There is no greater fashion authority than Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar, at least that is what I feel. These giants are the leaders of the industry and always know what will look high-fashion, and what will look pedestrian. Their knowledge includes hair and make-up. However, I still get annoyed an any fashion authority because of how trends come in and out at a snap of the finger. Or seeing trends that seem to mirror the things us girls were doing all along, but all of a sudden, it is accepted as stylish! Read this spring’s Vogue and Bazaar articles and you will know exactly what I mean.
Trend 1: Bare faced, no make-up, fresh and clean.
This is a really really hard look to pull off! That is why this trend is annoying. Most girls are not blessed with perfect, glowy, dewy faces. Believe it or not, this look actually takes work. My suggestion to get this? Use a heavy moisturizer, then thinly sponge on bb cream or foundation. Use face powder sparingly. This is how I used to do my make-up for errands day or groceries. Turns out it is now high fashion…who knew? I think bare faced and no make-up looks best with clean flawless skin, and undone, unruly hair.
Trend 2: Air dried, slightly wavy hair bordering on bedhead…
This is a trend I’ve been rocking all along and feeling quite bad about its lazy look until now, that is. Apparently, because Vogue and other sources say so, it is stylish now. This look is one of my favourites in that it is effortless, and celebrates how hair looks naturally (aka kinda weird). No curling irons, hair spray or straighteners necessary. My tips for getting this look? After washing and conditioning hair, let it air dry until almost dry. Then twist it up into one or several buns. Let it dry some more. Undo, and then blow dry the rest of the moisture out on low heat. You should be left with barely there waves. Finish with a moisturizing pomade on the midshaft and ends of hair. Effortless and a bit messy.
Trend 3: Liquid liner, thin and barely there
This one ties into trend 1 of having a minimal make-up look. What will spoil any “no make-up look” fast would be overly thick liquid lined eyes. Even if you’re a natural beaut, the graphic nature of boldly lined eyes makes a make-up look stylized, planned and over done. Get away with wearing bold liquid liner while still looking “au naturale” by thinly, and I mean thinly painting on the lines as close to the lashes as possible. This way your eyes still pop, but it still looks as if you’re wearing little to no make-up. A nice addition to this would be to skip lining the lower lid liner but to use a light to medium eye shadow to line the bottom lid softly instead!
In Summary:
Clean and fresh faced is in for this spring. This is a hard look to rock, because too little make-up and a girl can end up looking slovenly, too much and the effect of being effortlessly pretty is gone. What to do? Take care of your skin, moisturize, and use your make-up sparingly. This has been what I have been doing casually for a while now and it seems as if the fashion industry this spring is ironically jumping on this bandwagon of common sense.
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