Cloud Skin Makeup Trend: Your Guide to the Dreamiest Skin Look
Welcome to the era of cloud skin makeup look! Heavy contours, defined lines, and ultra-glossy shine have taken a back seat now as beauty enthusiasts embrace a more balanced aesthetic look. Enter cloud skin makeup trend - that’s not overly dewy or excessively matte. Inspired by the blurred appearance of clouds, this makeup trend strikes a perfect balance between dewy glow and velvety matte, delivering a filter-like complexion and a dreamy, ethereal glowy look. Wish to recreate the cloud skin makeup look? Get the lowdown on how to create the cloud makeup look and additional tips to add this trending style to your beauty lookbook.
How To Create Cloud Skin Makeup Look?
- Step 1: Hydrate : Use a light, water-based moisturizer.
- Step 2: Matte Primer : Apply to control oil and pores.
- Step 3: Lumi-Matte Foundation : Apply to control oil and pores.
- Step 4: Light Concealer : Conceal only where needed.
- Step 5: Targeted Powder : Powder only oily areas.
- Step 6: Blush & Highlight : Use matte blush and metallic highlight for dimension.
- Step 7: Setting Spray : Lock in the look.
What Is Cloud Skin Makeup Trend?
In love with matte yet dewy looks? The cloud skin makeup trend is your best bet! This makeup trend is all about balance. It involves using both matte and luminous products to create a diffused, blurred-out skin finish. It’s not so glossy as the glass skin trend, or as dry as the matte look, making it perfect for everyday wear or daytime occasions.
How To Create Cloud Skin Makeup Look?
Here’s a step-by-step guide on how to create a cloud skin makeup trend and get that photo-perfect finish!
Step 1: Hydrate Your Skin
Start with a clean and hydrated base. Wash your face with your go-to cleanser and follow up with a lightweight, hydrating moisturizer. For best results, avoid heavy oils and consider using gel or water-based moisturizers.
Step 2: Use a Matte Primer
Apply a soft matte primer to minimise the appearance of pores, control oil, and get a lasting, flawless matte look. Applying primer will help increase the foundation's staying power and hold into the subtle matte yet dewy look for prolonged hours.
Step 3: Apply Lumi-Matte Foundation
A matte primer and a luminating foundation are your perfect duo for creating cloud makeup. Pick a lightweight lumi-matte foundation with buildable coverage. Take a few drops of this foundation, dot it all over your face, and blend with a damp sponge or fingers or brush to get an airbrushed, lightweight look.
Read our guide on How to Apply Foundation to ace the base makeup steps.
Step 4: Conceal Lightly
Don’t go overboard with concealer. Apply creamy or liquid concealer on areas that need touch-up, especially under the eyes, around the nose, or over other skin imperfections. Blend well for a second-skin finish. Remember, the cloud skin makeup trend believes in a soft-focused finish, not on full dramatic look.
Step 5: Set Strategically
Now, it’s time to create the magical ‘cloud’ effect! Ditch heavy powdering! Instead, set your makeup with translucent powder and apply it only in oily areas - forehead, nose, and chin. This concentrated powder application will mattify certain areas of your face while allow the rest of your skin to breathe. This is crucial to achieve that diffused glow and a soft-focus semi-matte finish. This is what distinguishes cloud skin from a total matte face.
Step 6: Add Cloudy Dimension with Blush and Highlighter
When creating a cloud look, subtle contouring is allowed! Dial up the drama with contouring your cheekbones, temples, and jawline. For the cloud skin makeup, refresh your vanity with hazy matte blush and metallic highlighter. The unique formulation of these products will leave you with a sunkissed, hazy matte finish and warm ‘lit-from-within-look’. Layer 2 - 3 dots of blush on cheeks and blend with fingers. Dab the highlighter onto cheekbones, brow bones, and down the bridge of the nose, and blend well.
Read our guide on How to Apply Blush and Tips on Highlighter Application to keep your makeup on point.
Step 7: Lock It In
Add a protective topcoat with a setting spray to extend the makeup wear without removing the cloud-like texture.
Additional Tips For Cloud Skin Makeup
Follow Hydrating Skincare
A hydrated base is key to achieving naturally enhancing cloud makeup look.
Less Is More
Build intensity or coverage only if it seems necessary! Cloud makeup look is all about building layers slowly without any cakiness.
Avoid Over-Highlighting
Say goodbye to heavy highlighter makeup! For cloud skin, you would need to apply highlighter lightly to evoke that ethereal glowy finish.
Keep Blotting
If your skin tends to become oily, use blotting paper to control unwanted shine.
Use Soft Hues
Think of the dreamy clouds and pick soothing hues (be it for blush or lipsticks), soft pinks, mauves, peaches to take your cloud skin makeup trend to the next level.
Lip Gloss Is a Must!
Adding lip gloss to the cloud makeup look would be a cherry on top!
Whether you are a minimalist or someone who enjoys experimenting with trends, the cloud skin makeup trend is a must-try. Reset your vanity with the right products (use matte and glowy products), follow the steps and expert-approved tips to get a dewy yet matte, effortlessly stylish cloud skin look. The good news? It's versatile and enhances your complexion whether you are off to brunch, work, or dinner out!
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