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Advanced Makeup Tutorials

Ready for a challenge? Browse 37 hard makeup tutorials designed for advanced skill levels. Master intricate techniques and elevate your beauty game today!

37 Masterclasses

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Viral & Aesthetic

Siren Eye

Elongated, sultry, and lifted.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Fox Eye

Simulates a lifted, slanted eye shape.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Cut Crease

A sharp line of concealer is used to 'cut' across the eyelid crease, creating a stark contrast between the lid color and the crease shade.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Half Cut Crease

The 'cut' only goes halfway across the lid (usually from inner corner to middle) and blends out softly at the outer edge.

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Creative & Theatrical

Floating Crease

A graphic line drawn just above the natural crease, leaving negative space between the lash line and the liner.

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Creative & Theatrical

Graphic Liner

Geometric shapes, floating lines, and negative space designs using colored or black liner.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Double Wing

Two parallel flicks at the outer corner.

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Global Beauty

Arabian / Bollywood Liner

Bold, jet-black liner that fully rims the eye (upper and lower waterlines) with a dramatic double wing.

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Decade Throwbacks

1920s Flapper

Thin, downward-turned eyebrows, dark 'cupid's bow' lips, kohl-rimmed sad eyes.

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Decade Throwbacks

1960s Mod

Twiggy-inspired.

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Decade Throwbacks

2016 Glam

The 'Instagram Era.' Heavy contour, 'baking' powder, thick dip-brow eyebrows, cut crease, ultra-matte liquid lipstick.

Douyin (Chinese Viral Style) makeup look

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Global Beauty

Douyin (Chinese Viral Style)

Glitter on lids, 'aegyo sal' (emphasized under-eye fat), 'manhua' lashes (spiky clusters), blurred gradient lips.

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Techniques

Tantouring

Using self-tanner to semi-permanently contour the face.

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Decade Throwbacks

Ancient Egyptian

Kohl-rimmed eyes (to ward off evil/sun), green malachite eyeshadow, ochre lips.

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Decade Throwbacks

Elizabethan

Dead-white skin (ceruse), high plucked hairline, no eyebrows/lashes, red rouged cheeks.

18th Century French (Rococo) makeup look

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Decade Throwbacks

18th Century French (Rococo)

Heavily powdered white faces, beauty marks (patches) to hide scars, extremely pink round circles of blush.

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Decade Throwbacks

1920s Flapper (The Vamp)

Kohl-rimmed sad eyes, thin downward-turned brows, 'Cupid's Bow' dark lips.

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Decade Throwbacks

1960s Mod (Timeline)

Floating crease (Twiggy), white eyeshadow, painted-on lower lashes, pale nude lips.

2010s 'Instagram' / YouTube Guru makeup look

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Decade Throwbacks

2010s 'Instagram' / YouTube Guru

Cut crease, heavy full-coverage foundation, baking, dip-brow (blocky brows), matte liquid lipstick, blinding highlighter.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Trad Goth (Subculture)

White foundation, Siouxsie Sioux geometric liner, sharp cheekbones, black lips.

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Global Beauty

Gyaru (Gal)

A massive category of Japanese street fashion.

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Global Beauty

Douyin (C-Beauty)

(Chinese TikTok) Spiky 'manhua' lashes, excessive glitter, intense blush placement, blurred over-lined lips.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Baddie

Heavy contour, perfect matte skin, sharp brows.

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Global Beauty

Chola

(Mexican-American subculture) Sharp thin arched brows, dark brown lip liner with lighter center, winged liner.

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Global Beauty

Bollywood Glam

Heavy kohl (Kajal) in waterline, gold shimmer, cut crease, bold lashes.

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Global Beauty

Arabian Glam

Double winged liner, heavy black kohl, full coverage, sharp contour.

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Creative & Theatrical

Clown

White base, exaggerated red mouth, geometric eye shapes.

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Techniques

Airbrush

Flawless, pixel-perfect finish (often for weddings/TV).

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Viral & Aesthetic

Glass Skin

Wet, reflective.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Dolphin Skin

Slick, wet-look.

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Creative & Theatrical

Cyberpunk

Futuristic high-tech.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Bleached Brows

Lightening eyebrows until they are invisible or blonde to create a high-fashion, alienesque canvas for eye makeup.

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Creative & Theatrical

Negative Space Liner

Eyeliner that outlines a shape (like a cat eye) but leaves the inside empty/skin-colored.

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Global Beauty

Ganguro

A specific 90s/2000s Gyaru sub-style.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Classic Bridal

Timeless, photography-friendly makeup.

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Viral & Aesthetic

Passport / ID Photo

Viral trend focused on extreme symmetry and matte finishes.

Advanced Makeup Tutorials

Siren Eye

Fox Eye

Cut Crease

Half Cut Crease

Floating Crease

Graphic Liner

Double Wing

Arabian / Bollywood Liner

1920s Flapper

1960s Mod

2016 Glam

Douyin (Chinese Viral Style)

Tantouring

Ancient Egyptian

Elizabethan

18th Century French (Rococo)

1920s Flapper (The Vamp)

1960s Mod (Timeline)

2010s 'Instagram' / YouTube Guru

Trad Goth (Subculture)

Gyaru (Gal)

Douyin (C-Beauty)

Baddie

Chola

Bollywood Glam

Arabian Glam

Clown

Airbrush

Glass Skin

Dolphin Skin

Cyberpunk

Bleached Brows

Negative Space Liner

Ganguro

Classic Bridal

Passport / ID Photo

TV / Broadcast News

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