Perfect Your '90s Grunge Makeup With These Vampy Beauty Tutorials

  • The grunge makeup aesthetic is starting to trend again.
  • Celebrities like Kourtney Kardashian and Billie Eilish have been seen in grungy hair and makeup looks.
  • Take a look at these grunge makeup tutorials to perfect your grunge makeup.

Depending on your perception of "grunge," you might be confused about hearing it describe an everyday, wearable makeup style. But trust us on this — the dark and moody movement is not only a fashion-forward look; it's also one you should definitely try out yourself.

Though grunge style is synonymous with the '90s (and created by Robin Sparkles/Daggers, obviously), it's one of the many throwback aesthetics making a comeback. In the past, celebrities like Joan Smalls, Lorde, and Frances Bean Cobain have helped popularize vampy pouts, usually paired with matte skin and smoky eyes.

Today, the grunge aesthetic has taken on a whole newer (and even sexier) vibe. Celebrities like Billie Eilish and Kourtney Kardashian have perfected the art of grunge hairstyles (with the latter recently giving an absolute master class in the art of grungy bangs), and others like Megan Fox and Miley Cyrus continue to prove that grunge is what you make it.

Should you want to try your hand at the aesthetic but don't know where to start, one of the easiest ways to do so is to swap out one step in your beauty routine for something with a bit more edge. Your eyeshadow, for example, could be upgraded from a simple winged liner to the diffused-eyeshadow technique seen during Fashion Week at the Altuzarra show. If you're more of a hair person, take a page out of Kardashian's book and try choppy baby bangs. You can truly do as much, or as little, as you want when it comes to a grunge aesthetic.

Still intimidated? Watch these YouTube tutorials on how to wear moody, grungy makeup, and you'll be reaching for the purple lipstick and hair dye in no time.

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Best Grunge Makeup Tutorials

If you're looking for a more subtle and everyday grunge makeup look, this "vampy grunge" tutorial from Roxxsaurus is extremely easy to replicate. She uses a bright lip and dark eyeshadows to create a dewy and bright-eyed (but still moody) effect.

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Best Grunge Makeup Tutorials

Michelle Phan packs this grunge makeup tutorial full of extra tips and tricks, including her takes on filling sparse brows and blotting greasy skin for a matte makeup look. Her finished look shows off a lighter version of the classic grungy smoky eye, which is offset by a super-dark and saturated purple lip.

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Best Grunge Makeup Tutorials

The only thing better than a single tutorial is two DIYs in one. If you want to take a more natural makeup look and make it more of a grunge aesthetic, the Glam&Gore channel shows us a duo of '90s looks in this video: gritty grunge and supermodel glam.

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Best Grunge Makeup Tutorials

Grunge makeup doesn't always have to be cool toned! Copper shadows and a greige lip make Mirrorsandhaze's interpretation of the '90s grunge beauty aesthetic a step away from the quintessential blacks and taupes for a more warm, colorful finish.

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Best Grunge Makeup Tutorials

Jade The Libra explains how to achieve a "grunge on the go" makeup look. She relies on a dark lip and slightly less-dramatic smoky eye to keep her grunge makeup casual enough for daily wear.

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Best Grunge Makeup Tutorials

Taylor Momsen's "grunge bohemian" style inspired Evelina Forsell to give the grunge makeup aesthetic a more laid-back feel. Her version of the trend features a warm smoky eye, lipliner, and deep burgundy lip and is also extremely wearable for every day.

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Best Grunge Makeup Tutorials

Vlogger Carli Bybel classifies this popular tutorial as "grunge glam." Keeping the lip a traditional everyday pink, for this grunge makeup tutorial, Bybel instead plays up her eyes using brown shadows and a bit of glitter.

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Best Grunge Makeup Tutorials

Like Bybel, Katerina Beauty Blog offers a slightly more casual neutral lip with her grunge makeup. While many other tutorials feature a deep-burgundy or purple lip, keeping your lip a neutral color that you can wear every day is one of the easiest ways to keep your grunge makeup wearable.

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Grunge Makeup Tutorials

Makeup artist Heidi Hamoud uses a classic smoky eye with warm red shadows to blend it out and heavy contouring to get this flawless grunge makeup look.

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Grunge Makeup Tutorials

The finished look from this "modern grunge" makeup tutorial is one of the most traditional versions of "grunge glam." YouTube channel easyNeon demonstrates how to get her look in this straightforward video, where she goes bold with both a dark eyeshadow look and a vampy lip color.