Every time I open social media, Zara Larsson reappears in another chromatic proclamation of intent. The Swedish pop princess is deep in her technicolour era, saturating feeds with Midnight Sun tour looks that read as equal parts spectacle and strategy.
This is makeup made for the moment: calibrated to the effervescence of her performances and landing in step with what many are calling an aesthetic upheaval, a renaissance for Zara Larsson herself.
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Not long ago, our feeds were governed by restraint. Pared-back “clean girl” skin, barely-there bases and skincare routines elevated to near-ritual. Anything loud, glittering or overtly theatrical was quietly exiled in favour of polish and minimalism.
Now, the pendulum has swung. Maximalism is back in bloom. Colour has returned. And so has makeup that exists for visual excess.
On tour, Larsson trades restraint for rhinestones, blush draping and veils of stage-proof sparkle. Working with long-time makeup artist Sophia Sinot, she recalibrates contemporary pop-star beauty as something knowingly artificial, hyper-visible and unapologetically ornamental.
Since October, the pair have been crisscrossing the globe with the Midnight Sun tour, shaping a visual identity that mirrors the music’s sun-drenched fantasy. Larsson’s euphoric pop sets the emotional temperature; Sinot’s makeup amplifies it in colour and light.
Together, they’ve created a show-by-show mythology steeped in celestial references, molten sunset gradients, and pop’s long-standing love affair with excess.
Luckily for us, Larsson is bringing her surreal, high-saturation world to Australia on tour, and we’re so ready to see the beat IRL.
The aesthetic lands squarely within the siren, celestial and softly whimsical beauty wave sweeping Pinterest and TikTok. Call it cosmic fairy. Call it iridescent siren energy. Whatever the label, the fantasy is intentional — beauty embraced as artifice, as adornment, as a form of escapism.
I might not have a stage that calls for rhinestone constellations across my cheekbones, but that’s hardly a reason not to try a pared-back version. Ahead, the bold pigments, glassy glosses, light-reflecting body shimmer and face gems to channel Zara Larsson’s tour-era glow.