6 great make up trends for AW09

Elegant Safari Trend

An exotic trip to the wild side, creating a bronzed, warm and earthy style by blending hues of deep brown, bronze and copper across the upper and lower lids of your eyes to create warm, ethereal eyes. Add a generous lick of glistening copper-coloured eyeliner around the top and bottom eyelids to enhance your eyes, and accentuate your lashes with Instant Volume Mascara. Define your cheekbones with plenty of bronzer and then finish off this look with lashings of Glossywear Lipstick.

Fabulous Fifties

Think Marlene Dietrich or Dita Von Teese with a twist for this dramatic and modern 1950s look. Use the Waterproof Eyeliner to create an exaggerated post-war double ‘wing’ shape around the eyes and finish off with a dusting of soft cream below the brow using Eyeshadow. Add a little razzle dazzle with sparkly gem stones on the outer corner of your ‘wing’ and give yourself a Hollywood glamour finish with the Glamour Lashes. Accentuate eyebrows with a good pencil and give pouting lips some shimmer and shine using Lip Gloss.

Golden Girl

Start this look by bringing out the elegance and natural beauty of your face using a foundation, which will offer a flawless finish to your ‘golden girl’ look. Finish off your base with a light dusting of Matte Powder, whilst delicately highlighting cheeks with a warm apricot blush. Give eyes a dusting with a peachy Eyeshadow and use darker brown for more definition. A generous line of brown eyeliner will add shape and a top coating of gold glitter with a lick of brown Mascara which will enhance and complete your eyes. Lips should be kept soft and feminine for the perfect pout.

Nomadic Chic

Bohemian is back! This look is all about subtle blends of colours with inspiration from around the world. Eyes need to be kept soft yet strong with well-blended colours. Use brown, cream and iridescent gold colours on your eye sockets, starting with the brown on the outer edge, the cream in the middle and pale iridescent gold in the corners giving your eyes a wider look. Cheeks should be softly warmed with a touch of bronzer and for your lips create the plump cherry lips look.

Dark Soft Sculpture

If a sexy, sultry look is more your style, read on. This look is all about soft angles and gentle sculpture so create a base of palest foundation with Smooth Matte Foundation before starting on the eyes. Use Black Eye Definer heavily on the upper and lower rims of your eyes. Blend and smudge the eyeliner around the lids of your eyes using grey and black eyeshadows generously. Add a generous coating of sparkle (black of course!) to give this look a glamorous lift. Lips need to balance the heaviness of the eyes so keep them pale and peachy by using Lip Gloss.

Party Doll

This is an essential look for the party season, but one that may need a little practice and lots of experimentation! Start with your eyebrows to give them a defined, sharp look by shaping and darkening them slightly using an Eyebrow Pencil. You will need to create the base colours for the eyes first so use Colour Eyeshadow on the upper eyelid, by the brow and then heavily layer up a silver shimmering eyelid by adding Eyeshadow Dazzler. Then use a Line Eye Definer to create the defining lines of this look – draw a thick line just above the crease of your eyelid and again just above your eyelashes and taper this off at the outer edge of your eyes to create an elongated effect. Give cheeks a delicate, flushed hue by blending the smallest amount of Blush Pink Cheek ‘n’ Lip Tint on the apples of your cheeks and team this with full, kissable pale pink lips by using Lip Gloss.