Fall 2011 Trends

I am a child of the 80's, in Jr. High I was rimming my eyes with shimmery sea foam blue eyeliner on the bottom and kohl black on top, because I was young I leaned more towards the frosty pink lipstick then the deep magenta and fuchsias some older girls use to wear.  Well, guess what?  As a very well known horror movie of my generation use to say, "They're Back!"

Fall 2011 seems to be nodding back to the 80's but with a more contemporary ingredient.  NY Fashion Week had its runways filled with clean, creamy dewey faces with bold lips and eyes matching the current clothing trend  where it seems low key, ethereal. Read "Can you feel it?" for clothing trends.

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Lipstick at Sephora
Eye Shadow by NYX

The palette is cool yet some may thing its warm. the face is clean with little foundation yet creamy, cream blushes are applied with the fingers, so they are worked into the skin giving a subtle glow, lips are coloured from the lightest and palest purple to the deepest wine without any lip liner.  Eyes are smokey again in greys and muted blues, with just a slight tinge of shimmer, yet with the right shade of lipstick the eyes may be shades of burgundy and shades of mustard.  Also gone is eyeliner, its still there, but the intent is to just enhance the eye to stand out without noticing the product. Fake but natural look lashes can replace the heavy look and feel of mascara, but still helps to define the eye and create size.  The best way to be inspired this season, go outside, lie on a patch of grass and look around you, see the leaves changing colours, yet they are still holding onto some of their green.  Look at ripened berries and look at the cool glow of nature, that's what you want.