Have you ever wished to have glass skin like the models at the Maison Margiela catwalk? Pat McGrath stunned the fashion world in 2024 with a layer transparent “skin-plastic.” We all wondered: Is this surreal art or a statement about beauty? The makeup queen has now bottled her magic and launched Skin Fetish 001 Artistry Mask – a $38 “skin shaping liquid.”
When Pat McGrath bottles 2024’s most sensational beauty moment, are we pursuing a belief or an effect?
In the TikTok runway video, which has been viewed 5 million times, the models’ skin looks like liquid light rendered with AI. It is smooth, reflective and surreal. Pat McGrath explained that this effect is not from a science-fiction movie, but created by stacking transparent masks. According to data, 72% of millennials think that “technical make-up” is the future of beauty. Glass 001 is a perfect example of this trend.
From DIY, to industrialization – When glass skin is democratized
Before Pat McGrath marketed glass skin, people tried to duplicate this effect using peel-off masks or sticky lip glosses purchased from drugstores. Makeup artist Derek Deng said that this “beauty hunt game” is really a desire for beauty, and a rebel against rules. Glass 001, a formula of rosewater, glycerin, and allantoin, transforms the surreal feel of the show into a daily’skin sculpting fluid’. You only need to apply it three times with a brush, and then wait for it to be dry, to get the illusion of liquid lights.
The Sociology of Glass Skin: When Perfection Becomes a Flowing Narrative
Pat McGrath’s glass skin was a “unnatural” success in an era where #authenticity swept the globe. Data shows that 68% women believe this “technical make-up” is a subversion to traditional “natural beauty”. As one user commented in the comments: “For the very first time, I admit perfection itself can be an art, and not an illusion with makeup.”
Beauty does not consist of a gaze but rather a dialogue
Pat McGrath’s brush is not for completing makeup but rather for a self-dialogue. This illusion of liquid lights reminds us that beauty is not about what others think, but how you treat yourself.
