The gloss report: everyone's chasing that wet-look shine

Written by Camille Laurent. | Photography by Charles Leon
Photo by Amari Shutters on Unsplash

If your feed has looked extra reflective lately, you're not imagining it — glossy is having a full moment. Lips, lids, cheeks, even hair are getting the wet-look treatment, and it's giving 2001 mall-run energy in the best way.

The look works because it doesn't try too hard: a clear or barely-tinted lip gloss layered over a stained base, cream blush pressed high on the cheekbone for that just-ran-here flush, and a glass-like highlighter on the brow bone and cupid's bow. Hair gets the same treatment — think slicked-back strands with serum instead of gel, shiny not stiff.

Skip the matte for a week and see what the shine does. It's giving main character, not much else needed.

Photo by Laszlo Barta on Unsplash

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