Makeup with rhinestones: a trend for 2022?

Chic and shine

Rhinestones are a win-win option that allows you to create spectacular makeup with a minimum of cosmetics. It is enough to decorate your eyes, lips or face with these shiny elements, and the makeup takes on a completely new sound - relevant, fresh and festive.

Where is rhinestone makeup used? Firstly, at fashion shows. For example, in 2022, at the Fendi couture show, Peter Philips decorated the models’ faces with rhinestones, generously strewing their cheeks, forehead and chin. We also saw rhinestones at the Schiaparelli show during the Spring-Summer 2022 Fashion Week.

Other makeup artists do not refuse rhinestones either. For example, star makeup artist Nikki Wolf created luxurious makeup on New Year's Eve with a real curly pattern of sparkling stones that framed the model's cheekbones, eyes and chin. And for February 14, the girl chose a new beauty look - with a rhinestone heart in the outer corner of her eye.

Of course, the popularity of sparkling decor in makeup is also influenced by the youth series “Euphoria”, which strongly popularizes shiny and bright elements in makeup for the self-expression of the main characters. Let's remember the popular glitter tears that the series' makeup artist Doniella Davy loves so much.

Where to glue?

You can place rhinestones on your face in completely different ways - in 2022, everything is allowed without exaggeration. If you want, stick them all over your face, like freckles, like Peter Philips. If you want to create an allusion to the series “Euphoria”, place rhinestones under the eyes in the form of vertical streaks. Or transform Nikki Wolf's idea and create a graphic design on the face using decorative elements.

Rhinestones can also be used as a complementary rather than the main element of makeup. For example, you can use them to embellish your lips if you apply them pointwise or only on one lip. Or you can add rhinestones to the arrows on the upper or lower eyelids - it will turn out very bright and elegant!

With the help of rhinestones, you can even put entire inscriptions on your face and thus express your position. Or decorate with them the most unexpected parts of the face and body, for example, eyebrows, chin, earlobes or décolleté. Why not?

What to attach it to?

It is worth gluing voluminous jewelry to the skin using a special primer or glue for glitter and rhinestones. For a more reliable result, makeup artists advise using glue for false eyelashes. For convenience, use tweezers.

About 15-30 seconds should pass from the moment the glue is applied to the rhinestone until it is directly glued, otherwise it simply will not stay on the face. You can remove rhinestones from your face using a standard two-phase makeup remover.

So, there will be rhinestones in 2022, and that’s a fact! And even if you are not a makeup artist at Euphoria and don’t prepare makeup for fashion shows, rhinestones will be a wonderful addition to creative makeup for photo and video shoots, championships, and even your Instagram account. Even in salon makeup, rhinestones can be useful if a girl wants a non-standard evening or cocktail look. The main thing is to find balance and catch inspiration.