7 makeup trends that play up your base

Despite being a fashion show exhibiting wintery clothes, the girls at Saint Laurent Fall 2017 wore copious amounts of bronzer to offset the dark-coloured clothing. Swirl a large fluffy brush around a bronzer palette, like Yves Saint Laurent Beauté Les Saharienne Bronzing Stones, and work the brush in horizontal movements across your forehead, then underneath your cheekbones for a contoured effect.

At the Moncler Fall 2017 show, the models wore foundation that looked like their skin, only better. Mimic the same look with shu uemura blanc:chroma brightening uv cushion foundation - it’s a brightening base that melts into skin and feels like you’re wearing nothing at all. Work the product in with tapping motions over areas that need the most attention to create a natural, flawless finish.

The girls at Lanvin Fall 2017 show had glowing complexions that looked healthy yet totally believable. At home, go for an illuminating product, such as Tom Ford Illuminating Highlight Pen, and apply it to the high points of your face. Then with your ring finger, blend it into your foundation for a seamless finish.

Sexy, dewy skin? Yes please; it looks as though the athleisure look is here to stay. Get the same lived-in glow as the Issey Miyake Fall 2017 look at home with an illuminating liquid, like MAC Strobe Cream, mixed into your foundation for a luminous (not oily) sheen all over.

One texture that’ll always stay in fashion is a velvet base, which was seen at the Isabel Marant Fall 2017 show. Get the look with COVERGIRL TRUblend Liquid Makeup, and use the warmth of your fingers to melt the product into your complexion.  

The models at CHANEL Fall 2017 had skin that was the perfect balance between matte and dewy. A finishing powder, like CHANEL Les Beiges Healthy Glow Sheer Powder SPF 15/ Pa++, can be used to recreate the same stunning effect. Work it all over the skin to mattify your foundation, or pat it over oily areas (like your T-zone) to keep shine at bay.

We can’t get enough of the pared-back look from the Dior Fall 2017 show, and it requires very little effort to achieve at home. With a compact like Dior Diorskin Diorblush Sculpt, use the lighter shade to dust onto cheekbones and down the bridge of the nose, and then use the darker shade to accentuate the hollows of your cheeks. You want to bring out your features, but only very subtly.

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