If the fashion runway is any indicator, all beauty cues point to colour. Here’s how to make the covetous looks work for you.
Lilac eyes
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If you’re not ready to don a florescent pout, why not sweep a little colour along your lids? Models whisked down the spring/summer runways with lids shaded in canary-yellow, cobalt, and ruby, but our personal favourite was lilac. M.A.C’s Senior Makeup Artist, Caitlin Callahan breaks it down for us with her step-by-step guide to a wearable summer look.
What you need: Start with a very soft, round eye shadow brush. The softer the brush you use, the softer the colour will appear on your lids. Callahan recommends M.A.C. brushes #225 or #217 and M.A.C. Beautiful Iris Eye Shadow, Digit Eye Shadow, and Boy Crazy Eye Shadow ($17.50).
Step 1: The key to this look is a wash of colour, think sheer and translucent with no lines to show where the colour begins and ends.
Step 2: Callahan says, “In the past, you may have wanted to leave a highlight or space between the colour and the eyebrow. A modern application has the colour right up to, and sometimes into the brow. Don't be afraid! As long as your brush is very soft and the shadows have a light frost texture, the colour looks light, flowing and wearable.”
Step 3: “Start applying the shadow at the lash line and blend up to the brow as the colour wears off the brush. When (or if) you apply again, always start at the lash so the colour gradually fades up. Don't forget to blend in towards the eye and out towards the temple, so that no lines of demarcation are visible.”
Step 4: Callahan recommends doing the same under the eyes, this time with a smaller eye shadow brush for more control. The lower down you blend the lilac shadow beneath the lashes, the more dramatic the look.
Step 5: “A soft coating of black mascara and a black pencil inside on the water line completes this eye.”
Tip: Keep the rest of the makeup warm with tones of caramel. Highlight with a touch of bronzer.
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