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

[whatisheupto]

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!

Trinny Woodall is guilty of this and it’s a revolting look. I had to block her Trinny London adverts on Facebook because her awful red shiny face gave me the creeps. It looks like someone’s been at her with the cheese grater or she’s recovering from a chemical peel gone wrong. If my skin looked like that I’d be seeing a dermatologist, not taking selfies or posting videos.

Wow. This is why I frequent Mumsnet. I learn so much!

It’s glass skin and looks sweaty and greasy. It’s horrible.

I looked at Shirley the other evening and was genuinely thinking "Poor Shirley, she's still having hot flushes, must be the heat of the studio lights" and thought someone would rush on behind the scenes and towel her down. Didn't realise it was intentional.

Would you mind sharing what collagen capsules and tret you use? 🙏

Lots of Botox.

Look up the influencer Emily Kiser. Her skin looks like it's been sprayed with a layer of oil or varnish.

You DID read this on mn.

I remember having to read it to DH because I was laughing so much and he wanted to know why

I saw this too on Dragons Den and she is actually a lovely looking woman and I don’t know why she is doing this to her skin.
it was very unnatural looking compared to
the other Dragons.

I agree, looks as though the skin would be clammy to the touch.

Oh, I hadn’t caught that she was on that, I just remember it from her FB posts.
At first I thought she had a skin condition but then I realised she owns a skincare and make up company and surely would have something to hide it were that the case!

I remember a girl at my school had very similar looking skin and it was some kind of skin condition. Always looked raw and weepy and painful. Why on earth anyone would intentionally look like that is beyond me.

French fashion week Meghan had the look which included her hair. All I could think of was the state my pillow cases would be in 😂

Korean beauty glass skin.
Lots of interest but doubt it’s achievable for most.
Better than snail eyebrows though
(even if the skin care has snail mucin)

If you have never heard of Bonnie Blue, I envy you.! 😆

she is actually a lovely looking woman
She was. Now she has a face full of fillers.

I remember a girl at my school had very similar looking skin and it was some kind of skin condition. Always looked raw and weepy and painful. Why on earth anyone would intentionally look like that is beyond me.

Yes it looks like someone with raw eczema that's shiny because it's been covered with a thick layer of emollient cream. It's baffling why anyone would voluntarily emulate such a look.

To be fair, the original glass skin trend from Asia doesn't involve the same aesthetic at all. It's more of a sparkly, glittery, dewy look that emulates social media filters and manga illustration styles. Asia also has very different beauty ideals and the shininess is only used on specific areas in combination with blush and contouring.

The trend got warped by the lip filler and botoxed forehead brigade. Having an all-over shiny face with no makeup, giant lips and greasy slicked-back hair really isn't flattering in the least.

It’s a hobby, spiralled into OCD / skin blindness. Starts out as an interest in skincare, but then loses perspective. I hope they enjoy it. You just know in a decade there’s going to be tons of “what were we thinking” posts. It’ll seem as funny as big 80’s hair.

My cousin had skin that looked almost transparent...this is going back many years before these products were around. Hers wasnt shiny but was amazing. I think they called it porcelain skin. I also knew a vegan who had similar skin. But it was entirely natural.

That's made me laugh even more than the original comment 🤣 😂

Same here! But was told as a teenager that it would mean I'd be more likely to have fewer wrinkles when older; not too sure about that one now though......

I love the way 'glass skin' looks in adverts and the like.

Real life? No thanks. I look greasy.

I think it's not too bad on young, flawless skin - but older, it doesn't look like well-nourished healthy skin at all. It looks greasy.

And I wanna be just like her when I grow up so need vaseline to remain affordable ☺️

First the butters and the oils, now the vaseline 😅.

So funny!

I'm apparently so old and past it, I've never heard of it or seen it!

It's a shame because the Korean version of it is lovely! But I agree the Western version of it looks awful!