Laura Mercier’s Top Makeup Tips For The Season
Legendary catwalk make-up artist and all round beauty guru, Laura Mercier’s, top makeup tips for the Winter Season:
- Invest in a black eye shadow. It covers all the new season trends, plus black can be as vampy or subtle as you like
- For a subtle smoky grey eye that can be worn day or night, use a base white eye shadow over the lids before gradually layering on black
- For a more intense eye, brush black shadow over your lids, focusing along your lash line. Then dot some white in the corner of your eye to open them up
- No matter how skilled and confident you are with your makeup application, take your time and apply gradual layers until you get the right intensity
- To get the in style “berry lips”, use a shiny longwear lip color. Use your finger for a smudged stain or a lip brush for full-on intense colour. For a sheer effect, use a lip balm underneath your lip colour, and for precision use a berry lipliner. The berry lips trend is versatile, so it can be worn in different ways depending on your mood
- For flawless, glowing skin (instead of caked-on matte skin), use a tinted moisturiser to keep your skin looking fresh and clean, followed by a high-pigment pearlescent cream concealer over your lids. It will give you a glossy polished look, i.e. the very “fleshy” look that’s been all over the catwalks.
- Use concealer around your cheekbones and brows to naturally highlight your face to look like you’ve just stepped off the runway
Source: ELLE Uk Magazine