Four 2021 Beauty Trends

I think most of us are happy to see the back of 2020. Here are some 2021 makeup trends we can look forward to. 

1. Pantone's 2021 Colours of the Year are Ultimate Grey and Illuminating yellow. Expect to see these colours in nail polishes, eye shadows and eyeliners. A report by WSGN predicts that the colour Al Aqua (blue) will be popular with blue mascara, technicolour lashes and blue stripes in hair. 

2. Dewy skin , natural skin and lighter bases/foundation  According to Tery Barber (MAC Cosmetic’s Director of Makeup Artistry) " People want their foundation and concealer products to look like their skincare." So look out for skin tints and BB creams. 

3. Eyes will still be the focus due to mask wearing. Past fashions such as 50's flicked eyeliner, 60's lashes, 70's and 80's jewelled eye shadows as well as the sultry eyes seen in 00's will make a appeareance in the year ahead. Long lasting formulas will be popular because it will elimate the need to touch our faces while re-applying makeup. I'm all for long wearing formulas I either forget to reapply or sometimes too lazy lol!

Brands will expand their eyeliner range with brighter colours to match your masks. Multi-chromatic eye shadows will be trending, a fashion set by Pat McGrath Labs in her Divine Rose II palette. Other examples are the Danessa Myricks Beauty Twin Flames , Ciaté London's Shadow Flip.    Nabla Cosmetics,  JD Glow Cosmetics, and Karla Cosmetics.

4. Embellishments/ Euphoria. Face stamps, stickers and gems are predicted to be big this coming year. According to Pinterest, searches for "butterfly eye makeup" was up six times. If you prefer to decorate your nails rather than the face then take some inspiration from pintrest who found that searches for "indie nails" were up 21 times year-on-year, while "smiley face nails" were up nine times (fyi you can get the smiley face stickers from Ciate)

Cheers to a better year ahead for all of us!