Explain the shiny, 'raw' looking faces everywhere nowadays... how is it achieved?

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Hi all, I am old enough to no longer know what the beautiful young things are doing to their skin.... This shiny, skin scrubbed raw look is a mystery to me. I love the older dewy, fresh natural look, but this is another level and it looks a bit much in my humble opinion. However, I'd love to know what they're doing to achieve this look? As someone who focuses on using simple products with very gentle, natural ingredients, I expect I won't want to partake, but I'm willing to be converted!

@LakeFlyPie , ! 😆

Like boiled bacon.

I was going to say dermaplaning. I won an ‘ultra facial’ in a raffle last year. I thought it would be a nice relaxing treatment, but it turned out to be dermaplaning and microneedling. I gave it a go, but I didn’t like how my face looked or felt afterwards. The hairless idea is a bit weird to me. Odd that it’s supposed to be a natural look - we’re peaches not nectarines!

She looks like she's been in the sun too long and slathered ointment on the sunburn. The gob half-open is horrible.

Yes this, plus with the premature use of Botox and fillers creating an unnaturally tight and smooth canvas

Reality ffs

I saw a video of a woman around the same ages as me (late 40s) doing her make up the other day so I watched for some tips.

He face looked like those pictures that pps have posted and she was saying "Look how lovely and glowing my skin is!" But she just looked sweaty to me.

Tretinoin does it to my skin but I’m never giving that up!

Looks weird, like a greasy onion.

'Does my bum look big in this?'

Guess I'm behind the times 😂

As for the shiny complexion you'd have to be really careful of this in summer, or quite frequently even in the shoulder seasons. Getting your face burnt to a crisp isn't conducive to a great aging process either. Moisturizer with SPF 50 all the way for me!

100% agree on the Tatcha cream. I am not big on skincare (as someone with combination skin, large pores and rosacea very little out there helps me). I had the Tatcha dewy cream as a sample and the effect was incredible - I looked 10 years younger, like I'd had the best night's sleep of my life, healthy without slimyness, it didn't clog my pores or upset my rosacea. I am saving up to buy the full size

One of my colleagues currently sports this look. She asked me what I thought of it - which I felt was quite unfair because I'm 51 😁

I told her she looked very 'dewy'. She seemed pleased enough with this but also said that she was worried it looked too shiny but didn't care as 'it' (whatever 'it' was) hadn't been expensive and was going to use it all.

In truth, I think she looks a bit sweaty.

'Glass face' as it seems to be called seems to be everywhere on SM now... In my day and age we did everything we could to NOT look greasy (mattifying everything) but apparently greasy is the cool fashion now a day.

I was just thinking the same!

I think if done well, it can look pretty good. And I’m rather envious!
As someone who is naturally prone to facial sweating, with rosy cheeks, I always use powder to blot my makeup and cover up - I’m old school! I hate my face feeling ‘wet’.

Whereas my teens don’t ever use it. It’s not in their regime.

It’s “glass skin” and Reedle products from eg Oliva Young (very very reasonably priced) are great for achieving it (54 y o here).
i’ve sensitive rosacea skin & the Reedle shots products on my skin before my normal usual
products do this.
The Dr Jart+ overnight gel (applied generously) is ace as well - and really soothes my skin.

I agree.

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My shiny raw looking face is achieved by drinking wine, eating spicy food, outdoor exercise, sitting in the sun, or simply random menopausal flushes which cause my make up to slide off my skin. If you wish to swap skin conditions then you’re welcome.

Anything looking "scrubbed raw" is either due to strong acids or lots of liquid blush.

Glass skin doesn't look raw, just clear, smooth and glassy.

I think matte "blurred" skin texture is taking over from glass skin anyway.

This makes sense. Botox freezes the muscles in the face, which then makes the skin taut and shiny-looking.

Yep, that was me premenopause. Total greaseball, constantly wiping my face with a tissue. If only I'd known that I was thirty years ahead of my time! 😅

I see someone has already mentioned Shirley Ballas. I saw her last night and wondered what was the matter with her. It was not a good look!

What products do you use @Bloozie ?

I also had to google her. On the results page it said 'people also search for [...] Elsan blue'

Seemed logical somehow.