So, Sabrina Carpenter’s been on tour. While her viral pin-up girl-inspired outfits have broken the internet, sparking TikTok trends and getting us into our feminine era, her coquette-coded makeup looks deserve a moment.
We don’t know about you but our timelines and FYPs pay tribute to our current obsession with Sabrina Carpenter’s tour makeup. She’s been serving sweet and sultry vibes with rosy cheeks, skin that’s glowing for the Gods, and flirty, siren-like eyes we’ve all been dying to recreate. And this mood board of an article is the only Sabrina Carpenter makeup tutorial you need to do so. Here are all the tips, tricks, and product recommendations on how to do your ‘makeup so nice’ like Miss Sabrina does.
What makeup does Sabrina Carpenter wear?
When we think of Sabrina Carpenter, her typical glazed doughnut glow, dark brows, rosy cheeks, just-bitten-but-glossy lips, and flirty eyes are a hallmark of her signature look. It focuses on using cream and liquid makeup to achieve a fresh-face finish with a healthy flush, hypnotising eyes, and pillowy, plump lips. The aim is to look like a real-life doll.
How to recreate Sabrina Carpenter’s makeup
Sabrina’s signature look is way easier to achieve than you may think. From dew-inducing highlighters to liquid blushes that pack a serious punch of pigment, this step-by-step gives you her iconic glam on a platter.
Step 1: Pick your primer
A solid canvas is a must for achieving glowy glam that lasts. After your skincare routine, make a strong start with a primer that not only gives your makeup something to cling onto but also hydrates your skin for a lit-from-within effect. A blurring primer that’s powered by skin-loving ingredients like hyaluronic acid is going to set you up for that flawless, poreless base.
Step 2: Build your base
Any Sabrina Carpenter makeup look is consistent with a dewy, healthy-looking, barely-there base. A lightweight but illuminating skin tint or medium-coverage foundation will do most of the work for you. It’ll leave your skin with a light veil of colour that brings the best out of the complexion without feeling (or looking) heavy.
Step 3: Bring dimension back to the complexion
She always has that just-stepped-out-of-the-sun vibe going. Sabrina’s softly sculpted cheeks are a statement in themselves. Tapping a cream or liquid bronzer onto the hollows of the face will give you that sunkissed warmth Sabrina sports. Trust us when we say this soft definition brings the whole look together.
Step 4: Add balance with blush
We’re sure we’re not the only ones as mesmerised by Sabrina Carpenter’s blusher as we were by her iconic towel-drop outfit reveal. A cream, liquid, or gel blush formula is your shortcut to that just-pinched, babydoll blush look. The tip of her nose and cheeks are always glazed with soft pinks, peachy hues, or rosy reds for a slightly sun-kissed flush. Start at the mid-cheeks, working your way up to your cheekbones. Don’t forget to pat some pigment onto the bridge of your nose to make it look like you’re actually blushing.
Step 5: Use eyeshadow, liner, and mascara to enhance the eyes
Whenever we’ve looked at a photo of Sabrina Carpenter, it’s like she’s looking right at you. It’s that hypnotising gaze. She always has a wash of shimmery, neutral eyeshadow on her lids with a subtle brown crease. The look’s then accented by a cat eye, so grab that liner and sketch out a soft winged shape (not too much though, we just want to frame and accentuate the eyes), keeping it close to the lash line. In zig-zag motions, comb a volumising mascara through the lashes to add a flirty, fluttery touch. Awaken your eyes with some highlighter in the inner corner for the ultimate siren-like look.
Step 6: Pat on the highlighter
Her glow is on another level, and her highlighter works overtime to get her that blinding dewiness. Dot on a liquid or balmy highlighter to the high points of your face to bring the best out of your fave features. We’re talking the tip of the nose, the top of the cheekbones, and the apples of the cheeks for that almost natural-looking pearly luminescence.
Step 7: Complete the look with some lip liner and lipstick
If there’s anything to call out about Sabrina’s iconic glam, it’s her lip combo. We’ve noticed the liner never does too much. It’s light and kind of feathery on the edges which is contrasted by a lighter shade at the centre of her lips, creating a gradient effect (we honestly believe this is what makes her lips look so much more voluptuous). Boost the size of your lips with a mauve-hued lip liner that’s two-three shades darker than your natural lips and trace the outline. Pout and pat on a pinky-nude cream lipstick to the middle of the lips, blending it into the liner with a brush or your fingers to fake the look of fullness. Top it all off with your go-to gloss and voila… you’re Short n’ Sweet ready.