Everyone loves clear and healthy-looking skin, and the glass skin trend does just that. Glass skin is meant to evoke the idea of a crystal clear piece of glass, meaning it's all about skin that looks completely clear. Poreless, dewy, baby-soft skin is the ultimate goal.
“Glass skin is when your skin is at its very healthiest,” explains Alicia Yoon, founder of Peach & Lily. “In order for skin to appear poreless, luminous, and translucent, so many things have to happen. You can't just be hydrated and look that way. Your skin really needs to be its healthiest in all aspects.
“Glass skin is a term for exceptionally smooth, even-toned and lustrous skin that's so flawless it has the appearance of glass,” says skin care blogger and K-beauty expert Jude Chao. “It's simply a clear and elegant way of describing a certain type of enviable complexion,” she adds.
Firstly, you have to double cleanse our skin with a gentle oil-based cleanser, followed by a foam-based cleanser. Follow it up with exfoliation. You can use your favourite scrub to exfoliate the skin. Next step is to apply toner to balance the pH levels of the skin.
“Glass skin is when your skin has that ultimate luminous translucent radiant glow; it's beautiful and healthy,” says Desireé Delia, makeup artist and aesthetician. Depending on who you ask, glass skin can refer to a skincare routine, a makeup style, or a bit of both.
What is dolphin skin? “Dolphin skin is a beauty term that's being used to describe a glistening, hydrated, 'fresh out of the water' makeup look,” explains Mary Phillips, a professional makeup artist who's worked with celebs like Jennifer Lopez, Bella Hadid and Kendall Jenner.
Glass skin is a K-Beauty trend that took the beauty world by storm in 2017. It's that juicy, dewy, glass-like complexion that most of us aspire to; the kind of skin that looks like it's treated to regular facials. It's smooth, radiant, and, of course, glass-like.
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Moisturiser. Next comes moisturising - another step that you cannot miss while following a Korean skin care routine. Depending on your skin type and problem areas, you can use oil, gel or water-based moisturisers. It is the simplest, yet the most important step for achieving the glass-skin look.
It goes a bit like this: a balm or oil cleanser (1), a foaming cleanser (2), an exfoliant (3), a toner (4), an essence (5), an ampoule or serum (6), a sheet mask (7), an eye cream (8), a moisturizer (9), and then either a thicker night cream or sleeping mask or an SPF (10).
Besides skincare, makeup is a beauty staple among Koreans. And as unusual as it may sound to some of us, it is common for Korean men to wear makeup in South Korea. For them, putting on makeup is as routine as how most women would groom themselves before leaving the house.
"But clever lighting and filters are often needed to create the appearance of 'glass skin' for instance, and it would be impossible for most of us to replicate this look in real life." Dr Kluk explains that being flooded with images of perfect skin on social media doesn't do much to persuade people that they are good ...
Double cleansing is as simple as it sounds. It involves thoroughly washing your face with two cleansers. The only catch is that the cleansers need to be two different types to have the desired effect. The first is usually an oil-based cleanser. This is followed up by a water-based one.
What is Honey Skin? “Honey Skin has been a term used in Korea for quite some time,” explains Janice. “It means skin so dewy, hydrated and moisturised that it's glowy and supple. Skin that is so enriched with moisture that it literally glows and shines.” Basically, Honey skin is glowy skin at the highest level.
It looks great IRL too: “The term cloud skin describes a soft, light touch skin texture, unlike glass skin, that is shiny, glossy and reflective. The former is diffused and delicately blurry, easy to create and suits everyone,” shares Dominic Skinner, global senior artist, M.A.C Cosmetics.
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