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!

13 Autumn/Winter 2018 Makeup Trends

This season's biggest surprise has been bright, neon colours usually reserved for the spring/summer seasons. Eyes were neon yellow, orange and both pink and blue at Christian Siriano. Bold eye liners in red, yellow, purple, green and blue circled the eyes as well as traditional black liner drawn in tiny winged flicks at Pucci to a bolder graphic eye at Marras. In short, black or rainbow coloured eye liner is a must have for your make up bag!

Black smoky eyes made an appearance at Tom Ford and La Petite Robe. But smoky eyes didn't just come in black but in jewel toned purple at Carolina Herrera, green at Armani and even bronze at Etro. Metallic shades were made very wearable by using silver as inner eye highlight at Tommy Hilfiger, a silver liner on bare eyelids at Franchi and gold eye shadow at Huelle. Gold leaf was added to the inner and outer corners of heavily kohl eyes at Akin and at Laroche the contrast of gold swipes across the eyes and lips against the models dark skin was very striking. However the glitter face mask at Giambatistta Valli was an absolute show stopper. I think you can probably get away with glitter on the forehead and hair at a party or a festival. Although far more wearable is the beautiful, feminine lilac and iridescent white eye makeup at Oscar De La Renta and the glitter smokey eye at Carmen Marc Valvo.

On the other end of the spectrum was the natural look. Full brows aren't going anywhere but they are more natural looking than the instagram brow. They go with the subtle 'boyish blush' and glowing skin trends.

Finally red lips never go out of style and as well as the usual dark vampy red lips, this season it's also all about cherry lips- a bright blue based red.


1. Bright Eyes 

At Ferragamo makeup artists created neon eyes using  MAC Cosmetics Chromaline gel in Genuine Orange £17 and Chromacake Pigment £22.50.  Colour block make up at Christian Siriano was inspired by Grace Jones. He used products from his collaboration with E.L.F. His matte pink liquid lipstick Electric Fuchsia was actually used on models eyelids while the turquoise and navy eye shadows from his eye shadow palette Bold Bouquet a collaboration with E.L.F was applied on the lower lash line. At Noon eyes were neon yellow.

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2. Bright Liner

Head make up artist Peter Philips at Dior decided to apply eye liner that matched the colour of the sunglasses worn by each model. He used Diorshow On Stage colourful felt tip liners in Matte Red and Matte Rusty. At Eudon Choi models eyes were circled in yellow or red liner using  MAC Cosmetics Chromaline in Primary Yellow or Basic Red £17. To make this trend more wearable just focus on the lash line for a pop of colour. The colourful superhero mask worn at Sies Marjan was created by MAC Cosmetics Chromaline and Chromacakes in four different combinations: red and purple, purple and blue, teal and blue and orange and green. The rest of the face was left make up free so that the focus was on the eyes.

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3. Winged Liner

Pucci wanted models to look like ' baby Marilyn Monroes.' The look was created with MAC's Brushstroke Liner in Brushblack £18.50 drawn only along a third of  the upper lash line. This was  paired with MAC Cosmetics Haute & Naughty Lash Mascara £20 and balanced by a neutral lipstick - MAC Cosmetics Cremesheen in Pure Zen, £17.50 and Clear Gloss £15.50, for added shine. At Sonia Rykiel models eyes were heavily lined while girls at No. 21 wore double winged liner.

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4. Graphic eyes

Models at Jeremy Scott wore one of the most innovative looks of the season using plastic wire and MAC Cosmetics acrylic paint to achieve 3D flap eyeliner wings. The 3D blue wings below were created using Hi-Def Cyan, the pink wings with Process Magenta and yellow wings used with  Primary Yellow acrylic paint. Lips were given a natural finish using the MAC X Jeremy Scott's Lip X 9 Future Emotions Palette $21. At Marras a thick bold graphic eye was softened and brightened with a pink magenta shade, while Zero +Maria Cornejo went for a messy graphic eye.

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5. Smokey eyes

For a messy, smoky eye Tom Ford used eye kohl in Intense Onyx £27 and added Tom Ford eye gloss £32. Marc Jacobs went for a 80's smoky eye extending the flick towards the side of the face. Make up artist Dianne Kendall used jewel toned eye shadows, liquid and gel liners that matched what each model was wearing. She used Marc Jacobs Eye-Conic Eye shadow palettes £32 and Marc Jacobs Shamless Youthful Look 24 Hour Foundation £32

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Other alternatives to the traditional black and silver smoky eye appeared at Caroline Herrera. Head makeup artist Dianne Kendal created a blue and purple 'midnight smoky.' For the eyes she used MAC Cosmetic pigment in Naval Blue and Platinum (both £16.50.) Haute and Naughty Lash Mascara £20 completed the look. Models at Etro had a bronze smoky eye while at Armani, shimmery shades of green, black and silver formed a camouflage smoky eye look.

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6. Metallic Make Up 

At Tommy Hilfiger silver eye shadow 'similar to the chrome of a car' was used to highlight the inner corners of the eye for a glowy, wide awake look. To finish the look lashes were coated in Maybelline Total Temptations Mascara £8.99. Another silver, minimalist look was spotted at Franchi where silver eye liner was applied to bare eye lids. At Delponzo silver Nars Eye Paint in Insterstellar  £18.50 was applied in a slap dash fashion across the eyes. Skin was deliberately matte by using Nars Soft Matte Complete Concealer (£24) and Nars Soft Velvet Loose Powder £28 to highlight the metallic shadow. At Lutz Huelle models wore gold eye shadow.


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For a statement look, gold leaf was placed at the corners of kohl rimmed eyes at Akin while Laroche took the look further with gold on the lips which looked stunning against dark skin.

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7. Glitter

Glitter doesn't have to be brash and obvious, sometimes a little does go a long way. The makeup at Oscar De La Renta was very feminine and delicate. They applied the lavendar sparkle shade 'Ice Lolly' from MAC Cosmetics Trend Forecast The  Fall 18 Cream Eye Palette U.S $40.Then MAC Cosmetics Grand Illusion Glossy Liquid Lip Color in Pink Trip £18.50 was dabbed onto the centre of the lid and blended. Finally MAC Cosmetics Iridescent White glitter was also patted onto the centre of the lids and a little under the lower lashes. Using the Trend Forecast Fall 18 palette the shade 'Maybe I will' a deep rose colour was used across the cheeks. At Alice McCall gold glitter was concentrated in the inner eye taking it up to the brow bone while at Genny silver glitter was applied to outer lids and extended upwards towards the brow. At Valvo models sported a gorgeous glittery smoky eye.

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However Giambatista Valli stole the show with models' faces completely covered in glitter- like a mask. Make up artist Val Garland used a MAC Cosmetics 184S duo fibre fan brush  £21 to blend  MAC Cosmetics Mixing Medium Shine £16.50, with MAC's pink loose glitter and iridescent white both £16.50.

Since the clothing collection at Preen was inspired by Korean female divers searching for pearls, model's skin was kept dewy as if they'd just been in the water. To achieve this dewy look  MAC Cosmetics Prep + Prime Fix, £19 and Studio Moisture Cream, £25 were used. Make up artists mixed MAC Cosmetics Mixing Medium Shine, with  MAC Cosmetics Iridescent white glitter (although it looks gold in the photos) both £16.50. Then the mixture was blown onto onto models forehead and hairline.

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8. Gems and Crystals
When I first saw the eye make up at Kate Spade I thought the gems were drops of water! They are actually Swarovski Shimmer Effect Hotfix Crystals £4.39  which were glued on using eyelash glue and tweezers. The rest of the face were kept relatively bare, skin was prepped with MAC Studio Moisture Cream £25 and then MAC Studio Finish Concealer £12.50 where needed. Thick groomed brows accompanied the look. At Prada legendary make up artist Pat Mcgrath used her Subversive La Vie en Rose Palette  (£43) to create an edgy and colourful winged eye liner studded with Swarovski crystals. While at Zinko, gems replaced eye liner for a striking effect.

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9. Glowing skin

At Temperley Charlotte Tilbury debuted her Hollywood Flawless Filter backstage to achieve a "gorgeous, glossy, all-over, superstar-lit glow." For the eye makeup Charlotte Tilbury Eyes To Mesmerise in Bette and Star Gold £22, was applied. Then Hollywood Beauty Light Wand, £29 was added for glow and Charlotte Tilbury Hot Lips in Tell Laura on the lips. To accompany Emilia Wickstead's 'love story' clothing collection, make up artists concentrated on giving models 'a youthful, glowing blush you get when falling in love.' Models were given facials by Caroline Hirons for a radiant finish followed by Zelens blush in Apricot an illuminating powder designed to give a lit from within glow. Zelens lip treatment was finally applied on the lips. Isabel Marant also went with a natural glow using brush of bronzer to define the cheekbones and a natural lipstick that subtlety gave each models skin tone a boost.

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10. Brows

At Arfen models' brows were brushed up and thickened with Nars' Brow Perfector £18.50, and Nars Oural Brow Gel  £18.50. To define the eyes, makeup artists used Nars Powermatte Lip Pigment in Somebody To Love to add a natural looking redness around the eyes. For full brows at Toga, makeup artists used the same Nars brow products as above. Full brows also made an appearance at the Brock Collection accompanied with a neutral eye shadow and lip.

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11. Blush

Lead makeup artist Lyndsey Alexander for Mary Katranzou wanted her models to 'look like young boys on a cold day.' In other words a minimal, natural, just come in from the col,d pink blush. She used a fan brush to apply MAC Cosmetics Mineralize Blush in Bubbles Please £23 but much lower on the cheeks rather than on the apples of the cheeks.

Over at House of Holland head makeup artist Zoe Taylor decided that a natural, wind flushed cheek would complement the inspiration behind the latest collection of 'urban hiking.' She used Lord and Berry Absolute Intensity lipstick in Sweetheart for a caramel blush on the apples of the cheeks and a dot of Lord and Berry Lipstick in Advant Guard  terracotta high in the centre of the cheeks.

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12. Red Lips - Cherry Red

Red lipstick never goes out of fashion. The colour this season was cherry red, a blue toned red shade. At Brandon Maxwell lead make up artist Tom Pecheux used MAC Cosmetics Lip pencil in Cherry. He then took an eye liner brush to apply MAC Cosmetics Retro Matte Lipcolour In Feels so Grand and added a highlighter to the cupids bow. Then for a twist he added MAC Cosmetics Glitter in Gold to the top lip line but stopping before the out thirds. Cherry red lips was also seen at No. 21 and at Shoji the lipstick was sheer and glossier.

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13. Dark Berry Reds

At an Autumn/Winter fashion show expect to see dark berry lips. At Cushnie Et Ochs models wore a dark berry lipstick using Maybelline Superstay Matte Ink Lip Colour in Voyager  £9.99 topped up with Maybelline Lip Python 5 Passionate £9.99. Rochas went for a stained just eaten berriers look while at Chocheng lips were dark and glossy.

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13 Autumn Winter 2016-17 Makeup Trends

1. Red Lips
 You can never go wrong with a classic red lip, so buying a red lipstick will always be a safe investment. Joseph went for tomato red lips with makeup artist Lynsey Alexander describing the look as "Modern and fresh, with a nod to the Eighties punk lip." At Pringle, models wore Lord & Berry's matte red lip crayon in Vertige.  At Proenza Schouler slicked down masculine/androgynous hair was balanced by a feminine red lip.

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2. Rouge Noir and Gothic 
In the autumn and winter seasons you can get away with wearing darker colours and this season the lady is a Vamp. Dark red, almost black lips in matte, satin or gloss finishes were everywhere. Over at Mary Katrantzou MAC make up artists went for a velvet 'stamped on' heart shaped lips. They used MAC lip pencil in Burgundy with a coat of MAC's Retro Matte Liquid lipcolour in Dance with Me on top. At Gareth Pugh, models faces were distorted by an elastic band under the cheekbones which gave the face a strange, fuller look. The dark lacquered pouts were created by using MAC's lip pencil in Burgundy and Lip Mix in Black Crimson and Orange mixed together. Louis Vuitton and Sibling, also sported glossy lips while Creature of the wind paired dark lips with Kardashian inspired corn rows.

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 At Dior lips were also lacquered, with make up artist Peter Phillips first outlining the lips with Dior Contour Lipliner in Poison, filling them in with black eyeliner and applying Rouge Dior lipstick in Poison 962. He then used a kleenex to blot the lips, reapplied the lipstick and added Dior Addict Ultra Gloss Bulle for a mirror finish.  Even pale girls can pull off the look, just look at Rodarte. Celebrated makeup artist James Kaliardos wanted to create a "beautifully romantic (look) with a contrast of deep colour." He applied Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Train Bleu and Nars Audacious Lipstick in Liv. Although the lips look black at Nicholas K, makeup artists used Stila's All Day Liquid Lipstick in Chianti which is actually a dark purple.

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3. Illuminated Skin

At Mcqueen makeup artist Lucia Peroni used a rose gold highlighter RMS Master Mixer. Eye makeup was kept smudgy to keep the look contemporary. Over at Valentino legendary makeup artist Pat McGrath applied iridescent powder across the cheekbones, eyelids and cupids bow. Makeup artists at Alexander Wang used Nars Sheer Glow Foundation for a fresh faced, radiant glow.

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4. Full Brows
To achieve the 'ethereal tough girl' at Rodarte, brows were brushed up and then darkened with black mascara. James Kaliardos explained that it was important "to only get it on the hairs, not the skin; it thickens the brow and shapes it and gives a strength that's important." At Topshop brows were kept natural and brushed up with Topshop Sculpting Brow Gel. At Ralph Lauren brows were kept thick and natural looking.

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5. Flushed Cheeks
The concept behind the look at Marchesa was as if the model had come to life from an 1800's John Singer portrait. 'A retouched one' makeup artist Bobbi Brown added. She used Bobbi Brown Retouching powder in Rose and Pink to give a watered down pink blush and a luminous finish to the skin. The look at Prabal Gurung was inspired by Lord Byron's poem 'She Walks In Beauty.' Blush was used to achieve a wild, romantic windswept appearance. Rosy cheeks were also spotted at Tanya Taylor.

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6. Lashes
Attention seeking lashes still maintained their popularity on the catwalks. At Jason Wu, makeup artist Yadim gave models clumpy lashes using Maybelline The Colossal Spider Effect Mascara paired with glossy eye lids. He said to skip the roots of the lashes and instead "swish the tip of the wand back and forth across the ends so it bunches the lashes together into four or five really thick ones then leaves a bunch of long separated ones. It gives them a punk rock edge." Volumising mascara as well as double sets of false lashes were applied at Anna Sui. Makeup artists at Carven layered waterproof mascara because it is thicker and stiffer, on both upper and lower lashes to get the thick spidery look.

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 7. Statement Liner
At Kenzo, Lynsey Alexander described the concept as "naughty Japanese schoolgirls meets Sailor moon." Graphic lines were drawn with MAC Chromaline Liner in Black Black. Then MAC Superslick Liquid Eye Liner in On the Hunt was painted on top. Finally MAC 3D Glitter in Silver was added to the inner corners of the eyes to give a futuristic feel. Ryan Lo opted for 60's inspired lashes and graphic double liner. Tom Pecheux decribed the look at Altuzarra as “Street, graphic, sculptural Picasso." Mac's Fluidline pen in Retro Black was used on the eyes and lips were kept minimal with lip conditioner.

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8. Graphic Eyes
Topshop Beauty Consultant Hannah Murray fused '60s and punk. Graphic eye flicks were first drawn on with Topshop Black Kohl in Coal and over-lined with Topshop Liquid Liner in Black Cab for the 60's wet look. Kohl was applied under the lower lashes for an edgy, all night partying look topped with Topshop Party Proof Mascara. At Oscar De La Renta makeup artist Dianne Kendal created a graphic eye by drawing a rectangular shape from the centre of the eye towards the outer corners. Then she went upwards into a point like a cat eye and then along the crease of the eyelid. She used MAC Powerpoint eye pencil in Engraved, then layered cream shadow and black shadow to set it. For the lips concealer was with mixed with lipstick for a matte, neutral finish. Eye makeup at Giamba wasn't as precise for a rock and roll vibe.

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9. Glitter 

Eyelids with just a wash of glitter were seen at Jenny Packham using Bobbi Brown Sequin Eye Shadow.  Generously applied yellow gold glitter was spotted at John Richmond. For Emanuel Ungaro, makeup artist Val Garland created a "rock revolutionary party girl in green" inspired by the '70s.  She applied MAC Eye Shadow Pro Palette in Bottle Green onto lids. Then using MAC's Mixing Medium as glue she applied MAC Glitter in 3D Brass Gold on the top eyelids and MAC Creme Liner in Black under the eyes.

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Glitter made an unusual appearance at Burberry where Burberry's Shimmer Dust showered from the outer eyes onto the cheek. Val Garland's take on Giambattista Valli's triumphant celebration of women was that  "every woman should have a silver lining in her life." She took this literally with bold silver glitter liner drawn underneath the brow. MAC's Silver Pigment was added to MAC's Mixing Medium to create the silver liner. Once that set more mixing meduim went on top to act as glue for MAC's 3D Silver Glitter. At Tommy Hilfiger, Val Garland applied gold glitter over a taupe cream eye shadow.

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10. Peach Eye Shadow
Pastel peach was a surprising choice for the autumn-winter shows since pastels are usually associated with spring and summer. At Prabal Gurung lids were peachy and the skin had a peachy glow to it as well. For BCBG Val Garland used Jay manuel Ultimate lipgloss in Desire, a peach lipgloss over a cream eye shadow to achieve a molton effect. She then lined eyes with Jay Manuel Creme liner in Captive on lighter skin tones and in Outlaw for darker skin tones. Peach was seen on both eyes and lips at Rochas.

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11. Smoky eyes
At Alberta Ferretti, makeup artist Diane Kendall was inspired by  'girls in the morning after a night out' and she made this 'morning after look' much more sexy than in real life! She used MAC Kohl Power eye pencil in Feline on the lash lines layered with Mac's Mixing Medium Shine for this lived in look. For Chloe, make up artist Aaron De May teamed the "worn in look" with "a slight toughness." He used MAC Modern Twist Kajal Liner in Squid along the waterline, dragging it down under the eyes before wiping the colour away with a cotton bud dipped in gloss. Sixties icon Talitha Getty inspired the look at Lhuillier. The look represented the girl that is "so cool the only thing she does is her eyeliner." This "little black eye" is a vinyl finish created by layering a cream liner MAC Creme Liner in Black then a gel liner MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack then a clear lip gloss and rough mascara only on the bottom lashes. MAC Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour in Divine and Mademoiselle were worn the lips.

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Over at Vin & Omi makeup artists Sam Chapman and Nicola Haste (Pixiwoo) used Collection's Eyebrow Kit as eye shadow for their smoky look. For Moschino, Tom Pecheux went for a "sexy 90's" smoky eye. In contrast, the look he created for Ellie Saab was more rock and roll. He applied MAC Taupe Blush on the lid taking it all the way up to the brow and under the lower lashes creating an large oval shape. He then drew a darkened an almond shape inside using MAC Fluidline gel liner in Backtrack. Finally MAC Pigment in Dark Soul was dabbed on top of the gel liner. Pechaux explained that "It was important the eyes look big and to feel like there's a dark circle inside the taupe oval, otherwise it becomes a makeup commercial in the '90's."

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12. Textured eyes 
For Chanel Tom Pecheux was influenced by the famous Chanel quilted bags and used Chanel Soft Touch eye shadow in Midnight to produce a quilted effect to match the quilted jacket worn by the models. Thick mascara and pink lips completed this look. At Vaccarello, Pecheux was inspired by the earrings from the collection because they had "the shape of a cat's eye" and re-purposed them. He filled in the lids with L'oreal Paris Infalliable Gel Lacquer Liner and set it with L'oreal Paris Colour Riche Eye Shadow in Noir C'est Noir. He then glued the deconstructed earrings onto the outer eyes with spirit gum.To bring the look together he traced cream liner along the bottom edge of the earring. At Holly Fulton eyelids were given a broken glass effect. To achieve this look makeup artist Sam Bryant wet eyes with MAC's Mixing Medium, added adhesive in the crease and placed a sheet of silver metal leaf on top using a buffing brush to break it up in random pieces for the 'shards of glass'.

13. Colourful Eyes

Jeremy Scott's makeup artist Kubuki described his look as "pin up girls with a pop twist." Crystal studded silver stars were placed under the right eye and MAC Acrylic Paint in High Def Cyan was drawn over the arch of the eyelids. MAC's lipstick in Candy Yum Yum completed the look.
At Fendi, inspired by the concept of "posh girl goes to Burning Man," makeup artist Peter Philips used purple, green, yellow, blue and pink around the eyes. Mugler showcased fiery colours in his collection so Clarins International Artistic Director Eric Antoniotti mixed an orange Clarin's eye shadow with Blue Orchard oil on the back of his hand. He then used his fingers to apply this to the eyelid for a fuss free, bold look.

                                Which is your favourite look? Let me know in the comments.

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13 Spring / Summer 2016 Makeup Trends

1. Candy Apple & Classic Reds

This trend is all about having 'Snow White Apple Red' lips. As you can see there are different interpretations of a Snow White apple red lips and the good thing is it can be in any finish you like,  satin at Dolce and Gabbana  glossy at Nina Ricci and Acne or matte at Celine.

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2. Vampire Lips

Unusually for spring and summer trends, the dark vampy lips from the autumn/winter 2015-2016 remains in fashion. From the dark ombre lips at Anna Sui to Oxblood red at Burberry and Armani. Matte lips that were purple tinged black were seen at Miu Miu and Cushnie et Ochs, while Givenchy went for a dark glossy lip.

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3. Blue is the Hottest Colour

As far as eye makeup goes there seemed to be an overwhelming pattern of blue across the catwalks. Phillip Lim 3.1 added subtle turquoise liner to the lower inner corner of the eyes balancing it with liner drawn on the upper outer corner of the eye while at Ihuiller models wore turquoise across the whole lid. Boss adopted a darker sky blue for the eyelids. At Tod's models wore light blue mascara. Diane Von Furstenberg had models made up in turquoise and green makeup while Jonathan Saunders saw dark almost purple blue kohl rimmed lids. Missoni went for a dramatic graphic eye, which looked amazing on darker skinned models with the blue shadow sometimes going over the brow. Sonia Rykiel went for a dark blue smoky eye and while Marc Jacobs went for a sweaty careless worn off eye makeup the effect was the same as a smoky eye.

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4. Going for Gold

Prada went for stand out gold lips, while Creatures of the Wind paired a Winehouse thick cat eye with gold glitter. Alberta Ferretti  went for a subtle wash of gold on the eyes and lower lash line to match the gold coiled hair.




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5. Pastel Colours

Soft pastel colours in 'sunset' shades around the eyes was a trend spotted at Giambattista Valli (pink) and at Derek Lam (orange.) Pastel shades were blended together around the eyes at Alexis Mabille together with a pink blush applied high up on the cheekbone.

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6. Minimal Makeup and Thick Brows

The minimal makeup look aka the no makeup look was also popular with designers including Victoria Beckham, Alexander Mcqueen and Hermes.

Thick but angled brows were seen across the catwalk at Victoria Beckham, Christopher Kane and at Pucci. Ann Demeulemeester had straighter lower thick brows on models.

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7. Bright Colour and Neon 

Eye catching and creative, these bright colour looks are more suited to editorial makeup, but

neon yellow from I'm Isola Marras probably the most wearable followed by Yohji Yamamoto's neon stripe down the face. At Issey Mikaye, makeup artist Alex Box blew MAC pigments through a straw to get the splashes of colour. You can see photos of her in action The Fashion Spot here.  The rest are like a decorative eye masks of art and I can easily imagine the rainbow seen at Betsey Johnson on faces at the Pride festival or for Halloween makeup as Rainbow Brite.

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Left I'M ISOLA MARRAS Centre YOHJI YAMAMOTO  Right BETSEY JOHNSON

  

8. Sequins and Glitter

At Ashish multi-coloured round sequins were glued to models eyelids and up towards the brow bone and some more added to the top of the hair, this looked stunning on their black models. At Manish Arora sequins and glitter were added to dark blue eye makeup creating a look like stars the night sky. Giambattista Valli went for a glittery thicker version of Fendi with a glitter eyebrow shape drawn beneath the brows. At Delpozo moderls wore a little smattering of silver glitter which is probably the most wearable of these looks. Nicopanda saw models faces with generous clouds of the glitter around the face which glittered and gave a dreamy ethereal look. Creatures of the Wild had an ancient Egyptian Cleopatra gold and black look going on which looked stunning on the darker models.

Left ASHISH Centre GIAMBATTISTA VALLI Right MANISH ARORA

Left DELPONZO Centre NICOPANDA Right CREATURES OF THE WIND Getty Images

9. Cat Eye

I don't think the cat eye trend will ever really go away. Spring Summer 2016 saw big bold Amy Winehouse cat eyes at Creatures of the Wild, block graphic cat eyes in bright colours at Cividini and subtle flicks at Moschino.

Left CIVIDINI Centre MOSCHINO Getty Images Right CREATURES OF THE WILD

10. Under Lines

This trend involves emphasising the lower lid with black kohl like EachxOther or creating a more smoky sexy look.at Issa by lining the waterline as well. Tadashi Shoji used thin strips of metallic tape on models lower lid instead that actually highlighted dewy skin adding a more precise and futuristic look.



Left EACHXOTHER Centre ISSA Right TADASHI SHOJI

11. Unconventional Liner

I think this trend is probably the least likely to catch on, just because it's not as wearable as the others

Jeremy Scott drew bold cat eyes with thick triangular lashes, paired with sixties beehive and voluminous hair which softened the bold look a little. At Fendi eyebrows were bleached and then drawn underneath in thick black liner. Star Wars inspired liner was seen at Chanel Haute Couture.

Left JEREMY SCOTT Centre FENDI Imaxtree Right CHANEL HAUTE COUTURE

12. Doll Like Lashes

A trend that's continued from the autumn winter shows is the wide eyed twiggy/doll like eye lashes. At Francesco Scognamiglio thick coats of mascara were applied and lashes fanned out for the twiggy effect. Over at Marni extra long, wide spaced / individual false eye lashes were applied to models for a starry/ spider look. At Louis Vuitton thick false eye lashes were applied to the outer corners of the eyes for a Japanese style Manga effect.

Left  LOUIS VUITTON Imaxtree Centre FRANCESCO SCOGNAMIGLIO Right MARNI Imaxtree

 13. Bronzer and Glow

Summertime is for getting a healthy glow to the skin. Bronzed and sun kissed models appeared at Ralph Lauren, Tommy Hilfiger with their California Beach Bunny look and at Alberta Ferretti with gold coils/bands in the hair.

Left RALPH LAUREN Imaxtree Centre TOMMY HILFIGER Getty Images Right ALBERTA FERRETTI Imaxtree