6 Underrated Makeup Trends You Should Know About
Makeup helps you express your vision, makes you step outside your comfort zone and gives you the feeling of uniqueness and empowerment. It’s a form of art that is accessible to everyone and, like any art, it’s in the eyes of the beholder. Things that appear to be not so popular are not necessarily unacceptable or ugly. Break the rules then. Get out of the mainstream and explore 6 makeup trends of the upcoming season that deserve more attention.
1. Effortless Lips
Forget your struggles! Dramatic over-lined Kylie Jenner-inspired lips are no longer a trend. This time it’s all about that soft, blurred edge, satin finish, and some degree of carelessness in the application. Kind of like you just ate a popsicle or kissed someone on the cheek. To achieve this effect naturally, drink tons of water, exfoliate your lips using a lip scrub and moisturize them at least twice a day. To add a bit of color, use a lightweight lip mousse by Urban Decay or a stain by L’Oreal first, blot it off and apply either a gloss by Dose of Colors or a lip balm on top. Easy, cute and simple!
2. Natural Highlight
Remember the days when the blinding highlight was in fashion? When everyone was obsessed with Coachella-inspired holographic glitter particles and metallic-looking sheen? Don’t get me wrong, it does look pretty and it’s still very much in trend. The natural, glass-looking skin though remains quite underrated in the beauty community. The idea of using a strobing cream prior to applying foundation or BB cream is especially applicable in the summer season. This is an effective way to illuminate your skin ‘from within’ and to give an overall glow to your face. You can make this look even more fresh and dewy by using a highlight with more of a settle finish on the high point of your face: cheekbones, the brow bone, the bridge of the nose. Did you just wake up like this?
3. Pops Of Color
What a better way to get out of your comfort zone than to play with colors! Neon is making its comeback on the runways, Pantone color of the year is coral and festive orange and majestic blue are the hit shades of the upcoming season. Don’t be scared to go bold because we are going to see much more color in 2019. Get yourself a bright pink velour liquid lipstick by Jeffree Star, play with it at home first and then go out in the world feeling much more empowered and confident. If crazy rainbow-inspired looks intimidate you, start off with just a purple or pink pastel liner from Colourpop, mascara and a nude gloss. This combination requires zero effort and remains on the more neutral side. Simultaneously, it will make your overall appearance a little bit more unique and bewitching. Whatever sparks your interest, baby!
4. Cool Tones
In the realm of makeup, tones are subdued hues of your skin. They can be cool, warm and neutral. Whilst matching the right undertone of your face and neck to the undertone of your foundation is essential, choosing the tone of your eyeshadow palette is more of personal preference. A bronze copper-y warm-toned smokey eye, as well as a neutral eye with a pop of muted shimmer, are your safe bet classic ‘to-go’ looks that go well with almost every skin tone. Unfortunately, a lot of makeup brands do not promote their cool-toned color schemes as much as they hype up the never-ceasing launches of brown-rust-beige-peach palettes. I guess it’s time for blues, purples, plums, light-grey and emerald green to take over! No one urges you to look like the next ice-kissed Queen of the North, but implementing a few cooler tones in your everyday makeup routine will make your appearance more galactic and enigmatic.
5. Spider Lashes
2019 is all about the legendary Twiggy’s spider lash. It’s catchy, it’s sexy, it’s memorable…it steals the show! Moreover, it’s one of the easiest makeup trends to achieve. Spider lashes are exaggerated, clumpy lashes that might look theatrical at first. In reality, the spider lashes technique shifts all the attention to your eyes and opens them up so that they look more ‘fresh’. You can achieve this by layering 3 to 5 coats of your favorite mascara or by getting your hands on the Colossal Spider Effect mascara by Maybelline to lighten the load. It suits any makeup looks, from minimalistic neutral to the most over-the-top.
6. Man makeup
Watch out, boys are taking over. The makeup trends for men are rooted in pop culture, the desire of beauty brands to expand their audience, the rising freedom of expression and the challenging redefinition of masculinity. Let’s defer male drag and glam makeup for another time and focus on the technique so-called male grooming. It’s widely used in shootings, red carpets, weddings, and other important events and serves a purpose of highlighting perfections and concealing imperfections, such as blemishes, discoloration, dark circles, etc. The most used products in this category are pore-filling primers, tinted brow gels, concealers, and lip balms. Just like girls choose to wear makeup to feel more confident, boys have the right to do so if they want to and when they want to. Besides, you can always go a bit more cheeky and playful – I bet you plenty of girls find rockstar ‘guyliner’ look insanely attractive!
