I Want to Glow Like Gigi Hadid This Summer—Here's Patrick Ta's Product Prescription

To be fair, Gigi Hadid is my year-round beauty muse, but she practically dominates my mood once spring and summer roll around. Her golden, wavy French bob, her sculpted, glowing skin… Is she not the literal definition of a sun goddess? As we gear up for the scorching season, I've been on the prowl for any Hadid-approved product staples to add to my routine; so when I had the chance to pick the brain of Patrick Ta—the supermodel's longtime makeup artist lauded for crafting a glass-like glow—I had to ask him for some red carpet staples.

His main tip? Focus the glow head to toe. "When a face is perfectly contoured and highlighted, but the body lacks that same glow, the overall look can feel incomplete," he tells me. "I always put a finishing glowy touch on the body—from décolletage to shoulders—because it truly completes the look." Said finishing glowy touch comes from his TikTok-viral Major Glow Balm, a glossy emollient that deposits vacation-like shine, but he now has an entire Major Glow Body Collection to extend and amplify the radiance.

Can we thank this new body collection for Hadid's quintessential glow? "I can’t give away too many details," Ta admits. "But my clients have had a sneak preview to some of the products for their various events, and the response has been incredible!" I'll take that as a resounding maybe, but I'd still go ahead and shop the soon-to-be viral formulas below—my own sparkling, summer-ready skin speaks for itself.

Ta is known for his signature dewy, luminous makeup aesthetic, but as he mentioned, focusing on just the face is a major mistake. "From the beginning of my career, I’ve always believed that the body is just as important as the face," he says. "Typically, the body category is all about self-care, which I absolutely love, but my perspective is that the body can be both high-impact and high-performance." It's why his products are brimming with nourishing hydrators—such as shea butter, jojoba seed oil, and prickly pear extract—and illuminating pearls for both long- and short-term radiance. Think shimmery, head-turning formulas that coddle your skin as you wear them.

Now, if you really want the glow to last, "Layering is the secret," Ta shares. "Start with the Major Glow Body Crème as a base to deeply hydrate and prep the skin. Applying body oil on top, either clear or bronzing, locks in moisture and creates a high-shine effect that lasts." If you're craving a kiss of warmth, I say go with the bronzing oil; it makes you look immediately sun-kissed. "For extra dimension, I apply Major Glow Balm on the high points of the body, like the collarbones and shoulders, because it catches the light beautifully," Ta continues. The transparent shade She's Glossy works wonders as a body highlighter, while She's On Vacation adds a touch more bronze to those focus points (because who doesn't want more of a sun goddess effect?).

No matter which route you take—warm and bronzy or glass-like sheen—Ta recommends topping off the look with a few spritzes of his Major Glow Hair & Body Fragrance Mist. The sultry blend of bergamot, jasmine, amber, sandalwood, and warm sugar is a compliment magnet—speaking from experience here! "Nothing makes you feel more confident than smelling incredible," Ta says of his brand new scent. I concur, though I'd argue a celeb-level glow does a lot of the heavy lifting.

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