Much to the joy of my inner angsty teen, soft goth makeup is making a comeback in the beauty scene. A zillennial whose had consecutive emo and goth eras—colored strips in my hair, piercings in questionable places, a Tumblr dedicated to my brooding, and a dark-colored wardrobe to match—my style has subdued over the years. But while you can change the clothes, the edgy attitude remains, because you can never really take the goth out of the girl.

A pendulum swing from the Instagram baddie-era makeup and clean girl aesthetics , soft goth makeup is a more approachable version of true goth (think Siouxsie Sioux and the Banshees), with less elaborate eye makeup, an emphasis on contour over blush, with a greige or berry lip for added contrast. It leans more toward Fairuza Balk’s in the 1996 cul

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