What Makeup Do You Need For Soft Glam?

As your social calendar fills up for the season, you may like to prepare the cosmetic looks you’ll wear to each engagement. Or maybe you want to learn how to create one cosmetics look that you can use across most events or situations. Soft tones, long lashes, and a hint of glitter make soft glam makeup a classy makeup style that wears wonderfully on any occasion. Ahead, discover how to create a beginner-friendly, soft glam makeup look with guidance by Lancôme’s National Makeup Artist Robert Cook.

What Is Soft Glam Makeup

Soft glam makeup is a natural and finished makeup style defined by neutral and warm tones, blended lines, and a hint of sparkle to play up your inherent beauty. Skin gets a natural finish with the warmth of bronzer, while eyes are ornamented with soft shadows, mascara, and optional soft-smudged eyeliner. Eyebrows are full but airy and lips are capped with nude or light pink colors. Soft glam makeup may be your go-to makeup style for situations where exquisite, yet modest makeup is the aim, such weddings and holiday celebrations, just to mention a few.

What Is Considered Glam Makeup?

In contrast to mild glam, glam makeup is more dramatic, adventurous, and eager to make a striking statement. Glam makeup is defined by employing colorful, dark, or metallic tones, pops of color, and adding components like full-coverage foundation, gloss or glitter, and graphic liner. With a glam look, you could utilize methods like contouring and highlighting, using setting spray or powder, attaching fake eyelashes, and making a statement lip. With glam makeup, your imagination is your strongest advantage.

Skincare Prep for Soft Glam Makeup

• Your skincare regimen is vital for proper makeup application. You may opt to keep your regimen simple and uncomplicated with a day cream and sunscreen. If you have a party or an event to attend, it’s worth investing a little more time with your skin to ensure cosmetics applies smoothly and lasts longer than the celebrations.

• If you have dry skin, this step might be a game changer. Prep skin with a hydrating mask, like our Advanced Génifique Hydrogel Melting Sheet Mask, for a punch of moisture. This sheet mask quickly plumps and smooths visible skin texture to bring back your natural radiant radiance.

• Next, moisturize the eye contour. This helps to avoid dry spots and an uneven texture while applying eye makeup like concealer. Choose an eye cream or serum that’s moisturizing and that may also target your areas of concern. If you have adult skin issues like wrinkles and volume loss, go for a firming eye cream, such our Rénergie Eye Cream. If your problem is puffiness, choose our Advanced Génifique Light Pearl Eye Serum, developed to help soothe and depuff. And for brighter under eyes, use our Advanced Génifique Eye Cream to noticeably brighten the eye region.

• The last measures for skincare are moisturizing and sun protection. If you utilized the radiance-boosting Advanced Génifique Sheet Mask, you might skip the serum step and go straight for a moisturizer. Otherwise, start with a hydrating serum, like our Advanced Génifique Hydrating Serum, to treat the apparent indicators of skin dryness, such dullness (lack of radiance) and fine wrinkles.

• Next, use a moisturizer to help seal in moisture and minimize water loss. Our Rénergie H.P.N. 300-Peptide Cream delivers lightweight moisturization (ideal for humid locations) while helping to reduce obvious indications of aging, such wrinkles and lower-face drooping over time.

• And last, end your skincare routine with a broad-spectrum sunscreen. Lancôme’s UV Expert Defense SPF 50+ Primer & Moisturizer is a 3-in-1 broad-spectrum sunscreen, moisturizer, and primer, perfect for a supple, smooth makeup application and efficient sun protection.

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Common Mistakes When Creating Soft Glam Makeup

Creating a soft glam makeup look needs a fine balance of accentuating characteristics without overdoing it. Here are some typical errors to avoid:

• Neglecting Skin Prep: Ensure your skin is clean, hydrated, and prepared before wearing makeup. This helps ensure a smooth application and increases the overall shine.

• Over-Applying Foundation: Soft glam goes for a natural finish. Using too much foundation can make the skin seem cakey and less like skin. Instead, go for a lightweight foundation and add up coverage just where necessary.

• Heavy Contouring: Soft glam can incorporate mild contouring, but is not required for the style. Harsh or excessive contouring might seem overly theatrical and detract from the natural aspect that gentle glam promotes. If you wish to contour, use a gentle touch and blend completely.

• Using Bold Colors: Stick to neutral and delicate tones for eyes, lips, and cheeks. Bright or dark hues might dominate the soft glam appearance. Choose eyeshadows, blushes, and lipsticks in delicate pinks, nudes, or earthy tones.

• Ignoring Proper Blending: Blending is vital in soft glam makeup. Harsh lines or unblended shadow might seem out of place. Take the time to blend eyeshadows and blush flawlessly into the skin.

Soft Glam Eye Makeup Tutorial

Grab your favorite neutral eyeshadow palette, like our Hypnôse Eyeshadow Palette in Nude Sculptural, including matte and shimmer hues to create your soft glam eyeshadow look. Follow this step-by-step makeup guide to obtain the look:

Step 1: To begin, apply a light pink or bare shade all around the covers for a wash of variety.

Step 2: Take your shadow brush and apply a medium pinky-nude shade in delicate circular strokes along the crease and outer corners. This gives depth to the makeup.

Step 3: Using a smaller shadow brush, apply a brown shade to the crease to provide a smoky aspect and depth. For this more exact application, you can use a patting or pressing motion to apply the product and employ tight circular movements to mix.

Step 4: With the deepest shade in your Hypnôse palette, or a deep chocolate hue, take a liner brush and apply it near to the lash line. Build up the color intensity to your taste and explore with a soft wing (don’t worry - wipe away errors with a cotton swab and resume working!). It’s a simple method to give clarity and a winged line without needing to be flawless.

Step 5: And finally, add a subtle shimmer shade to the inner corners of the eyes. This accentuates the eyes, making them look brighter and more open.

Step 6: A soft glam makeup look is not complete without lengthy lashes. After applying soft glam eyeshadow, prime eyelashes with Cils Booster XL Lash & Mascara Primer, designed to help “make one coat of mascara look like two” claims MUA, Robert Cook. Before your coat of mascara primer fully dries, start applying your preferred mascara. For black intensity and maximum volume, consider Hypnôse Drama Mascara, our most volumizing black mascara that produces up to 17X volume alone, and up to 21X volume when you prime lashes with Cils Booster.

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Soft Glam Face Makeup

Soft glam makeup can be coupled with your typical foundation and concealer regimen, or you may wish to attempt a full-coverage routine that’ll last into the wee hours of the morning if you need it to. For full-coverage and a natural matte finish, choose our Teint Idole Ultra Wear Foundation coupled with Teint Idole Ultra Wear All-Over Full Coverage Concealer. What makes these formulae ideally suited for extended events or times spent outside is that they feel lightweight and breathable on the skin while also repelling perspiration & humidity that might dislodge the makeup. This way, you may feel secure on the dance floor or making that speech, knowing your makeup will remain place and look great late into the night.

If skin seems pale after your foundation application, you may desire to restore the natural warmth back into your skin. To achieve this, use a bronzer, like our Teint Idole Ultra Wear Skin Transforming Powder Bronzer, that’s 1 to 2 shades deeper than your natural skin tone. Start applying bronzer to the areas where the sun naturally strikes, such the forehead, cheekbones, nose, and jawline. Start around the perimeter of your face and work your way in for a natural, tanned glow.