Five easy skincare and make-up tricks to perfect that radiant, ‘your-skin-but-better’ look

For any look, you need a good base to start with – and that means happy, hydrated skin, which requires a serum and a moisturiser

For all-over luminosity, mix a tiny amount of liquid highlighter with some foundation to achieve that radiant look

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Nail that perfect ‘your-skin-but-better’ look by mixing a tiny amount of liquid highlighter to foundation to even out your complexion.

Published: 7:45pm, 10 Jul 2021Updated: 7:45pm, 10 Jul 2021

Two years ago, we were already moving away from the matte, full-coverage and contoured look of the mid-2010s, but it was in 2020 when the your-skin-but-better trend really took off.

With all the mask-wearing, it became more important to get overall beautiful-looking skin than it was to nail that beaming highlight or perfect liquid lip.

Here are five tips for creating that gorgeous look that screams: “I may have been in lockdown, but don’t I look like I just came back from a beach holiday?”.

Start with hydrated, moisturised skin

Ask any make-up artist and they’ll tell you that make-up is great, but it can only do so much. For any look (but particularly for a dewy complexion), you need a good base to start with – and that means happy, hydrated skin.

Glow Recipe’s Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops, available at Sephora.

Regardless of skin type, a serum is essential. A standard hyaluronic acid serum – the Hyaluronic Acid 2% + B5 serum from The Ordinary or the Minéral 89 Skin Fortifying Daily Booster from Vichy are great options – works great under any moisturiser.

For added radiance, the Watermelon Glow Niacinamide Dew Drops Multi-Use Highlighting Serum from Glow Recipe will add a subtle, lit-from-within effect that will shine through light- to medium-coverage make-up. Always follow up your serum with a moisturiser that suits your skin type before applying your make-up.

Use a luminising primer

Unless you have extremely dry skin (in which case, a hydrating serum locked in with a moisturiser will suffice as a base for your make-up), you’ll want to use a primer. It acts as a barrier between your make-up and the oils your skin produces, which can break down make-up as they come to the surface of the skin.

Five easy skincare and make-up tricks to perfect that radiant, ‘your-skin-but-better’ look

For any look, you need a good base to start with – and that means happy, hydrated skin, which requires a serum and a moisturiser For all-over luminosity, mix a tiny amount of liquid highlighter with some foundation to achieve that radiant look

Start with hydrated, moisturised skin

Use a luminising primer

For any look, you need a good base to start with – and that means happy, hydrated skin, which requires a serum and a moisturiser

For all-over luminosity, mix a tiny amount of liquid highlighter with some foundation to achieve that radiant look