Finally, my favourite time of the year is here...spring! As the daffodils and tulips flourish in the glorious sun, we can also expect to see a trend of new seasonal eyeshadow colours and pinky blush tones this spring and early summer.
Whilst admiring the latest fashion show in London, I noticed that one of the popular looks of the moment are metallic eyeshadows. Metallic and gold coloured eyeshadows were worn by various names on the catwalk, such as Ralph & Russo and Viktor & Rolf. Whilst these can come across as being rather cool on the eye, they often look more effective when warmed up with a peach based colour. We seemed to have moved away from the fully covered glitter eyelids, a popular look around December and January. Nevertheless, it is still very popular to have a shimmer to the eye, which can be achieved with the various metallic and Rose Gold tones on offer at the moment. A personal tip of mine is to add vaseline or Elizabeth Arden's 8 Hour Cream on top of eyeshadow, just to give it that extra gloss.
Undoubtedly, the on-trend look for lips this spring is bright coloured peach and pink tones. Popular lip colours on the catwalk were varying pink and taupe tones. These colours go especially well when wearing minimal eye makeup and highlighted cheeks, as it causes the lips to stand out.
For cheeks, there seems to be a growing trend to wear blusher on the higher points of the cheeks and close to the temples. I am not too sure whether this is mainly trending amongst editorial looks, or whether this will catch on to the wider population. Personally, I don't like this look as I prefer to wear my blusher on the apples of my cheeks. Nevertheless, I have seen some beautiful looks where this has looked incredibly effective.