Key Takeaways
- Dame Pat McGrath shared the exact lip combo she used on models for the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
- A champagne-colored gloss starred alongside two lip liner shade options for an individualized, heaven-sent pout.
Though there are angels everywhere if you know where to look (their fingernails, mostly), there’s a special kind of angel that’s a little easier to find. These are the Victoria’s Secret Angels, and you can spot them via their giant couture wings, smooth bombshell blowouts, and iconic runway walks.
Becoming a VS Angel is a dream job, obviously, but not one that most of us will ever see happen. The good news is that we can tap into a little of their ethereal spirit at home, no gigantic wings required. The secret—one of them, anyway, I know Victoria has many—is perfecting the VS Angel lip combo.
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The Victoria’s Secret Angel Lip Combo
For the 2025 show, which aired live on Wednesday, October 15, Dame Pat McGrath—an angel herself!—was in charge of glamming the beauties. It’s worth mentioning that the lip combo at a VS Fashion Show is one of the most important aspects of the night. There are *so many* air kisses to blow.
“Lips were softly sculpted with Legendary Wear Lip Liner and finished with Lust Gloss in ‘EARTH ANGEL’—a glistening, juicy sheen that felt fresh and powerfully feminine,” shared McGrath in a press release.
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The overall glam vision was to emphasize the individual beauty of every model on the runway. This meant McGrath packed two lip liner shades in her kit. Her products of choice were Done Undone, a soft pink nude, and Mocha Obsession, a neutral brown. Both complimented the golden champagne gloss beautifully.
Full Beauty Breakdown
“At the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show, Adam Selman wanted every girl to glow inside and out as he brought joy, authenticity, and individuality to the forefront—a new era defined by confidence, transformation and angelic beauty,” McGrath explained. “Glowy, delicious makeup [celebrated] the singular beauty of each woman—beauty as transformative as the wings themselves.”
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Besides those perfect pouts, the models faces were made “luminous and modern” with some skin prep. Things got rosy with Divine Skin: Rose 001™ The Essence and Hydrating Glow Cream before Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Foundation was applied. Their blooming flushes came in the form of Divine Blush: Legendary Glow Colour Balm.
“A tap of Skin Fetish: Sublime Perfection Highlighter delivered radiant dimension while eyes came alive with Gilded Nirvana Mega Eyeshadow Palette and Dark Star Mascara,” added the artist. “A final veil of Skin Fetish: Glass 001 Legendary Glow Setting Spray sealed in the glow.”
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The clothes were Victoria’s Secret, obviously, and the wings may or may not have been natural. The glimmer in the eye and kissy faces, though? Absolutely the angels’ own.
