While summer weather seems to linger longer than expected, the world of beauty and fashion is five strides ahead. This year’s Fall Makeup Trends made their presence known in a more glamorous statement than seasons prior. This season’s runways were stamped with bold, glimmering shadows and statement lips as the models sported bare faces and neutral skin. Although risk-taking, this season’s trends are surprisingly wearable! Here’s a quick lesson in Fall 2018 Makeup Trends that will elevate your client’s look from summer shabby to oh-so-autumn chic!
1. GRAPHIC PINK SHADOW
Makeup trendsetter and ultimate #mua goals Patt McGrath made a statement on the runway with a bold 80’s reference. Graph pink inner corners with a purple pop cut crease announced the entrance of the fall season. This all-matte shadow look was paired with a matt bronze contour and a nude pink glossy lip. Brows were left brushed up and bare, and the models’ skin had a fresh glow, but no sign up heavy highlighter application.
Makeup artist Polly Osmond also dipped into fuchsia pink shadow with a grungier vibe. The matte shadow was kept below the crease and blended outwards in a thick cat-eye shape. The lower lash line is smudged with charcoal liner for a sexy, sultry look.
Get The Look:
For a more wearable statement eye, blend a matte, cool-toned pink through the crease and leave the eye lip bare. Smudge the lower lash line with a medium grey or taupe shadow to compliment the cool toned look without making the eyes look too red or sickly. Keep the shadow soft and blended, but stay within the eye socket. Dragging out the shadow too much will give a more editorial effect that might not be suitable for every day.
Add a pop of bronzer on the cheek to gently sculpt the face. No harsh contouring for this look! It’s all about the eyes. Finish with a nude gloss pressed into the lip to limit some of the shine. Spritz with a fall scented setting spray and send your client out to brunch in this fresh fall look!
Most of this season’s trends are totally wearable!
2. GILDED LIDS
A gold eye is always in style. Luckily, there’s a gold for every skin tone, making this trend wearable for all. Two styles of gold lids take center stage for the fall season. Gold-foiled lids add a unique texture and interest to the classic gold look. The skin is kept bare, with natural brushed up brows and lightly concealed skin. This avant-garde look is elevated by the gold foil but brought back to reality with simple, clean skin.
The second gold look gracing the runways for fall is a shimmery gold shadow blended perfectly across the entire upper lip. Just a swipe of mascara and bare bottom lashes give this look its fresh, editorial feel.
Get The Look:
This look is easy to achieve and totally wearable. Blend a shimmery gold shadow that complements your client’s skin tone across the lid and through the crease. This monochromatic eye look only requires one shadow and some mascara! Brush out the lashes for a separated effect, and comb brows upwards with a softly tinted brow gel.
Perfect your client’s skin with shade-matching spot concealer, and powder for a matte finish. Apply a light lip balm to protect the lips from the winter weather, and you’re set!
3. STATEMENT LIP
There’s no better way to complement flawless, freshly exfoliated skin than with a bit of glow and a bold red lip. Matte red is all the rage for fall, with cool-toned red and burgundy shades perfectly lining models’ lips. Makeup artists chose liquid lip formulas for power-packed pigments, and extra-highlighted cupids bows to frame the lips with light.
The skin is kept fresh and dewy with a subtle pop of pink blush to complement the lips. For this look, the season’s trendsetting artists chose a light layer of sheer foundation, and a swipe of mascara to complete the look.
Get The Look:
If you’ve noticed a theme so far, it’s that most of this season’s trends are totally wearable! Steal this look straight from the runway and give your client confidence to rock a bold lip.
Carefully choose a matte liquid lip for extra staying power. For warmer-skinned clients with a leftover summer glow, choose a neutral red or one that is slightly warm. Leave your orangey reds in your summer kit and choose as cool a red as you can for the client. Cool toned clients can rock a true, blue-toned red that is always a classic.
Add a light layer of sheer foundation, and spot conceal any blemishes. Choose a peachy-pink blush to color the cheeks, and apply two to three coats of mascara to balance out the eyes. Set with a dewy finishing spray and a glass of champagne to see your client off to their holiday party!
4. BRING BACK THE GRUNGE!
Finally, shimmery charcoal eyes are back and we have never been more ready! Designers like Tom Ford and Marc Jacobs chose shimmering greys and blues to compliment their Fall collections. A smudged-out lower lash line added the cool-factor, as models with deep, brown eyes were totally feeling this look! Metallic charcoal shadow is swiped across the lids, and a deeper black is used in the outer corner for extra mystery and dimension. Keeping in trend, face makeup was kept light and undetectable, letting the eyes and clothes steal the show!
Get The Look:
With a heavy eye look, make sure your client’s skin is well prepped. Dark tones on the eyes often accentuate any imperfections on the face, such as blemishes, discoloration, and dryness. Start on the eyes to eliminate any fallout interfering with the base. Choose a metallic, liquid-looking charcoal shadow and blend from the lash line, through the crease. For clients with light eyes, this single shadow on top and bottom lids is enough to pull off the look. Clients with deeper, brown eyes will love a black shadow added through the outer corner to further intensify the look.
Keep the skin natural with minimal blush or bronzer. A matte nude color pressed into the lips will give an undetectable pout!
