Mirror, mirror on the wall, who’s the brightest girl of them all?
Okay, okay, we may not live in a fairy tale world (unfortunately), but boy It would be nice to hear confirmation of our complexion’s glow factor! HoweverWhile we bring you back to reality, we can I’m telling you, the title of “shiniest, glassiest, most syrupy skin” is still up for grabs.
Yes, we just made “syrupiest” a word. Why? Because “syrup skin” is the newly invented glass skin subcategory we’re now going after—it’s the same glass skin aesthetic you know, love (and desperately want), just a little bit more. more shiny. We want your face to look so fresh it looks like it’s dipped in delicious syrup (AKA skincare). Because literal syrup would definitely clog your pores, you know?
Now you may be reading this thinking “I watched a thousand TikToks on the topic. And you may have even seen the skincare-turned-makeup look worn on the runway (thanks to the viral Pat McGrath and Maison Margiela collab). Of course, all of this could be totally true, as our feeds are also complete of #glass skin videos (with nearly 300,000 posts on TikTok alone), but we tapped a few experts to give us the lowdown real Here’s how to get the most glowing, glassy skin possible. But before we do that, we need to say a few words of gratitude to those who introduced us to this bare-faced beauty trend.
So, before the award show music starts, we’d like to first acknowledge the rise of Korean beauty products; they’re a whole new level of elite skincare and we’ll always be grateful for their powers. We’d also like to acknowledge the confidence we’ve all gained from going makeup-free, because the choice to embrace no-makeup faces has been a total game-changer when it comes to skincare. And finally, we’d like to give a shout-out to the minimalist hybrid makeup products that have infused our makeup formulas with just a little bit of little something more to start us on our brilliant journey.
But all this raises the question: how TO DO Do you get “syrup skin”? And is it even possible without the magic of a filter? We spoke to experts to find out…