Megan Thee Stallion Brought Y2K Glam to the Victoria's Secret Runway

Megan Thee Stallion performed on the 2026 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show runway in full Y2K makeup, built almost entirely from YSL Beauty products. Grammy winner. Hot Girl coach. Now runway debutante. The look carried a shimmery eye, inner-corner highlights and a lifted cat-eye flick, paired with a bouncy bombshell blowout.

Celebrity makeup artist Diana Shin, who created the "soft sultry glam," kept the era references running from pink carpet to catwalk. The source describes the look as "nothing short of angelic." Angelic, in this case, requires a lot of layering.

Which products made the cut?

Shin worked in delicate layers, the technique makeup artists favor for longevity. The flush came from two formulas:

• Make Me Blush Longwear Cream Blush in 37 Peachy Nude
• Make Me Blush Longwear Cream Blush in 90 Toffee Temptation
• The buildable powder version in 12 Honeymoon
• The powder blush in 57 Coral Clash

Four blushes. One face. That is what "soft" costs.

What finished the lip?

The Y2K theme extended to a high-contrast lip combo. Shin lined with Kiss Shaper Long-Lasting Sculpting Lip Liner in 107 Cocoa Flirt, then glossed over it with Candy Glaze Lip Gloss Stick in 44 Nude Lavalliere, a pinky-nude. The dark liner, pale gloss contrast is pure early-2000s lip logic — the decade's most polarizing signature, now back on a major runway.

Why does this matter for the trade?

A Victoria's Secret Show performance slot is prime real estate for a beauty brand, and YSL Beauty occupied all of it. No prices were disclosed in the source, but the named products are commercially available items, not custom runway one-offs, which shortens the distance between catwalk and counter.

Y2K makeup has cycled through trend coverage for several seasons. A placement this visible, on a performer of Thee Stallion's stature, with a full product breakdown released within hours, signals the aesthetic still has commercial runway left — and that brands will keep supplying the glosses and blushes to fuel it.