Sophie Baek's makeup was so good she caught Benedict Bridgerton's eye while wearing a mask

When a new season of Bridgerton hits Netflix, we care about three things: the love stories, the songs that got the orchestral treatment, and naturally, the beauty moments. Last season we were obsessed with Penelope Featherington's false lashes (not realistic for the time period sure, but pretty nonetheless), and for Season 4, it's Sophie's makeup.

Played by Aussie actress Yerin Ha, Sophie Baek comes into the story as the love interest of our favourite cheeky playboy, Benedict Bridgerton, and like that character himself, we were transfixed after one look at her. Even in her iconic silver mask (book readers already know), Sophie had him hooked from the second he saw her.

So how does one create a face of dreamy makeup without even realising on eye definition? Let's find out. Here's every product we know Bridgerton makeup designer used to create Sophie's soft but stunning look...

Base

"She really wanted to have a minimal look," Collins shared in a conversation with Glamour around Sophie's overall aesthetic and Ha's vision for the character. "She was absolutely happy to sit in the chair and just watch the character evolve with her, but really wanted to make her as natural as possible. She’s diligent about that."

"For her regular [maid look], she would be around 45 minutes to one hour. And then for the masquerade ball and higher-end looks, it would be around one hour and 30 minutes. You still take that time. You still do all the skin care routine. You still use all the cleansers, the moisturisers. We used [the] Embryolisse [Lait-Crème Concentré] moisturiser ($33.39 at Chemist Warehouse) to prep the skin. We use all different types of skin care, depending on what the skin was doing that day."

“We always use primers. A lot of the time we’ll use an SPF because it naturally gives a glow. And if you mix it in with the base, you’re kind of diluting the base on a 50/50 ratio. We also used a Becca powder that had tiny little sheer shimmer in there. Just on the cheekbone highlighted area.” The Becca powder she's referencing? None other than the Smashbox x Becca Shimmering Perfector in ‘Champagne Pop’ ($39.29 at Amazon Australia).

Next comes foundation, which is clearly applied with a light hand and an elite formula. “We used the Armani [Beauty] Luminous Silk foundation ($124 at Sephora) as a base. It works so good. Tried and tested. They’ve got real depth if you want. You can dilute them down if you want them to be sheer. But in areas you really need to build up, you can. The consistency of it is beautiful, and it does apply like silk. They really are beautiful bases.” We couldn't agree more on this one: that's why our editors and REVIEWcrew are both raving about this formula right now.

“[We applied] minimal powder where powder is needed, obviously using concealers and giving a little bit of sculpt to the face as well, just a little bit of definition, just a shade down from the skin tone. So you can’t really see it. It’s there, but it’s not there. It looks like a natural tone throughout the face, and it is really minimal with her. She is so beautiful. The beauty of it is keeping her so natural to the bareness of the true skin. That was kind of the goal, to keep it as minimum as possible."

Lips

“Obviously, you lose the eyes behind a mask, so we had to think about how you’re still going to have the light reflecting through the eyes,” Collins shared. “Even just putting the little rose to the balm on her lips. Yerin’s got such beautiful lips. Just that little bit of makeup that pops, the flush of the cheek. We really focused on the lips so that they really popped out with this sparking mask.”

“We used the Clinique Chubby Sticks because they are so sheer, but they have a really good colour. [We applied] the Chubby Stick [Moisturising Lip Colour Balm] in ‘Super Strawberry’ ($48 at Clinique) with the [Chubby Stick Cheek Colour Balm] in ‘Roly Poly Rosy’ ($52 at Clinique) as the final coat. We layered up the tones to get that little punch at the end, and then used the Sleek MakeUp Locked Up Super Precise Lip Liner in ‘Friend Zone’ ($12.12 at Care To Beauty) very, very gently applied.”

“It’s kind of a no-lip line, but it just really picks up. It’s as close to the lip shades as possible. So you’re really just punching up that edge shape to really show that pout in the middle, and then using a little bit of the base around the outside. We were trying to keep it all looking very natural.”

"We used Dr. Hauschka Lip Balm ($30 at David Jones) just to keep her lips hydrated. We were always very mindful of her role, her position, of her character’s role, and that it’s something that she probably just pushed her finger into a pot and very quickly wiped her lips with them and pinched her cheeks."

Eyes

The eyes may have been masked (literally) for the romantic leads' first interaction, but a little subtle shadow was still welcome. "[For eyes], we used a Dior Beauty palette. It was as close a nude colour to her natural skin tone with the base on. It’s sheer rather than a shimmer. It’s not metallic. And it just really elevates that eye on the top. It’s a nude natural colour, but it’s got a punch to it, with the light glimpse against it, which is nice. You’re still getting that kind of reflection on the makeup.”

Sounds stunning, right? The Dior Backstage Eye Palette in ‘Smoky Essentials’ ($100 at Sephora) was the palette used on set, and it’s every bit as ethereal as you’d expect.

Main image credit: Netflix

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