Fresh Outlook
Fashion has turned romantic this spring. Ladylike jackets, feminine dresses and sweet sherbet shades, by their very nature, call for a softer approach to makeup. If you’re looking for a new way to face the season, try these tips from CoverGirl makeup artist B.J. Gillian.
Eye do: According to Gillian, popular makeup colors now are soft, peachy-pink tones. To update your eye makeup, apply a shadow in this shade (try Eye Enhancers 1-Kit Shadow in Meringue Blush) from the lash line up to your brow, then use a gentle touch to continue an arch of color from the outer edge of your brow-bone to the top of your cheekbone. Next, use a soft shade of eye pencil to line the top lashes (avoid dark colors, like black or brown, and go for something more subtle, for example, EyeSlicks in Midnight Metal). Follow up with mascara (such as Fantastic Lash Mascara in Very Black) to create lush lashes.
Cheeky idea: Gillian suggests a fresh color for cheeks (for example, Cheekers Blush in Pretty Peach), applied to the cheekbone and blended back toward the hairline.
Lip service: This spring, lips are pretty in pink. Gillian’s favorite shades: Outlast All-Day Lipcolor in Pink Pearl or Always Rosy.
Line of Vision
Shifts in fashion trends not only affect the length of skirts or the shape of shoes, they also change the look of eyebrows. No longer thin and barely there, brows are back โ and completely natural. The best way to groom brows is to use the pencil trick โ an age-old method preferred by makeup artists everywhere, and one that creates the ideal brow for your face. Simply grab an eye pencil, then line it up against the outside of your nose (pointing up to the brows). Make a dot where it lands and you’ve marked exactly where your brows should begin. Next, line up the pencil from the end of your nose to the outer edge of your eye. Now, the pencil points to the spot where your brows should end. Tweeze hairs outside these points and any stragglers below your natural arch. Perfect brows every time.
Bounce Back
Spring’s softer approach also affects the latest hairstyles. Poker-straight and parted in the middle has gone from trendy to tired. Now, whatever your hair wants to do is what’s fashionable โ good news for wavy- and curly-hair types. To help you let loose, look for Infusium23. The new frizz-control treatment is designed to dramatically transform frizzy, unmanageable locks into free-flowing, shiny hair.
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Source: P&G
