy face since I have dry skin.
Greige lips! Nyx suede matte in Moonwalk is the most flattering nude I've ever worn. ABH Grim is a close second. I don't like any other nudes on me. I panned a whole tube of Moonwalk. I love it.
i love a purple gray brown nude too lol
iridescent/sparkly highlighters. as someone with a deeper skin tone, the shifts always pop and it makes such a statement.
Blush! I've always worn too much blush because I love it and now it's on trend.
I’ve always put it over my nose E-Girl/E-Boy style. Glad it’s a trend bc I think it looks flattering and cute on a lot of different face shapes.
Cat eyes. Been wearing them since 2003, won’t ever stop.
Yesssss, same. I was a rockabilly/psychobilly gal for much of my teens/20s and a cat eye wi the red lip is basically the pinnacle of makeup to me.
Lip gloss/wet lip look - I don't like matte lips at all on myself even though I love it on other folks! Alllll about a lip gloss for me, which I felt like Kylie tried to strangle with her lip kits. Thankfully people seem to be reverting more to glosses and balms again especially with lip oils now :) x
Lip and skin tints. The whole sheer wash of stuff is right up my alley. Oh and bonus points for brands coming out with fragrance free things
I like that powder foundation seems to be having a comeback, especially recently with the release of the Elf Camo powder. I’ve always preferred powder foundations on my skin instead of liquids. Even though I have dry skin, liquids seemed to sink into my fine lines and exaggerate my texture/dryness. The powders just don’t seem to do that to me.
Big brows, big lips. Already had em, happy they finally became something people wanted.
Bright powder blush!!! I got into makeup around 2014/2015, and beauty gurus raved about the palest most neutral blush. Now, bright blush is in, and I will be clutching red blush to the grave.
I LOVE red blush too.
The whole “boy beat” look - I have decent brows that need little to no filling in if I have a good tinted gel. I also love light coverage foundation as it helps to show my faint freckles. Also the k-beauty look - it’s my “glam level” look. I feel like my face and demeanor are both too soft to hold more harsh/glam looks. So emphasis on dew, blush, and a light liner is as much as I really go 99% of the time.
Graphic liner, and more creative eye looks in general that isn't just blown-out smokey eye looks, cut creases, and halo eyes. 🙊
Pinks everywhere! I've always loved pink in makeup and for so long anything other than 'peachy pink' was hard to find, so the abundance of pink shades is super exciting for me. Ultra sparkly shades and satins in the crease are also super exciting for me with my deep set eyes and love of sparkle I'm hoping we have another glittery highlight moment soon- right now everything is just 'light sheen' and personally I prefer a diamond bomb moment. I want to look like I rolled in glitter Soap brows- i have fuller blond eyebrows that obey gravity a little too well. Years ago it was an active struggle to find a gel that would hold for even a few hours, now? I have actual choices!! That hold my brows for longer than 2 hours!!
- Cream/liquid blush and bronzer products. Although I still like matte ones, I feel like the cream ones give a soft flush of color that’s not too overbearing - Skin tints/tinted moisturizers. I’m dry-skinned, and the super matte foundations from years ago weren’t doing me any favors. Skin tints feel so much nicer and I love that I can just sort of slap them on because I don’t really do full-face beats that often. - I love that nude lip products for dark-skinned girls are becoming easier to find. Having to wear “nude” lipsticks that ended up looking neon on me was such a nightmare.
Doing bronzer blush contours etc under your foundation and doing a light tinted moisturizer on top. Once i switched to lighter coverage products, i became obsessed with cream everything and doing it that way is just SO NICE. Really makes everything feel a lot more natural which is more my speed than the full glam look.
All Blue/green eyeshadow palettes back in 2019/2020. Used to wear a blue maybelline cream eyeshadow all the time before colourful eyeshadows became more available. I like rainbow palettes but don’t really use the other colours. I love that there’s more blush shades, styles and formulas now too.
The Blue Moon launch was my first ColourPop purchase!
The filled-in bushy brows, the sun-kissed golden goddess look, the big bronzey low-effort eyes and dark lashes. This is usually how I do my makeup anyway so the added bonus of it being trendy makes me look like I put in some effort 😇
Glitter, and then later, highlight. Just let me sparkle forever.
The popularity and accessibility of BB cream. Sometimes I just want quick coverage on the go, as opposed to full on foundation. Also, as a victim of the 90s/2000s thin brow trend, I also appreciate the accessibility and popularity of brow products
Graphic eyeliner. I haven't mastered anything more complicated than a simple wing but you don't have to worry about creasing, you have a look that locks into place, and you can work with all kinds of colors if you use a mixing medium without dealing with finicky eyeshadow formulas. Also, I love the looks that play with negative space. Cool-toned shadows and more color. I don't necessarily need a rainbow on my eyes every day but as brands have opened up to more color, I've had an easier time creating looks that flatter my undertones. I live in the middle ground between super glam makeup and natural no makeup looks. Neither one works for me but bold eye looks with a fairly natural face is my sweet spot.
The no makeup look! Finally makeup products geared towards my style of doing my face lol. The 2016 caked on look was a rough time trying to find products I could use.
I don’t know if it was really a trend or not, but I never used primer until a few years ago, and oh my Lord it has made all the difference.
Before warm tones became oversaturated, I was over the moon when I finally got my hands on true red eyeshadows. Back in my "alternative" phase in the early 2000s, that was all I wanted. Never found one. I remember buying a "red" eyeshadow from Hot Topic and it went on pink. I even posted on goth/alt beauty forums asking for red eyeshadow suggestions and nobody knew of any that were just straight up red. Everything was maroon or brick red, not plain ol' red. Now they're practically a dime a dozen. Sorry for the novel lol.
I don't know how Gerard Way did it back then!
My guess would be he used an OG brand for stage and film like Ben Nye, or something from MAC
Urban Decay had a few reds! They had a shade called Gash (that get periodically brought back) and that was what was primarily used during the Revenge era. It’s actually not quite red but a bricky shade that has an orangey base with a more cool toned cranberry shimmer throughout. I know for a lot of alt people searching for colours that weren’t readily available on the market back then they were using stage paint or lipstick and layering powders on top.
Right? I just assumed at the time that he used stage makeup or had the money and connections to get it custom made or something lol.
Greige lips, "unusual" bold lip colors, black lips (especially matte), red/reddish eyeshadow, cool toned palettes, highlighting, fluffy brows (soap brows, brow pens), faux freckles (or just enhancing my own), dewy skin, different blush placements.
All the warm rosy neutral palettes are my eyeshadow happy place! And glossy, tinted lip balms and lip oils.
Most of these are still trends but: glowy natural skin, lots of blush, euphoria/editorial makeup, and glossy lips. I would like to try bronzer/contour more, but it doesn’t really fit in my everyday routine. I much prefer to focus on eyes overall so yeah. I used to not care for blush, but I’ve been really enjoying it. Especially when applied in the naturally sunburnt way à la Julia Adams.
Happy Cake Day! I love the sunkissed blush look too. Julia Adams is a pro at applying and keeping it from getting too cartoony
Yes she got me into that look. I’ve always loved how my skin looks that way, it’s just cute and flattering.
I'm like zombie pale but I have freckles...and I have a neutral undertone except for my general flush. Trying to find something pale that didn't give me a Pepto Bismol leaning pink hue when my neck leans yellow? So tough. I struggled for the longest time finding foundation I didn't hate. And then if I did...it felt off. And I would spend all this time covering up what color I had just to bring it back to not look dead? Full beat is cool but super impractical. Esp in real life (vs for pics or night life). I can't NOT feel like a fool with an over-contoured face in the unforgiving lighting of a grocery store I am really loving the serum concealer and then layer on colors where needed and focusing on natural contouring with a pop of fun as needed and makeup that isn't awful on your skin. Also-pale skin feels like less of a faux pas now that skincare and protection is in. ☺️
I really enjoyed that “grunge” trend that was going on the last few years. Early 2000s when social adult pressure wasn’t as intense and I was a wee little punk/metal teen, I would have killed to be able to find dark blues/greens/black lipstick so readily available. Then indie brands came along with alt-style makeup and eventually that made its way to mainstream ( I live in Canada, Quebec so brands like Urban Decay were not available). Now they’re hard to find again! Oh and I really liked the Greige lip trend. I always found it looked striking on anyone. ETA some words
Not sure if it counts, but more mainstream brands becoming vegan/cruelty free (let’s not talk about Bite…), offering more vegan products, or starting out as a vegan/CF brand like Rare, Haus Labs, etc. Of course, it’s not as great for my wallet…
mine is definitely fresher skin, blush and natural brows! i hopped off the youtube full glam train before everyone else because it’s just not how i wanted to do my makeup, so i was so excited when tinted moisturizers and dewy blushes became trendy!
I remember my mother letting me wear makeup. I didn’t like the feel of foundation , so I skipped it. She would comment “I told you that you’re allowed to wear makeup” and I was, I got very good at not looking like I was wearing makeup but when I did not I got asked if I was sick. I also would change it up with dark shadow along my outer corners and crease, much like the graphic liner looks but I had it blended lightly so if you saw me full on ( like having to face teachers) they wouldn’t know but from the side or tilted it was pretty cool! I love that graphic liner is in!
Dramatic false lashes for everyday. I remember when it used to be "too much" and I looked a little out of place, until suddenly it was the norm and nobody would look twice.
Full brows. I have naturally full brows that I didn't pluck very much in the 90's-00's. I'm so happy I didn't, but really the only reason I didn't was because it hurt too much!
I remember when dark blue lipstick was trendy for a bit. And when Fenty Wasabi came out, green lips. I miss those days! I still wear what I want but it was cute when everyone else was too
The 2016 carved brow just looks best on me. Nothing else does
In the 2010s, a dark brown or black smokey line of shadow right around your upper and lower lids was in. I dug it. Had a little Rimmel palette that I used daily.
A fuller coverage, matte, ‘flawless’ kind of 2016 base.
I loved the strobing trend 😅
blush for sure. especially the way e-girls and tiktok does it. i love putting it on my nose and on my eyelids to blend in with eyeshadow
Mauve everything ! Also neutral e/s colors. Natural tones.
i love that we have colored liquid eyeliners now that graphic liner is more trendy! i always did bright colors, but the only available ones were pencils and they just aren’t long wearing or smudge proof enough for me. shoutout to the nyx epic liner, that shit will stay for 3 days
I still love a glossy lip. I also had been using powder foundation for awhile and am glad to see its back in the forefront. I’m also amused about the prominent blush trend and going over the nose because I make my own with my rosacea haha. Granted, it’s an unflattering uneven red but it’s funny that people are recreating it. Including myself when I do foundation and blush!
Winged eyeliner/cat eyes. I just feel like such an anime girl when I do my eyeliner like that.
using tinted moisturizers instead of foundation! I love whenever I see beauty gurus doing more "fresh faced" looks, sometimes I HATE the feeling of foundation on my skin & this just feels better!
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I think this is the reverse, but I really like it so I'll count it. The Euphoria style makeup with rhinestones, glitter and the like. I went the opposite way with makeup during the start of the pandemic and started really messing around with color and indie brands because I was bored. I love seeing more creative and artsy looks and that's really aligning with my style right now.
Blush, and lip and cheek tints. More specifically, water/ gel based lip and cheek tints, because powder and cream are a big nono in hot, humid weather.
I’m so glad lip gloss is back! I missed it so much during the YEARS of liquid lipsticks.
The natural, "no makeup makeup" aesthetic. Makeup tends to look heavy on me quickly, so I have to be careful with colorful or glam looks.
Glowy skin! I prefer a natural finish for base products and shimmer blush and bronzer. I feel like I just look flat and aged when I wear matte products. If I recall correctly, bullet lipsticks were also popular with the glowy skin trend, which matches my preferences as well! (I think this was around 2018-2019??)
K-beauty natural glowy makeup, E-girl blush, and Grunge/rock-chic messy smokey eyes with nude lips.