To make the flashy colors of spring vibrate, it is essential to take care of your complexion and healthy glow. If neutral shades for the eyes or the lips can withstand bare skin, this is not at all the case with bright shades, which can only be considered on a complexion with a minimum of radiance.
Also read, our shopping selection for colorful makeup
Exotic fruit lips
With this color block look, the juicy mouth is de rigueur. Underlined with transparent balms or satin reds, the lips, shiny and fruity, soften the eyes elated by the color. Shades of bright pink (from candy pink or stabilo through hibiscus pink pulling on fuchsia) and orange (coral, apricot, tangerine…) dominate. The gloss is on all the mouths. Spectacular shine, vibrant color, now guaranteed hold… Nothing gives the face more radiance than full, closely lacquered lips. When it comes to textures and application secrets, the watchword is mix and match. By superimposing lipstick or colored balm plus gloss, you create a magnifying effect which amplifies the expression of pigments. The combination of textures also makes the lips fuller. You can try your hand at the two-tone mouth (hot pink upper lip and orange lower lip, for example) or make yourself a heart of shiny lips and matte contours. Make-up that makes your mouth water! The beautiful days encourage fantasy …
The “perfect skin” obsession
We tell you everything to sport a fresh and appetizing complexion, the new nude. At least, apply a BB or CC cream. Either way, you won’t be able to escape them, they are everywhere (Chanel announces its CC Cream in July)! With them, we say goodbye to grayness, winter complexion and pale face. Choose it in a medium or golden shade, to warm up your complexion. BB creams are more and more pointed and targeted, there are now specific ones – for a tanned complexion, against dark spots or small redness, anti-dull complexion … On the radiant face of sunny days, we appreciate their light coverage (no risk of misstep or demarcation), their peach or apricot nuances and their high solar indices. Another choice, if you have more imperfections to hide: one of these light and undetectable foundations, which you don’t feel on the skin, but which perfectly fulfill their mission. This season, they all have that little something extra: integrated retexturing base, plumping hyaluronic acid, complexion corrector… The brands respond to our quest for perfect skin. To choose in a sunny beige shade. Nothing prevents you from layering BB cream and foundation, on the days when you want to have a really flawless complexion. The BB will then come in reinforcement of radiance, like an illuminating backdrop. Essential, a flat brush will allow you to blend in transparency BB creams, foundations and concealers, and to work more precisely on the areas that need to be touched up – dark circles, wings of the nose …
Another trend is loose powder which is making its comeback. It has no equal for keeping an ultra-clear complexion all day long, and it is one of the favorite make-up products of dermatologists, because it protects against urban pollution, does not clog pores, allows for less touching the face during the day, etc. Avoid high definition white powders that whiten the complexion and opt for light beige shades with a hint of peach, which make the complexion greedy. Important detail: apply it with a brush, the result is less “flat” than with a powder puff, always on a face moisturized with fresh air (it still tends to dry out a little, even if it is much more comfortable than before. ). Keep your hand light, especially around the eyes where loose powder tends to creep into fine lines, but it is great for mattifying dark circles (and therefore blurring them, because dark circles, less shiny, will attract less the eye).
Last but not least, this season, blush is everywhere. It recreates the natural healthy glow effect of skin caressed by the sun. Its texture has evolved a lot: it no longer clumps, but subtly blends with the rest of the complexion to illuminate our face.
A blue-green look
Inspired by the sparkle of precious stones, peacock feathers or the sparkling waters of the South Seas, the emerald or turquoise look is the order of the day. Go green, elected color of the year, both in the much more “green” formulas and in the palettes. Azure shadows are also in tune with the times. Exotic, this look happily transports us to the tropics, without having to lift a finger! Richly pigmented, the eyeshadows offer satin or metallic finishes for a very long lasting result. To adopt in small touches (line of eyeliner or kohl) or, more generously, in solid color on the entire mobile eyelid. The eyelashes also adopt these “bird of paradise” colors with a resolutely joyful mood.. The technicolor mascaras – turquoise, electric blue, emerald, water mint, even lemon yellow for the most daring – are one of the furiously trendy details of the season. Lay them on the tips of your lashes in flickering sparkles of light, on an intense black base. Or go solo, with a bare eyelid or neutral eye shadow.