
"Smile see where your apples are and use the butt of a beauty blender to stipple it on." Once you've got your blush on, you can blend out the edges with your fingers. If you're applying blush, she advises to stick to the apple of the cheek. "If you're going along your hairline a bronzer, stipple it with a sponge for no hard lines." "Smile and get to the hollows of your cheeks, but you don't want to see that you really contoured your face," she said. Mellinger recommends using a cream bronzer or foundation that's a few shades darker than your normal color and blending it in really well. When it comes to contouring, try to keep it on the light side since soft glam doesn't call for hard lines. If you mix that with the concealer, it can get a little muddy." When you're applying eye shadow, you're going to want to blend a halo around the eye. "I wouldn't go too far up to the lash line because you don't want it to be so harsh. She recommends applying a creamy concealer just where you need it. If you need to set with a powder, she recommends keeping it light and applying it around the same area where you used foundation. If you're using a heavier cream foundation, she noted that a kabuki brush may be better suited to breaking it down and helping blend out the look.
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"Depending on your skin type what you're trying to cover, you just want to put it where you need it, which tends to be the T-zone," she explained. When applying foundation, Mellinger likes to apply a little bit at first with a dual-fiber brush then buff it out with a beauty blender.

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Now we're coming around to this makeup that looks like makeup but isn't quite natural." How to give your face a soft glam glow "You kind of saw it with "Euphoria".playing with makeup like that, having these cool little accents but more on a natural base. "We these heavily drag-influenced makeup looks, now we're swinging back in the other direction," she said. (The hashtag #softglam currently has over 93 million views on TikTok, for example.) She described beauty trends as a pendulum that goes back and forth, so no matter how far it swings it one direction, it'll always make its way back.

Mellinger isn't surprised about the renewed interest in soft glam looks on social media. "It's kind of like an elevated version of yourself, but it still looks like makeup, in my opinion," she told us. Just a step above the 'no makeup' makeup look, Mellinger described soft glam as "makeup application where there are no hard lines." In other words, beauty products are blended in very well and the look is achieved without the presence of contoured lines, heavy lip or eyeliner, or sharp, filled-in eyebrows.ĭespite the absence of heavy makeup, the look isn't completely natural, either. Shop TODAY spoke to makeup artist Katie Mellinger to help break down what exactly soft glam is and how to achieve the elegant look at home.

The timing couldn't be better as we gear up for the holidays and prepare to reunite with family and friends in intimate gatherings.

The latest fad to follow this timeline and make its way back into the spotlight is soft glam makeup. Like fashion, beauty trends tend to follow a pattern - what was once in style will inevitably go out of style, but will become sought after again at some point.
