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Sophia Bush, Vanessa Hudgens, and Kate Middleton have (at least) one thing in common: their smiles are punctuated with natural dimples. This subtle hollow located at the level of the cheeks or the chin has been emulated for years around the world, to the point of seeing an increase in the number of surgical procedures intended to create false ones. However, there is no need to use a scalpel to change your smile, a simple make-up trick is enough… And Tiktokeurs are already crazy about it.
If you scroll frantically on TikTok, you must have seen the hashtag #fakedimples, which seems to be unanimous on the Chinese social network. With more than 10 million views, not counting its derivatives, it hides a host of make-up tricks to achieve fake dimples without resorting to cosmetic surgery or potentially dangerous tricks spotted on the same social media. Professional make-up artists and beauty addicts teach you how to create faux dimples using two must-have products and a brush. All in two minutes flat.
It’s hard to trace the source of this trend, which is already behind thousands of videos, but it is clear that one tip in particular stands out to the point of being taken up by many influencers. To reproduce it, you will only need two beauty products – necessarily already at hand – and a brush, or possibly a beauty blender, to blend everything. And if this trick is (necessarily) ephemeral, it will save you an expensive surgical procedure, and moderately essential.
After the theory, place to practice. To create the famous “fake dimples”, get a pencil or a contouring stick, and a concealer – two beauty essentials that you probably already have in your makeup bag. Now draw a first line – or a semi-circle depending on the user – with the pencil or the stick, which you will surround with two strips of concealer, where the dimples form naturally. All that remains is to blend it all in with a brush or a sponge, and you’re done.
As you will have understood, this trick is based on the same games of shadow and light used to structure the face via the contouring technique. The hack varies very little from one user to another, except in the shape of the lines drawn on the face, or in the products chosen. Some opt for eye shadow, or even a liquid contour product. In any case, it is an affordable beauty Tok, accessible to all, safe, and easily erasable. It is therefore impossible to regret it.