Trend Forecast: The Hottest Tiktok Beauty Trends To Expect in 2023

Marina Mansour: Yeah, so I think in the beauty space as far as cosmetics go, what we’re going to see is — and we definitely started seeing more of it over the last couple of months — but I think we’re going to lean into a lot more expressive beauty. I think we’re going to get a little bit more experimental.

Editorial makeup looks have started popping up a little bit more, and I think we’re going to see that more widely across 2023 as people utilize platforms like Tiktok, Pinterest, YouTube, etc. to find ways of recreating those looks after they see them online.

I think that the topic of hair is definitely younger in this space from a social media community, Gen Z perspective. But I do think with the kind of increase in people going out and going clubbing and having dinners and brunches and stuff, we’ve seen a general rise in that special occasion kind of look, whether it’s makeup or whether it’s hair.

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So maybe not quite as experimental as what we’re seeing in the cosmetic space but I think styling may be more of a focus for hair via coloring.

Skincare is a little bit trickier because I think skin is much more specific to individual concerns and stages in life. So I think from a Gen Z perspective, what we saw from The State of Beauty Report for example, is a sort of knowledge maturing in regards to this audience’s relationship with skincare. So maybe less skincare routine steps and more of an education or self diagnosis of skin type first and a slightly more discerning way of engaging in skincare.

MM: It’s changed everything. It has absolutely changed everything for a couple of reasons. I think most importantly, it’s changed the cycle and the tail of trends. Tiktok has been such a leader in terms of peer to peer advocacy and community. The way the algorithm kind of throws things out there and gets it to the kind of consumer that wants to see it is obviously not something that we’ve seen before in our previous social platforms. So then what that has really meant is that trends kind of latch, and burn really brightly, really quickly. And then when they dip down again, they don’t necessarily disappear, they just kind of move into the background a little bit.

MM: I think Hailey Bieber and her relationship to Tiktok as a trendsetter is is a very unique one. I think clearly with trends such as the ‘glazed donut’ trend, it’s rare to see trends operate at that level of universality.

So I think it’s difficult to pinpoint individual content creators. But the amazing part of Tiktok is that we don’t know where these big trends or moments in beauty will come from when it comes to the platform. And I think that’s what’s so powerful about the beauty community on Tiktok — a new creator can come out of nowhere and make a video that really hits.

MM: Oh my god, please, let’s say goodbye to the ‘clean girl aesthetic.’ Let’s move on. When it comes to ‘clean girl makeup’ or ‘no-makeup makeup,’ I think we’ve passed that with the rise of experimental makeup and makeup that is a little bit more bold.

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MM: It’s an extremely wearable color as far as lip products go, and especially with the newer lip products that are really popping at the moment. For example, lip liners — everyone’s obsessed with lip liners now. So maybe a lip liner, a lip oil, a high-glitter lip gloss, or even a lip and blush combo.

MM: So I have you been watching Wednesday on Netflix?

BW: I have! I watched the first episode a couple days ago and I’m already in love with it.

MM: Ok, so a lot of Tiktok creators have been talking about recreating Wednesday’s lip or recreating Morticia’s lip, so I definitely think purple for the lips. And I really think we’re going back to that soft grunge, kind of quote unquote “rock star girlfriend” look which has been bubbling over the summer. But I think that’s what we’re going to see —we’re going to go slightly darker.

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So I would say that vampy colors like deep purple, deep cherry — like that dark lip. Mac has one of my favorite lip colors ever called Smoked Purple. It’s like a really deep, almost navy blue kind of lip color.

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MM: I think we’re going to see a focus on cheekbones. So kind of like a more carved, 90s model, sort of contoured look, whereas previously we saw a fuller cheek at the top. I think we’re going to see a much slimmer, much more sculpted aesthetic in 2023.

And even from a makeup perspective I’ve seen the trend in newer approaches to contouring — this idea that ‘Oh, if you want model-like cheekbones, don’t contour like that, contour like this.’ And I think that’s the beginning of what we can anticipate from a more semi-permanent or permanent perspective, procedurally speaking.

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MM: Soft goth definitely. I think the whole makeup culture around Wednesday on Netflix is so perfectly timed with what is bubbling on Tiktok. And that’s kind of what we’re looking at for next year — a contoured, slightly more angular, gaunt look.

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