New makeup trends for spring and summer
February 15, 2012
Spring and summer makeup trends will hit the scene with an array of bold lips and smoky eyes.
According to the February issue of InStyle, hot pink lips are the “Look of the Moment.” The magazine shows celebrities such as Amber Heard, Gwen Stefani, Taylor Swift and Olivia Wilde rocking the hot pink lips for their red carpet appearances.
“My favorite item is definitely our lipsticks we have coming out,” Summer Pettek, MAC employee and Sacramento State communications major said. “There’s a really bright purple and neon orange that I love.”
In the world of MAC, Pettek said the newest and most popular trend is a natural-looking face with just a pop of color and glowing skin with either a bold lip color or bold eye makeup. Pettek said to use colors in the copper, brown and rust families to achieve a glowing face.
Collegefashion.net’s top three trends are brightly colored lips with neutral eyes, navy smoky eyes and bronzed skin. Harper’s Bazaar online said its No. 1 trend coming up for the spring season is red lips.
Jessica Flores, a five-year employee of Sephora in the Arden Fair Mall, said lightweight face makeup and luminizers are in high demand for college students at their store.
L’Oreal came out with a new item called Magic Lumi which is a light-infusing primer to help skin glow.
“Girls come in for the smoky eye look, just like Kim Kardashian,” Flores said.
InStyle’s February issue contains ideas for achieving a smoky eye and how to wear red lips just right.
Revlon’s newest item, Colorstay 16-Hour eyeshadow, can be found at stores like Target, Ulta and Wal-Mart.
Between Sephora and MAC stores, false eyelashes, eyeliners and smoky eyeshadow pallets are constantly selling around all makeup stores. Winged eyeliner is a trend appearing throughout the nation and is making an appearance this year in magazines.
Lauren Conrad, star of Laguna Beach and The Hills, has shown up in many photos on the Internet sporting the winged-eyeliner look. On her website, laurenconrad.com, there is her own “Makeup How To” section featuring the eyeliner trend.
Readers can find helpful tips and tricks for makeup application in magazines and the Internet. Adopt these trends and soon enough everyone can be looking like they came straight out of Fashion Week.
Candice DeVries can be reached at [email protected]