Gen Z is totally obsessed with trends from the ’00s while millennials are keeping their eyes peeled for their favourite teenage dirtbag looks to become cool again. The 2000s were truly a wild era for fashion and beauty and Dua Lipa absolutely agrees with that. The popstar is taking every opportunity she gets to rock noughties inspired trends and she did it again at the launch party of her new fragrance from YSL. Clearly, she’s got game and we can’t ignore how stunning she looks in that LBD with iconic hair and makeup trends from the millennium decade. How she thought of making the It girl ’00s look chic in Paris is beyond us, but then again it is Dua Lipa we’re talking about. Take a page from her rule book and wear your favourite LBD with smokey makeup and a messy updo like the Levitating singer with the help of this easy beauty decode.
Dua Lipa’s Noughties Inspired Smokey Makeup
Step 1: You Dew You
Dewy skin is so 2000s and all the biggest pop stars of the era maintained that effect. The 27-year-old New Rules singer also swears by it for all her noughties resurgence makeup looks. Follow a CTM routine and then apply a liquid illuminator on your face neck. This illuminating step delivers the best dewy effect. Prep your skin with a primer and then blend a natural finish foundation on your face and neck. Use concealer around your eyes and on the contours of your nose and lips. Blend well and set with a setting spray.
Step 2: Model Brows
While the 2000s were popular for super thin eyebrows, it’s not very flattering and that’s why Dua steered clear from it. Instead, she opted to keep her brows low key instead of bold. Brush your brows downwards and work in a brow soap to coat your strands. Now brush upwards and outwards for a feathered effect. Clean up the edges with some powder. There’s no need to fill in any gaps as you want to keep the eyebrows looking very natural and light.
Step 3: Silver Surfer
The Versace model and singer really knows what makes for a striking gaze. Her lids are dressed in a gunmetal silver eyeshadow with a light handed kajal application on her lash lines for definition. To rock her look, prep your lids with primer and then use a cream or liquid silver eyeshadow on your lids and lower lash lines. Take a black kajal pencil and tightline your lash lines to define your eye shape. Finish with coats of mascara.
Step 4: Berry Cheeky
It’s always important to let your skin glow with a touch of blush. The singer-songwriter knows that fresh looking skin is always the right choice and that’s why blush and highlighter are the focus of her look too. Blend a creamy berry blush on your cheeks and nose for a sun kissed effect. Use a highlighter on the high points of your face and blend it on your jawline as well.
Step 5: One Kiss
Exfoliate your pout with a lip scrub to get plump and smooth lips like the fashionista. Apply a lip balm to moisturise. Now it’s time to sculpt. Outline and define your lips shape with a nude lip liner. Swipe on a peachy pink lipstick on the centre of your lips and blend. Add a nude brown lipstick to the sides of your lips to create the illusion of fuller lips. Dab some highlighting power or shimmer nude eyeshadow on your lips to set it and add shine.
Dua Lipa’s ’00s Iconic Messy Bun Hairstyle
The best part about this hairstyle is that you can do it on both washed and unwashed hair. Apply a serum to your hair lengths and then use a flat iron to straighten your hair while taking rough sections. Now section out a triangle at the front and put a clip on it so that it stays at the front. Create a middle partition with the rest of your hair and divide it in half. Twist both sections individually and then twist both sections together at the back. Create a messy bun by clipping up the twisted hair using a clay clip. Let the ends stick out above your nape. Use a shine spray to set the hairstyle.
Would you give Dua Lipa’s noughties hair and makeup a try? You know it’s going to look amazing when the decode is so easy.
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