Glossy lips have reigned supreme for the past couple of years, but blurred lips are the latest cool-girl makeup trend taking over our social media feeds.
Inspired by the aesthetic of makeup artist Nina Park, blurred lips are similar to the rom-com lips trend from earlier this year. The goal is to create a blurry semi-matte lip look that leaves your pout looking luscious and just-kissed.
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In recent weeks, the look has gone viral on TikTok and Instagram, with makeup artists and creators recreating it. As makeup artist Tanielle Jai previously told us, blurred lips are one of the biggest beauty trends to watch especially heading into 2026, with semi-matte balms popular among brands like CHANEL Beauty, NARS, Violette_FR, Clinique and Louis Vuitton Beautè.
“I think we’ll be seeing less emphasis on defined lip liner and more of that ‘bitten lip’ look inspired by Korean and French beauty trends,” Jai said. “It’s a soft, blurred, just-kissed, lived-in matte style that feels effortless.”
Park has kept light-lipped about her method, but creator Ivan Lam recently shared a Park-inspired tutorial on how to get the blurred-lip look. “It always has the signature Nina Park touch,” Lam says in the video. “It looks like your natural self but better, which I really love right now.”
First, Lam starts by prepping the lips with the Prada Beauty Lip Balm, letting it sit for a bit to hydrate. Next, he takes a cool-tone lip liner from MAKE UP FOR EVER and overlines the cupids bow. To get that signature blurred look, he uses a smudging brush to diffuse the color.
“What [Park] kind of does is smudge it out so it’s never a solid line,” Lam says. Then, he layers it with a rosy liner to add back some definition and color. Lastly, he tops things off with lip tint in a rosy pink color, to “give life back” into the lips, tapping the product on with his finger.
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