Music for makeup and beauty videos

Tracks for beauty and makeup videos

• Under a chatty get ready with me

  Playful Piano Travel · 2:56 · Jazz · Upbeat · 118 BPM

• For the final look reveal and the turn to camera

  Cheerful Synthpop Summer · 2:39 · Electronic · Upbeat · 118 BPM

• A clean, calm bed for a skincare routine

  Ethereal Healing Pads · 1:00 · Ambient · Calm · 59 BPM

• For a sped up tutorial section between steps

  Uplifting Synthpop Summer · 5:01 · Electronic · Upbeat · 118 BPM

• Behind a glam night out transformation

  Chill Electronic Drift · 2:42 · Electronic · Calm · 89 BPM

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Your voice is the main event

Most beauty content is talking: explaining a technique, reviewing a product, chatting through a get ready with me. Viewers come for the person as much as the look, so the music has to stay behind the voice. A soft, steady beat with warm keys and a gentle bass line is the default for good reason. It fills the silence between sentences without competing with them.

Avoid music with a strong melody, especially in the middle of the frequency range where your voice sits. Bright leads, vocal chops and busy synths make speech harder to follow, especially on phone speakers. Keep those for the moments when you are not talking.

Pacing a tutorial

Makeup tutorials have a natural structure: skin prep, base, concealer, brows, eyes, lips, finishing, and the reveal. Each step can be its own short section. Talk through the important steps at normal speed with the music low, and speed up the repetitive parts, such as blending, with the music lifted. These sped up sections are where the beat can come forward.

Cut on the beat during sped up sections and product shots, but let the talking parts flow naturally. Cutting talking on the beat makes it feel rushed and choppy.

• Talking steps: music low, steady and simple.
• Sped up sections: music up, cuts on the beat.
• Product close ups: short, clean, on the beat.
• The reveal: the musical peak.

The reveal

The final look reveal is the payoff of a beauty video, and it deserves the biggest musical moment. Build gently through the last steps, then hit a bright drop or a lift as you turn to the camera, take off the headband or step back from the mirror. A short pause in the music just before the reveal makes it feel even bigger.

If you generate music from your finished edit, Sonilo follows the cuts and the scene changes you already made, so the lift arrives where your reveal is. Each music generation gives you two versions to choose from; pick the one whose drop lands best on the turn.

Matching the mood to the look

Natural, everyday and no makeup looks suit soft lofi, acoustic and chill pop beats. Glam and evening looks suit sleek pop and electronic music with deeper bass. Bridal makeup suits soft piano and strings. Editorial and artistic looks suit more experimental electronic music. Skincare routines suit calm ambient music with pads and light piano that feels clean and fresh, like a spa.

Describe the look and the setting in the direction, for example a soft summer glow for a morning routine, or a smoky look for a night out, to get music that fits the mood of the video.

Satisfying sounds

Beauty videos often include sounds people enjoy: a compact clicking shut, a brush tapping, a cream being scooped, a spray. Close up product shots with these sounds can be very engaging. Leave a little space in the music for them, or drop the music briefly so the sound comes through. Skincare videos in particular often lean on these sounds, with the music kept very soft.

The speech setting on the create page keeps dialogue in your video while the music around it is replaced. The music also has its own volume control before you export, so you can keep it well below your voice and the product sounds.

Get ready with me videos

Get ready with me videos are part tutorial, part conversation, part vlog. The talking often wanders through stories and opinions while the look comes together in the background. Steady lofi or chill pop music works well here because it can run for a long time without becoming tiring. Change the music only when the energy of the video changes, such as moving from makeup to choosing an outfit, or from chatting to heading out.

Length and format

Short beauty videos for Reels, TikTok and Shorts usually run fifteen to sixty seconds and often show a speedy version of the whole look with music up front and little or no talking. Full tutorials and get ready with me videos on YouTube run eight to twenty minutes. For long videos, generate music for the whole edit so it changes with the sections rather than looping a short track.

If you post both, cut the short version from the long one and generate music for each. The short version needs its reveal within seconds, not minutes.

Recording a clean voice

Beauty videos are usually filmed close to a mirror in a bathroom or bedroom, which are some of the most echoey rooms in a home. A small clip on microphone, or a phone placed close to you and away from tiled walls, makes a big difference. Turn off fans and music while you film. A clean voice can sit comfortably over music; a voice full of echo and background noise fights with everything.

If you talk over a sped up section, record the voiceover separately afterwards rather than speeding up your real voice. It sounds more natural and gives you full control over where the music lifts and drops around it.

Brand collaborations

Sponsored beauty content and brand collaborations often have rules about music. Brands want music that is clean, positive and safe for their image, and they need the rights to be clear. Commercial use depends on your plan, as the questions below explain. Keep a note of how each track was made in case a brand asks.

How to make music for makeup videos

1. 1

   Upload the beauty video

   Upload your tutorial, get ready with me or skincare routine with the voice already recorded.

2. 2

   Pick a preset

   Choose GRWM chill, Glam reveal, Skincare routine, Speed tutorial or Night out look, or describe the look and the mood.

3. 3

   Generate and export

   Generate on the create page, where the credit cost is shown before anything runs, then check your voice is clear on a phone speaker.

Questions before you start

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