Korean slang profile
다크 사이렌
dark siren
The dark-siren beauty trend
A beauty trend using heavy eye makeup and cool tones to evoke a mysterious, dark mermaid from the deep sea.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
- 다크사이렌, 다크 세이렌, Dark Siren
- Earliest source found
- Mar 26, 2025
- Documented trend period
- Introduced as a beauty trend in 2025
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
파란 섀도로 다크 사이렌 메이크업을 연습했어.
I practiced the dark-siren makeup look with blue eyeshadow.
- Quoted from a source
스모키·쿨톤·글로우 메이크업으로 표현하는 심해 속 인어[1]
A mermaid in the deep sea expressed with smokey, cool tone, and glow makeup.
English translation by Julimmal.
02Documented history
- 2025-03-26Is Smokey coming back? Demure explains the meaning of this expression in 다크 사이렌 Comes.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The Korea Textile News connects the name with the mythological siren and a dark, mysterious deep-sea image. Who coined it has not been verified.
Evidence for the origin explanationMedium
The explanation is explicit but rests on a single source. Who first used the term has not been verified.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- 스모키 돌아오나? 드뮤어 가고 다크 사이렌 온다 (한국섬유신문)Published Mar 26, 2025Original source checked Nov 6, 2026