Beauty 21

Scarlet Fever

Glossy, matte or velvet,  a tide of red lips flooded the catwalk this autumn/winter season 2010.

Lips were seductive, full bodied, dense, bold and made a statement. At D squared runway show in New York, key makeup artist Gordon Espinet referenced photographer Helmut Newton for his inspiration - “tough yet beautiful women”. He lengthens the eyes with a smudged black/grey pencil liner to create a catlike effect, then teamed it with the in trend bold orange red lip in a velvet texture. He also shaped the lips to an angled point at the cupids bow to give a modern twist to 1920s shape.

Here are my top beauty must have products to recreate the scarlet fever lip trend look:

*For that perfect orangey red pout try Mac’s lady danger lip colour £12.50  www.maccosmetics.co.uk

*Stila IT Lip Gloss is the lip gloss to use if you want high shine over your sexy red lipstick, as stila is sadly no longer available in the uk high street pick it up for a bargain £4.99 from www.beauty21.co.uk

*Lancôme Fatale Mascara (£14.99) plumps your lashes with exceptional volume creating a glamorous female fatal look. Black from www.beauty21.co.uk

*Bobbi Browns new and improved Creamy Eye Pencil features a built-in smudge on the opposite end to soften liner for a subtle, Smokey effect in Charcoal and Black £14.50 www.bobbibrown.co.uk blend the colours together for extra vamp.

Think Mink

This mink makeup trend was best described by artist Terry Barber as “cashmink”. It’s all about tonal tones in taupe shades, perfectly blended to create neutral warm shadows across the face. Think old-fashioned, sepia photographs. 

The good news is taupe shades are extremely wearable for every one, just choose shades of taupe, two and three shades darker than your skin tone, blend well and team it up with a soft brown mascara or even no mascara and a nude bare lip. On the cheeks stick to peachy taupe tones to give an in mono taupe colour look, beautiful sexy and a step up from complete nude as we saw in previous seasons.

Here are my top beauty must have products to recreate the Think Mink trend look:

*Rimmel Magnif'eyes Mascara (£4.99) is an ultra-extending mascara. Get it in brown for a soft natural defining lash effect www.beauty21.co.uk

*Bourjois Cream Blusher - Shade 81 Delice D'Or (£2.99) a soft peachy cream blush get for pale skins www.beauty21.co.uk. For darker skins try the Multiple Bronzer which can be used on the eyes, lips, cheeks or body in Malaysia £27.00  www.narscosmetics.co.uk

*For the eyes try Bobbi brown basic eye shadow kit £32.00, Includes a dual-ended Mini Eye Shadow/Eye Liner Brush for easy application. And has great taupe colour natural tones www.bobbibrown.co.uk