Fall Beauty
Fall Beauty
With the exception of fiery red lips, the autumn shades for lips and face are very subtle, monochromatic and nude. Fall lips take on an almost spring look with pastel tones of coral and pink shades. It’s not surprising that bright reds from cherry to crimson, are back, perfectly lined, filled in and covered with high shine lipstick. You’ll also find bright matte orange hues and deep berries and wines, and lips with metallic shine.
Cheeks get a super-flushed look with noticeable tones of blush on the apples of the cheeks that move down towards the jaw line. Makeup follows a monochromatic trend with one warm color, like caramel, toffee and subtle golden shades, and the use of tinted moisturizers instead of foundation.
Nails will continue to feature nail art designs, animal prints, nail overlays and Minx gel nails. Long oval shapes appear in French manicures with dark shades on the bottom and light tips as seen at Jason Wu, as well as cobalt and other shades of blue, jewel tones and metallics. Expect to also see more vampy nails in glossy shades of midnight black, granite, navy and grays.
A Fresh Face Focus
You’ll need to take special care of your skin with a good regimen for the fall to keep it clear and healthy because this season the face has a bare look.
How to Achieve the Look
For a fresh, barely made up look, use a tinted moisturizer instead of foundation.
Tip
Give this subdued look a bit of pop by wearing a fun nail polish design, like the neon pink French manicure found on this model at TIBI for New York Fashion Week.
Winter Flushed Cheeks
The nude face is paired with nude lips and wintery-flushed cheeks in blush shades of coral and pink.
How to Achieve the Look
For the runways, the blush was swept high towards the temples and down towards the jaw line.
Tip
For every day this look might appear overdone or worse, like you made an oops-y. Instead focus color on the apples and cheekbones in a shade that compliments your skin tone.
Return of Fiery Red Lips
Red is in -- again. And anyone can wear it!
How To Achieve the Look
Some makeup artists believe you can wear any red you want as long as you use concealer to take out the ruddiness in the skin. If you're not great at using concealer, you can match red lipstick to your skin tone. Fill in lips with a lip pencil and then apply a matching high shine lipstick.
Tip
Finding the red lipstick for you can sometimes take experimentation.
If a red is too bright, it can easily be toned down with a shade that you know looks good on you, like a great brown, or a shimmery gold, copper or bronze.
Autumn Orange, Not Just for Pumpkins
Red isn't the only bright, bold color for fall. Also seen on the runways were vivid orange lips on nude faces like the orange matte lips on monochromatic looks of models at Mila Schon at Milan Fashion Week and bold orange lips at the shows in Sydney during Australian Fashion Week.
How to Achieve the Look
Use a creamy lip pencil in the orange shade of your choice and fill in. Apply lipstick (if using gloss gently pat to a matte texture with tissue).
Then reapply lip pencil to keep color in place.
Tip
Pair orange lips with a subtle gold or copper shadow and keep the rest of the face neutral.
Short Vampy Nails
Black nails that gleam like marbles were seen on a number of the Fashion Week runways.
How to Achieve the Look
Before applying black and other dark shades, use a basecoat to help the color adhere to the nail and keep nails from getting stained.
Tip
Keep nails short, with rounded tips.
Brighter nails are long and oval-shaped, in popular cobalt blue, jewel tones, metallics and gorgeous nail art designs.
How to Achieve the Look
Most of the elaborate designs require a trip to the nail salon, unless you are talented at creating nail art.
Tip
Going to the salon for Minx nails and nail overlays can get a bit expensive. Try nail polish strips like Sally Hansen Salon Effects ($9) and budget-friendly artificial glue-on nails like Broadway Nails Fashion Diva Nail Kits ($5.99) that come in a variety of designs including the animal print metallic nail look.
New and brighter versions of the French manicure appeared on the runways.
How to Achieve the Look
French manicures don't have to be the usual beige/white combination. Try French manicures with a light nude color at the tip and dark colors on the bottom, or a glittery tip or a bold line of cobalt blue.
Tip
This manicure looks best with just one elaborate design or bold or dark color contrasting with a lighter or more neutral color.
Want to see more? Check out the Top 5 eye makeup trends for fall.
With the exception of fiery red lips, the autumn shades for lips and face are very subtle, monochromatic and nude. Fall lips take on an almost spring look with pastel tones of coral and pink shades. It’s not surprising that bright reds from cherry to crimson, are back, perfectly lined, filled in and covered with high shine lipstick. You’ll also find bright matte orange hues and deep berries and wines, and lips with metallic shine.
Cheeks get a super-flushed look with noticeable tones of blush on the apples of the cheeks that move down towards the jaw line. Makeup follows a monochromatic trend with one warm color, like caramel, toffee and subtle golden shades, and the use of tinted moisturizers instead of foundation.
Nails will continue to feature nail art designs, animal prints, nail overlays and Minx gel nails. Long oval shapes appear in French manicures with dark shades on the bottom and light tips as seen at Jason Wu, as well as cobalt and other shades of blue, jewel tones and metallics. Expect to also see more vampy nails in glossy shades of midnight black, granite, navy and grays.
A Fresh Face Focus
You’ll need to take special care of your skin with a good regimen for the fall to keep it clear and healthy because this season the face has a bare look.
How to Achieve the Look
For a fresh, barely made up look, use a tinted moisturizer instead of foundation.
Tip
Give this subdued look a bit of pop by wearing a fun nail polish design, like the neon pink French manicure found on this model at TIBI for New York Fashion Week.
Winter Flushed Cheeks
The nude face is paired with nude lips and wintery-flushed cheeks in blush shades of coral and pink.
How to Achieve the Look
For the runways, the blush was swept high towards the temples and down towards the jaw line.
Tip
For every day this look might appear overdone or worse, like you made an oops-y. Instead focus color on the apples and cheekbones in a shade that compliments your skin tone.
Return of Fiery Red Lips
Red is in -- again. And anyone can wear it!
How To Achieve the Look
Some makeup artists believe you can wear any red you want as long as you use concealer to take out the ruddiness in the skin. If you're not great at using concealer, you can match red lipstick to your skin tone. Fill in lips with a lip pencil and then apply a matching high shine lipstick.
Tip
Finding the red lipstick for you can sometimes take experimentation.
If a red is too bright, it can easily be toned down with a shade that you know looks good on you, like a great brown, or a shimmery gold, copper or bronze.
Autumn Orange, Not Just for Pumpkins
Red isn't the only bright, bold color for fall. Also seen on the runways were vivid orange lips on nude faces like the orange matte lips on monochromatic looks of models at Mila Schon at Milan Fashion Week and bold orange lips at the shows in Sydney during Australian Fashion Week.
How to Achieve the Look
Use a creamy lip pencil in the orange shade of your choice and fill in. Apply lipstick (if using gloss gently pat to a matte texture with tissue).
Then reapply lip pencil to keep color in place.
Tip
Pair orange lips with a subtle gold or copper shadow and keep the rest of the face neutral.
Short Vampy Nails
Black nails that gleam like marbles were seen on a number of the Fashion Week runways.
How to Achieve the Look
Before applying black and other dark shades, use a basecoat to help the color adhere to the nail and keep nails from getting stained.
Tip
Keep nails short, with rounded tips.
Brighter nails are long and oval-shaped, in popular cobalt blue, jewel tones, metallics and gorgeous nail art designs.
How to Achieve the Look
Most of the elaborate designs require a trip to the nail salon, unless you are talented at creating nail art.
Tip
Going to the salon for Minx nails and nail overlays can get a bit expensive. Try nail polish strips like Sally Hansen Salon Effects ($9) and budget-friendly artificial glue-on nails like Broadway Nails Fashion Diva Nail Kits ($5.99) that come in a variety of designs including the animal print metallic nail look.
New and brighter versions of the French manicure appeared on the runways.
How to Achieve the Look
French manicures don't have to be the usual beige/white combination. Try French manicures with a light nude color at the tip and dark colors on the bottom, or a glittery tip or a bold line of cobalt blue.
Tip
This manicure looks best with just one elaborate design or bold or dark color contrasting with a lighter or more neutral color.
Want to see more? Check out the Top 5 eye makeup trends for fall.
