A quick how to on the beauty trend of Spring/Summer 2012

The beauty trend this season follows the feminine fashion trend, and I love this!! It’s all about being sweet, girly and innocent with healthy skin, pink cheeks and curled lashes. This is a look that is flattering to everyone, and it doesn’t take much time or effort to achieve.

Healthy glowy skin

If your skin is dry and dull, aim for products that gives you glow and a dewy finish. If your skin is oily and shiny, aim for products that are oil free and minimizes pores. You need a primer to keep your makeup in place, a foundation or tinted moisturiser will even out your skintone.

Dry/normal skin: Primer HERE,Tinted moisturiser HERE // Oily skin: Primer HERE, foundation HERE

Brighten your under eye area to make your eyes look bigger and more awake, this will also make your face appear younger and more youthful. Don’t apply the under eye concealer under your whole eye, but focus it on where you actually have a darker colour which is normally just in the inner corners and down like shown in the picture below. Don’t forget to set the under eye concealer with a lightreflecting concealer powder, this will prevent creasing throughout the day. An under eye concealer like the Touche Eclat can be used for so much more which can have dramatic effect on your face if you know how to use it.

Applying a hint of a more shimmery highlighter to the cheek bones will enhance those modelesque high cheekbones and give your face more structure. A little goes a long way, I like to apply it just on the top of the cheekbones. If you have very oily skin you should stay away from shimmery products and use a light matte product instead like a foundation in a lighter shade than your skin.

concealer and highlighter beauty 2012 A quick how to on the beauty trend of Spring/Summer 2012

Under eye concealer HERE// Under eye powder HERE // Highlighter HERE

 Pink Cheeks

A flush of pink in the cheeks is what gives the innocent fresh look. Be sure you place it in a flattering way for your face shape. Creams works really well for dry/normal skin and will look more natural on the skin, whilst powder blushes are more suitable for oily skin as they will stay put longer.

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Sunset tint HERE // Pink tint HERE // Powder blush HERE (the shades “Orgasm” and “Deep Throat” suits most complexions)

Lips and eyes

This season it’s up tp you what you want to do with your lips, bold and fun colours are just as trendy as nude and bare lips. The perfect partner to lips in crime or a naturally innocent pout is beautiful curled dramatic lashes.

 

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Eyelash curler HERE // Volume Mascara HERE// Lipstick HERE // Lipgloss HERE

Nail it!

I love the idea of pairing nails with sunglasses, belts, shoe soles what ever the pop of colour it is, with all over neutrals like beige. Pastels are huge this season, but you can never go wrong with neon either :) Remeber to file down your nails (or make them pointy), long square nails with bright colours are not pretty. And if you’re still holding on to the very long square french manicure you might want to consider letting it go now as it’s not so chic with porn star nails anymore :)

nail colour laquer 2012 trend A quick how to on the beauty trend of Spring/Summer 2012 Essie HERE and HERE // Butter London HERE // OPI HERE

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