Found: A Honey Skin Hack To Make Your Whole Body Look Baby-Smooth

There is no shortage of quippy metaphors to describe skin. Dolphin skin, glass skin, dumpling skin, glazed donut skin… I'm not exaggerating when I say I could go on and on. The majority of these monikers refer to skin so silky smooth it reflects light (you know, just like a slippery dolphin or pane of glass). 

The key difference with honey skin is texture: "Glass skin and dumpling skin are reflective and multidimensional looks, whereas honey skin appears semi-glossy, plump, and poreless, like a baby's skin," makeup artist Alexandra Compton, product development manager at Credo, previously told mbg.

Like most innovative beauty trends, it originated from the Korean beauty space, meant to evoke the supple texture of honey rather than the radiance of glass or the three-dimensional feel of a dumpling.

First things first: Grab a humectant-rich cream or body serum. See, humectants draw moisture from the environment into your skin and give you that fresh honey-skin look. You could use ingredients like hyaluronic acid, aloe vera, glycerin, or even actual honey. 

But the next and equally important piece is to seal in all that moisture with a good occlusive. If you don't lock in those humectants, they can actually pull moisture from the dermis instead of the atmosphere, drying your skin further. 

We're partial to body oil for this moisture-locking step since it glazes the skin and gives it that healthy, "wet-looking" shine. After all, hairstylists recommend using oil to slick back the hair and make it look "wet," as opposed to using actual water (which, you know, dries). It's the same logic here with honey skin: A generous coat of oil makes the skin appear plump and juicy all day long.

You might even want to select a dry oil, as it will absorb into the skin quickly without leaving behind a sticky residue. So your skin will appear glazed with honey yet won't have that thick, honey-like viscosity. Win-win.