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Makeup Monday (Late): Winter Dark Lip Trend

Tom Ford Beauty - A/W 2013

The dark lip, à la Tom Ford, is a major trend and favourite during the fall/winter season. The lipstick can range anywhere from a more wine red to a deep and dark purple. Below is a simple makeup look that would be great for an evening out, but could also be adapted for daytime.

Face:
1. Start by using a luminous foundation, preferable one that is quite light. Because we are going so dark on the lips we want to keep the rest of the face very light. Jessie's Picks: Nars Sheer Glow Foundation or Maybelline Fit Me Foundation.
2. Conceal under the eyes and any blemishes. Jessie's Picks: My usual, Mac Studio Finish Concealer for blemishes, and Clinique Airbrush Concealer for the undereyes.
3. Apply a very light warm peach blush just to your cheekbones to add a slight definition to the face. Jessie's Picks: Avon Blush in Dusty Rose or Lancome Blush in Cedar Rose (but be very very light handed with this blush).

Eyes:
1. Dust a light matte cream coloured eye shadow all over your eyelid. Jessie's Picks: Mac Eye Shadow in Brule or Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow in Bone.
2. Curl your eyelashes and apply a nice coat of mascara using a lengthening and separating mascara. Jessie's Picks: Yves Rocher Beauty Mascara or Clinique Lash Doubling Mascara.

Lips:
I'm going to go for a dark purple lip.
1. Start by lining around your lips but going slightly outside your natural lipline. Dark colours recede, so this will give your lips a little extra "bigness". Jessie's Picks: Mac Lip Pencil in Vino or Currant or Nightmoth.
2. Using a lip brush apply your lip colour all over your lips in a thin layer. Jessie's Picks: Mac Lipstick in Pre- Raphaelite or Cyber or Rebel.
3. Blot with a tissue, apply loose powder over your lips, apply another thin layer, blot, dust with loose powder, and finally apply one more thin layer of lipstick. The blotting and setting with powder will help keep your lip colour on all day.

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You can use a lip pencil to apply your colour. Jessie's Picks: Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Deep Aubergine.


The dark lip one of my favourite trends for fall and now I hope it is one of yours too!

xx
JD

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