The prom night is one of the most remarkable moments in a teenager’s life or possibly their high school life, and the makeup is powerful to make them glow or look fabulous for photos. If you want attention grabbing makeup or simple makeup with a style statement, the new makeup trends have got the best for you. In this article, we’ll explore the different prom night makeup styles that will make you stand out this year.
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Glowing Skin with Soft Glam
2024 is all about being natural and having a soft, glamorous look where the skin shines through. Or think of fresh skin, sheer blush, and light to medium bronzing that will accentuate your assets without getting too dramatic. Getting this kind of finish requires a moisturizing primer and an airbrushed finish skin veil or tinted moisturizer at most.
How to Get the Look:
- You can use a luminous primer for applying the highlighter to have a healthy glow.
- Choose natural and moist formats with increasing and adjustable coverage.
- It is important to go lightly with the blush, use a peachy shade on the cheekbones, and put a sheen on the lips and cheekbones with a lighter highlighter.
- The eye makeup should be relatively low key, more so going for more subtlety with colors such as rose golds, taupes or soft browns added to the eye makeup.
Bold Statement Lips
If you don’t fancy drastic eye makeup, you may wish to go all out with your lips, and this will work wonders. This trend is for 2024 envisioning deep, daring shades such as bright reds, berrie,s and even browns. The most important thing here is never or rarely to overdo with the lip color, so team it with very little eye makeup, for instance, the naked smoky eye effect or just mascara.
Trending Lip Colors:
- Classic Red stands for the eternal beauty.
- Berry Shades to have that trendy twenty something looks.
- Chocolate Browns to make a dramatic much edgier fashion statement.
Pro Tip: Lip liner is one of the best ideas you will ever apply and keep your Lips and Lipstick in place all night.
Euphoria-Inspired Eye Makeup
Every year television series such as Euphoria contributes to makeup trends, and thus bright, creative makeup on the eyes are perfect for prom night 2024. This trend is brightly colored and often covered in glitter and rhinestones, making it consciously cute and glamorously fun. Regardless of the subdued neon shade of eyeshadow or the little sparkling crystals near the eyes, the trend is only for true daredevils.
How to Get the Look:
- Experiment with graphic liners in cute shapes or unexpected bright colors such as cobalt, pink, white, and neon pink.
- If you have long hair, use hairspray and glitter to set the eyelids for that sparkling look.
- If you’re going for a fun and colorful festival look, use rhinestones or small gems around your eyes.
- If you want a little less dramatic, go for a metallic contained eye shadow in gold or silver with a light liner.
Monochromatic Makeup
Monochromatic makeup is simply one of the oldest trends that are incredibly simple to pull off. This look sees one use the same colours on the eyes, cheeks and lips, making a neat and put together appearance.
Seriously, blush tones, peachy nudes, and rosy pinks are some of the most preferred options for this trend in 2024; therefore, it will be ideal to wear this if you are heading out to prom night while looking for a classy yet invisible look.
How to Get the Look:
- Choose the same color for the eyeshadow, blush, and lips.
- Soft pinks, warm peaches, and a delicate nude are perfect for a monochromatic, soft, and cloud-like look.
- Take lip lustre to a different level by applying a sheer shine.
Smokey Eyes with a Twist
The ‘classic’ smokey eye is never out of fashion, but in 2024 this look is done with metallic shades, a hint of color, or shimmer. So, instead of going the basic route of black or grey, try deep blue, purple, or even emerald green to get a fashionable smoky eye look.
How to Get the Look:
- Deep jewel tone like sapphire or emerald are perfect to add depth into the picture.
- Don’t forget to put shimmer on the center of the eyelid for the extra depth.
- Off course top it off with winged eyeliner and a set of fake eyelashes for that dramatic effect.
Feathered Brows
Hello, perfectly defined and arched eyebrows welcome natural and tapered eyebrows aren’t something that we see any more this year. This trend accepts the shape of your natural eyebrows, using as little products as possible for a subtle, but airy result. To achieve this style, soap brows or brow gels that make the hair stretch are your perfect mates.
How to Get the Look:
- Get a clear brow gel or a brow soap that will help you lift and set your brows.
- These will give you a bushy, more natural look towards the tails and brush up the spars through the middle for increase fill.
- With eyebrows enhanced, use the brow pencil or powder to tone up any thin or bald areas lightly, drawing barely noticeable strokes in the direction of the hair growth.
Glass Skin
Inspired by Asian beauty standards also known as K-beauty, the glass skin trend and has become popular for the desire to achieve a porcelain like skin. In this case, prom night, the focus is on incredibly moisturized and ample skin that glistens on the surface like a light bulb inside.
How to Get the Look:
- Begin with skin cleansing, toning, and preparing the skin, this will include washing, exfoliation, and putting a primer on the face.
- Choose a light moisturizing lotion applied to the skin, and do not apply thick, powdery layers.
- Gently pat on a liquid highlighter at areas where light naturally strikes – the cheekbones, brow bones and bridge of the nose.
- Last spray for setting that locks the makeup and prevent your skin from becoming oily during the whole night.
Underliner
The trend of the year has been the underliner, which will be popular in 2024 and give a new spin to eyeliner styles. While the liner is typically applied to the upper lash line, this trend puts emphasis on the lower lash line in bolder shades of color or even metallic.
How to Get the Look:
- Highlight your eyelids that are beneath your eyes using electric blue, neon pink, lime green among others.
- If you want it more discreet you can use silver or gold as metallic or shimmery underliner.
- As for the other parts of your eyes, you should tone it down with the rest of the eye makeup to allow your underliner to stand out.
Conclusion
Prom night is as close as most girls can get to the movie screen, so as to test out some of these best prom night makeup trends, you are bound to be the superstar. As for the makeup trends spotted this year, 2024 is all about embracing fun and picking a look that a person feels comfortable in – whether it is glistening skin, a daring lip, or inspired by the eyes of Euphoria.
These are the 2024 trends by which one will not only be equipped to dance till the break of the night but also sizzling in every photo that one gets. It’s always wise to try it beforehand, plus, don’t leave your purse without lip-gloss, powder, and other necessary items to touch up through the evening!
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