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Glazed Donut Skin: What it is and how to achieve it© GettyImages

Glazed Donut Skin: What it is and how to achieve it

Out with the matte and in with the dew —at least for now!


Shirley Gomez
Senior Writer
MAY 5, 2022 9:11 AM EDT

Out with the matte and in with the dew —at least for now! The newest trend in skincare is making beauty lovers look like a “Glazed Donut.”

Suppose you are also on the hunt for products to help you achieve the scrumptious effect of fresh, radiant, glowing skin. In that case, there are several brands, including Beaubble, Lancer Skincare, Monday Born, Jillian Dempsey, and Stephen Knoll, offering beauty staples that will leave you looking and feeling as yummy as a Krispy Kreme donut.

Master the Glazed Donut trend, and incorporate these products into your routine to achieve glowing skin.

Achieve Krispy Kreme-level glaze with Lancer Skincare's Dani Glowing Skin Perfector© Agencies

Achieve Krispy Kreme-level glaze with Lancer Skincare’s Dani Glowing Skin Perfector

Brand: Lancer Skincare

Product: Dani Glowing Skin Perfector

Details: An innovative illuminating skin finisher and treatment that revitalizes, brightens, and perfects all skin tones in one step. Micro-fine, light-catching mineral highlighters delicately disperse over imperfections and enhance skin’s natural radiance. The result is a lit-from-within glow. Lock in that glaze and add an extra dose of dew with the BBxEllie #19andahalf 2-in-1 Priming / Setting Mist

Glazed Donut Skin: What it is and how to achieve it© Agencies

Don’t neglect your strands! Give your hair an equal amount of shine with the Stephen Knoll Ultra Shine Treatment Oil

Brand: Stephen Knoll New York

Product: Ultra Shine Treatment Oil

Product Highlights: A luxurious, ultra-lightweight nourishing treatment oil that blocks humidity and smooths split ends. Provides intense frizz-fighting power while delivering a high shine finish. Deep conditioning and nourishing to replenish hair, making it softer and more flexible, so it’s easier to style. Protects and prevents color from fading.

Glazed Donut Skin: What it is and how to achieve it© Agencies

Reveal a canvas of supple, baby-soft skin to ensure your glaze coating is flawless with Monday Born’s Source

Brand: Monday Born

Product: Source

Details: Formulated with 79% of Centella Asiatica Extract, Source calms and repairs skin’s barrier function while deeply hydrating and moisturizing the skin. Made with only 26 ingredients, this stress-free, back-to-basics essence penetrates deeply into the skin for a mega-dose of hydration, which keeps the skin barrier in good shape and allows subsequent products to work optimally.

Glazed Donut Skin: What it is and how to achieve it© Agencies

Take inspiration from jelly-filling to create glossy, rosy cheeks by applying the BBxElsa Cushion Blush

Brand: BBxElsa

Product: Cushion Blush

Product Highlights: A whipped, mousse-like formula that melts into skin with a soft pearlescent shimmer that reflects and plays with light at every angle The buildable formula that delivers the most radiant flush of color; is available in two shades, Golden Hour (soft pearlescent coral) and Cherry Blossom (cool iridescent pink) Infused with high-quality skincare ingredients such as Hyaluronic Acid, Glycerin, and Rose Water.

Glazed Donut Skin: What it is and how to achieve it© Agencies

Give your eyes major hydration and plumpness with the Jillian Dempsey Eye Mask

Brand: Jillian Dempsey

Product: Eye Mask

Details: This ultra-hydrating, calming bio-cellulose masks give under eyes the protection they deserve. They are soaked in a milky prebiotic serum; they reinforce the skin barrier and leave the delicate undereye area soothed, nourished, and plumper-looking.

Glazed Donut Skin: What it is and how to achieve it© Agencies

Lock in that glaze and add an extra dose of dew with the BBxEllie #19andahalf 2-in-1 Priming / Setting Mist

Brand: BBxEllie

Product: #19andahalf 2-in-1 Priming / Setting Mist

Product Highlights: The hydrating formula delivers a natural, dewy, skin-like finish Ultra-fine mist primes skin and sets makeup to keep it smudge-proof and transfer-proof all day long Agave Tequilana Leaf Extract, Camellia Sinensis Oil, and Vegan Squalane nourish, condition, and protect the skin barrier.