Don’t let the name trick you, the Cold Girl Makeup trend is not just for the winter season but beyond. This is such a staple, quick makeup look perfect for Karachi heat.
Tik Tok is now notorious for giving us all kinds of viral trends every now and then! Some questionable but some are literally game changers and here to stay. Be it food hacks, hair hacks, life hacks or legit make up hacks, among all those, we bring you the cold girl makeup trend. The Cold girl make up trend was first created by TikTok creator Zoe Kim Kenealy and has even been seen on celebs and influencers like Hailey Bieber recently.
The look essentially mimics how you look when you go out in the snow or minus temperatures or when you’re frost-bitten and have glazed rosy cheeks with a rosy nose and clear skin. One fun part about winters is good skin, red cheeks and nose with rosy lips! This is all that this look encompasses. No matter your skin type, this look is for all the girlies. Zoe describes the cold-girl look as a romanticization of winter weather. “For one, the look is timely and accessible, making it perfect for beginners,” she says.
Follow through to follow these simple and quick steps to achieve this stunning look. With a bonus special tip at the end!
Perfecting The Base
Once you’re done with your skincare, start with a matte base. The key here is to not over do it with a full coverage look but to just even out imperfections with a concealer or a light foundation/light tinted moisturizer. Once done, you can choose to lightly powder your face with a translucent powder over your T-zone or areas where you are likely to get oily. Given Karachi’s extreme heat and humidity we need to lock the layer in.
Calm Your Brows Down
It is optional but if you want to clean things up and neaten your look, you can lightly fill in gaps with a coloured or a clear brow gel or just brush your eyebrows out with a spoolie brush! It all depends on how unruly your brows are.
Max Out The Mascara
While the focus is going to be our cheeks and lips, just defining our eyes with mascara will complete the look. Take your favorite mascara and apply a light coat to separate and lengthen our lashes.
Be Brave About The Blush
Blush is truly the heart and soul of this look, there has to be lots of blush, not just a dab! Think extreme winters and rosy cheeks! But wait, what is integral is the specific placement of the blush on your face? It has to be placed across the apples of your cheeks, your nose tip and chin. Yes, you read that right and no it will not make you look like a clown, trust the process girls!
Rosy Lips
Remember, this look is less likely to work with nudes or reds, it has to be aligned with the same tones as your blush. Thus, rosy pink, popsicle lips mimicking the perfect frostbitten look. Select a lip color to match our cheeks! If you want you can even apply a lip gloss for some extra shine.
Highlight
To add the running from the snowstorm glow to our faces, a dash of highlighter on our inner corners of the eye and cheekbones will set the look to be as ethereal as possible. But if you want to add just a bit of shimmer on the eyelids, you can do that too.
Your end result should appear super rosy, clean, bright-eyed look and to give you an even better idea, here is a tutorial for you to follow.
Special Tip
If you live in Pakistani heat and humidity, you can go an extra mile and spray your face with a makeup setter like the Mac Fix Plus or the Urban Decay. Drugstore options can include the Nyx spray, Maybelline and Milani.
