A MIDSUMMER MOOD
Each year, Swedes gather to celebrate the summer solsticeâMidsummer. Itâs one of the most beloved holidays of the year: flower crowns, dancing, countryside gatherings, and long, glowing evenings that stretch well past midnight.
After a dark winter, Midsummer is a collective exhale. A time to eat, sing, laugh, and feel beautiful in the simplest ways. This season, weâre inspired by the spirit of Midsummerâits natural rituals, its sense of ease, and the kind of beauty that looks like light itself.
THE TRADITIONS WE LOVE
Gathering in natureâoften in the countryside, near a lake or red cottage
Raising and dancing around the midsommarstÄng (maypole), decorated with wildflowers
Wearing flower crowns, often made by hand with blooms picked that day
Singing traditional songs, sometimes silly, always joyful
Eating a classic spread: pickled herring, new potatoes with dill, sour cream, strawberries, and snaps
Itâs a day to savor. A reminder to find joy in simplicity, beauty in ritual, and connection in shared tradition.
OUR MIDSUMMER MUSE
Midsummer beauty isnât about doing too much. Itâs about looking how you feel: soft, light, radiant.
- Glowing skin (but never heavy)
- Cream blush that mimics the flush of sun and strawberries
- A hint of lip color, like you just kissed a berry
- Lashes, brows, and a touch of liner for quiet definition
Itâs makeup that looks like youâbut with more light.
WHAT SHEâS WEARING
Her makeup bag for Midsummer isnât fullâitâs thoughtful. Every product in it earns its place by enhancing whatâs already there: light on skin, warmth in the cheeks, softness in the eyes.
For skin that looks like skin: Perfect Pot gives you exactly the coverage you want â nothing more. Use it all over for an effortless base or just where you need it. Natural, buildable, and completely your own.
For flushed cheeks and soft color: the Smart Wheel Book does it all. Lip, cheek and eye in four wearable shades â swipe with a finger and go.
For light-catching eyes: a sweep of the Smart Wheel Book's softest shade catches the Midsummer light in all the right ways.
For perfectly framed brows: Brow Fix keeps everything naturally in place â groomed but never overdone. The way summer brows should look.
For lashes worth noticing: Lash Booster lifts and lengthens without ever looking like you tried.
Itâs not about doing more. Itâs about wearing natural easeâon your face and in your mood.
A SWEDISH SUMMER STATE OF MIND
At FACE Stockholm, weâre proud of our Swedish rootsâand Midsummer is one of the most meaningful holidays of the year. Itâs not just a day on the calendar. Itâs a return to the light.
After months of darkness, Midsummer is a collective pause. A chance to step outside, gather with people we love, and feel the rhythm of the season. Itâs a time for joy, for slowness, for putting your feet in the grass and your phone away.
This shoot was created to honor that feeling. A kind of beauty that doesnât need to be explainedâonly felt.
And while you donât have to be in Sweden to celebrate Midsummer, we hope this brings a bit of it to you: the simplicity, the connection, the presence.
Whether you're dancing around a maypole or just stepping outside, we hope you find a little of that light this season.