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Bold slashes of blue warpaint

Apply with your finger for a look of a different stripe

Sun 18 Feb 2018







Shades of Adam Ant: spring/summer 2018 at Marni.
Photograph: Jason Lloyd-Evans

A great big slash of brilliant blue, simply applied with a finger and the kind of boldness that makes it feel a bit like warpaint. At Marni, make-up artist Pat McGrath used creams first, followed by sparkling shadows from her new palettes, which she pressed on to the inner and outermost corners of the eyes. Achieve a similar effect by mixing colours on the back of your hand to add depth.

Get the look

1. Coloured Raine £4, asos.com
2. Sisley Phyto-Eye in Lagoon £32.50 johnlewis.com
3. Couture Palette Collector Pop Illusion £42.50, yslbeauty.co.uk
4. PHr Liquid Liner in Bold Blue £1.50, primark.co.uk
5. Eye Kohl in Tourmaline £27, tomford.com
6. Beauty Bakerie in Gelato £14.50, cultbeauty.co.uk
7. Laura Mercier Eye Basics £21, spacenk.com
8. Nars Outremer Eyeshadow £18, johnlewis.com
9. Always On Gel Liner in Bouncer £18, smashbox.co.uk

His and hers

Beauty is going gender neutral. As well as Asos’s Face + Body platform, there are the fragrances (Guerlain Lui, £145, ‘The perfume for a new gender order’), the make-up (Mac has long been a pioneer) and now hair salons – Not Another Salon on London’s Brick Lane has a ‘no judgment policy’.

Get your vitamins

Searches for vitamin C skincare have risen by 3,000%. Reported benefits include the promotion of collagen and as a solution to inflammatory skin conditions, such as acne. Check out Rodial’s new launches, or invest in Medik8’s glorious CE-Tetra vitamin C serum (£63, medik8.com)

Mother love

Cherish.Love.Indulge is the first mother’s day box from Estée Lauder. Inside, she’ll find £95 worth of pampering – you pay just £28 (esteelauder.co.uk)

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