How to Glow Like a Victoria Secret Angel

Dame Pat McGrath and Jawara Wauchope are rewriting the beauty playbook. Together, the legendary makeup artist and the visionary hairstylist are giving the Victoria’s Secret Angel aesthetic a luminous new life, radiant, real, and ready for the modern age.

Backstage hummed with familiar electricity, cameras flashed, blow dryers roared, and the air was thick with fragrance and anticipation. But this wasn’t the Victoria’s Secret of decades past. It’s a rebirth, a celebration of individuality, sensuality, and the kind of glow that comes from confidence.

“It was an absolute pleasure working with them,” says celebrity hairstylist Wauchope, referencing the brand’s executive creative director Adam Selman and his team. “They brought me in, and we had conversations about bringing back the sexy, big blowout, but we wanted to modernize it. So, we’re doing a sleek gloss with a little bit of volume.”

And modernize it they did. Alongside Dame Pat McGrath, Wauchope helped usher in a new era of Angel, one that celebrates texture, tone, and individuality. Whether you’re channeling your inner runway model or just want that post-summer radiance, here’s how to achieve the Victoria’s Secret Angel look,  from the skin’s heavenly glow to that signature bombshell hair.

The Daytime Angel Glow

Soft, fresh, radiant — like you just stepped off the beach at Clifton

Step 1: Prep Like a Pro

• Cleanse, exfoliate, and hydrate the skin.

• Apply a glow moisturizer and luminous primer (MAC Strobe Cream or the L’Oreal Paris Lumi Glotion.

Tip: Victoria Secret skin prep is 80% of the look, start with radiance.

Step 2: Skin That Breathes

• Apply a luminous foundation (Maybelline Superstay Lumi or Armani Luminous Silk foundation).

• Conceal lightly, bronze softly (with a glowy bronzer like; Gloei Sunglighter Bronzer Balm, NYX Buttermelt Bronzer or the Essence baby got bronze shimmering bronzer), and blend with a damp sponge.

Step 3: Cheeks & Glow

• Dab a peachy or coral cream blush (Catrice Soft Glam Baked Blush in Peachy Breeze).

• Highlight cheekbones, temples, and the bridge of the nose.

Step 4: Angel Eyes

• Sweep champagne shimmer over lids and blend soft browns in the crease.

• Smudge brown eyeliner along the edges of your eyes and add two coats of mascara.

Step 5: Brows & Lips

• Fluffy brows brushed up with gel (Maybelline Superlock brow Glue).

• Line lips with nude pencil, fill with rosy nude and gloss.

Finish with a mist of setting spray and highlighter on your shoulders for a true angel glow.

The Runway Show Glam

Think bombshell energy — sultry eyes, bronzed glow, and glossy perfection

Step 1: The Flawless Base

• Use a satin-matte foundation and cream contour on your cheekbones and temples for definition.

• Set lightly under the eyes with a matt powder, keeping the rest dewy and glowy.

Step 2: Sculpt & Glow

• Layer bronzer for warmth and add shimmer blush for lift (Hoola Matte Bronzer or the Rimmel Natural Bronzer). 

• Highlight strategically: cheekbones, inner corners of eyes and your Cupid’s bow.

Step 3: Supermodel Eyes

• Blend bronze and chocolate tones across the lid and crease (NYX Ultimate Warm Neutrals palette). 

• Smoke the lower lash line with a brown or black eyeliner, wing eyeliner slightly, and add wispy lashes.

Step 4: Brows & Lips

• Brush brows up and fill softly.

• Overline lips, fill with pinky nude, and finish with clear gloss.

Step 5: Finishing Touches

• Add glow to collarbones and shins (Yes shins! If your legs are out, let them shine).

• Hair: big blowout or loose bombshell curls, misted with shine spray.

From newcomers like Suni Lee, Angel Reese, and Quenlin Blackwell to icons Alessandra Ambrosio, Adriana Lima, and Imaan Hammam, each woman brought her own definition of beauty to the runway, proof that the Victoria’s Secret Angel has evolved. This time, she isn’t chasing perfection, she’s embracing individuality. The glow remains. The glamour remains. But now, it’s grounded in authenticity.

As Dame Pat McGrath puts it, it’s all about “skin, light, and confidence.” And in Jawara Wauchope’s hands, that confidence comes with movement, texture, and freedom, a reminder that beauty is no longer about conformity, but celebration. The modern Angel doesn’t wait for wings. She creates her own — radiant, effortless, and entirely her. So take your glow into your own hands this summer  and let it shine.