A beauty expert is claiming that early-2000’s concealer lips are making a comeback this year, and revealed exactly how to pull them off in a new tutorial.
The tips were shared by actress and beauty content creator Mireya Rios in a new video posted to TikTok this week.
‘I don’t care what anyone says, concealer lips are making a comeback in 2024,’ Rios began her video as she slathered a light-colored, creamy concealer to her lips.
‘It’s just such a vibe,’ she continued.
Mireya Rios, a content creator based in NYC, claimed in a new video posted to TikTok that ‘concealer lips’ were making a comeback
In the video, she showed viewers a step-by-step tutorial of how they can achieve the look themselves this new year
The trend, which was popularized in the early 2000’s, used concealer in place of actual lipstick or lip gloss.
Sometimes, a similar lipstick color as a concealer was used in place of the actual coverup product.
It became a huge trend, with millennials hitting the bars and even the office while sporting a seriously nude lip — complete with a pair of low-rise jeans and baby tee, of course.
Celebs like Rihanna and Kim Kardashian also sported the trend at the time, once revealing that the MAC Cosmetics lipstick in the light pinky-nude shade ‘Angel’ was one of her favorites of all time.
And, although it’s been a few years, it looks like the trend is making a comeback, as Rios promised, showing viewers how to make them ‘actually’ look good.
‘First, you grab your favorite lip liner,’ she explained, as she began to apply a light pink-y rose color around her lips.
‘I know it looks like it’s not going to look good, but just trust the process,’ she continued.
Next, Rios grabbed a lipstick, and instructed viewers to ‘tap it in’ on the outer corners of the lips.
After applying the concealer to her lips, Rios took a large makeup brush to blend it all out
She then took a lip liner in a pink-y nude color and applied it over the blended-out concealer
Next, the content creator and actress took a large lipstick and applied it to only the corners of her mouth
The concealer lip trend was popularized in the early 2000’s, worn by stars like Christina Aguilera (above)
The Fatefully Yours actress used a light, rose-colored lipstick for this step.
‘And then, add a shimmer-y gloss on top,’ she instructed, as she applied a glittering gloss by Laura Mercier.
After applying the gloss, she showed off the final look, which revealed a pretty, shiny light-pink pout with a touch of nude in the center of the bottom lip.
‘So this is concealer lips in 2024,’ Rios said. ‘I feel like this even makes my lips look larger.’
‘Would you try these concealer lips?’ she asked.
In the comments section, however, not everyone seemed to be convinced of the trend.
‘NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO NEVER AGAIN,’ one person dramatically wrote.
Another agreed, ‘NOOOO!! We must go forward not back!!!’
At the end of the video, the beauty content creator showed off a perfectly pink-y, rose-colored nude lip
At the end of the video, she asked viewers what they thought of the concealer lips trend
In the comments section, many users didn’t seem to approve of the new concealer lips trend that was making a comeback
‘ABSOLUTELY NOOOTTT JAILLLL TIMEEEEE,’ someone else typed.
A user joked, ‘Can’t wait for us to relearn why we don’t do this.’
One person even admitted, ‘How dare you?! we barely escaped with our dignity the first go around. Don’t do it! Your version does look a lot better though I will admit.’
In a follow-up video made by the content creator, she replied to one of the comments that joked she needed to be sent to jail for trying to revive the trend.
Rios again applied the concealer to her lips with a big makeup brush to create another light-pink-nude look.
‘People want to send me to jail for doing concealer lips, but are you seriously going to tell me that these lips don’t look amazing?’ she said.
‘They’re an actual slay,’ Rios continued. ‘It’s like nude heaven.’
However, it looks like Rios isn’t the only one who thinks the look is worthy of a comeback.
In October, star Sofia Richie Grainge sported the look when she took to TikTok to share a ‘pumpkin spice’ lip tutorial, in which she used a dab of concealer to finish off the look
Some TikTok users were horrified by the concealer lip, which was a trend in the early 2000’s, like Isabel Clancy
Paris Hilton wore the ‘concealer lip’ trend in the early 2000’s, at times using the actual product or lip products that looked just like it
In October, quiet luxury it-girl Sofia Richie Grainge, 25, shared with followers how to achieve what she described as the perfect ‘pumpkin spice’ lip in a TikTok video.
She applied a tiny dab of concealer to the center of her bottom lip for an ombré effect after applying some color.
It was met with horror by some millennials on the social media app, like Isabel Clancy, who made a hilarious response by wearing a striking nude-lip filter.
‘Millennials — it’s happening,’ Clancy wrote in white text over the top of the clip.