Eyes, lips, face: Three beauty trends worth trying this summer
Models wearing the Giorgio Armani Neo Nude Glow Foundation, €39 at brownthomas.com.
So many of us enjoyed a no-makeup look at home and the skincare and barely-there makeup at shows by Victoria Beckham and Marni this season had models looking daisy-fresh.
Dewy, fresh skin can be an easy look to create on a catwalk model but how should someone with more rosacea-prone or pigmented skin begin?
“The key is using foundation for coverage only where you need it,” says A-list celebrity makeup artist Molly R. Stern.
“Even if it’s a just a small portion of your face that you can leave natural. It helps feel fresher and not like you’re wearing a full face. Also using a buildable foundation is important. That way you can keep it lighter where your complexion feels like it needs less. I love Giorgio Armani Neo Nude Glow Foundation, €39 at brownthomas.com.“
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Bright orange, pink or red lips are a look in themselves this summer.
At Versace, Balmain and Herm’s, strong pops of colour on the mouth were teamed with little more than well-moisturised skin and mascara.
The look enlivens the face and celebrates the lips when we can show them.
A bright lip can drain the complexion and even highlight imperfections elsewhere on the face. If you don’t feel you can get away with bare skin or a tinted moisturiser, makeup artist Lisa Eldridge recommends a luminous base like Bourjois Healthy Mix Anti-Fatigue Foundation, €12.99 at boots.ie, and even a little highlighter, if your skin needs a little help to look fresh.Â
Strong eye and cheek colours on top of a bright lip looks old-fashioned and overdone, so keep the rest of the look very minimal. Light contouring, subtly defined eyes and brows and plenty of mascara are friendly, modern foils to bright lips.
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All the major fashion houses went heavy on the eyeliner this season. With masks and facial coverings still forcibly en vogue, it’s no wonder that dramatic eye-makeup is forecast for months to come.
On the catwalk, it’s back to blacks, greys and muddy browns, from the striking kohl-rimmed eyes at Alice + Olivia, Dior and Giambattista Valli, to the Elizabeth-Taylor worthy, Cleopatra-like flicks at Valentino. For more forgiving shapes, consider the brown smoky eyes at Savage x Fenty or Lucia Pica’s blurry-grey matte lids at Chanel.
“It’s about a cinematic woman, the makeup look is exquisitely masculine and feminine with a minimalist feel to it,” said Chanel’s Lucia Pica. ”It’s an all-over matte look.
It’s very clean and matte in a pristine way.”
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