The Sims 4: Essential Glam Kit

The Sims 4 Essential Glam Kit was developed by Maxis and published by Electronic Arts, released in 2025. It is a small kit-style DLC focused on Create-a-Sim cosmetics rather than gameplay systems, designed to expand makeup, facial detail and styling options for portrait-ready Sims.

The kit provides an assortment of makeup and facial-detail options including foundations, contour and highlight presets, a variety of eyeshadows from subtle to dramatic, multiple lipstick and gloss finishes, faux freckles and beauty marks, and refined facial accents that let players craft nuanced, event-ready appearances. Content is cosmetic-only and intended to integrate seamlessly into existing Create-a-Sim workflows to give players more control over fine-grain character aesthetics.

Promotion for the Essential Glam Kit used the franchise’s standard channels, with store listing visuals and preview images that highlighted close-up CAS shots, social media reveals and developer showcases that emphasised the kit’s facial-detail fidelity; community creators and CAS-focused streamers were shown previews and outfit examples to demonstrate makeup combinations and portrait setups. Marketing framed the kit as a compact, high-impact update for players who prioritise photography, screenshots and detailed character styling.

Reception among players was generally positive from those who value expanded CAS tools, with praise for the quality of the makeup options and the immediate payoff for portrait and event styling, while some players noted the limited scope typical of kits and a desire for broader age-range options or additional face-detail variety. Overall it appealed most to players seeking refined, high-quality cosmetics to enhance their Sims’ visual storytelling.