insideSUSSEX Magazine Issue 12 - February 2016 | Page 64

FASHION+BEAUTY SEXY VALENTINE’S MAKEUP VALENTINE’S IS ON ITS WAY! WHO KNOWS WHAT COULD HAPPEN? SO DUST OFF THOSE HEELS GIRLS, IT'S TIME TO COME OUT OF HIBERNATION. WHETHER YOU ARE TAKEN OR SINGLE, LET'S GET GLAM AND READY TO MINGLE! BY GEMMA MORPURGO / PHOTOGRAPHY BY NATACHIA VECSI & LEE FLISHER This season’s hottest trends are colourdrenched juicy berry lips; deep, rich opulent tones and shades of blood red crimson. Positively romantic! Add a splash of colour…and don’t forget the mascara! How to create the easiest smoky eye ever • Again using your chosen shade (I love to go for warm coppers, wines and bronze to warm the look up), gently pat onto the lid and softly blend to disperse the colour and leave an even finish. If you are hitting the town and looking to attract some serious attention then maybe a deep, sexy, smoky eye could be exactly what you need to create a lasting impression? • Take your black pencil kohl liner and place your finger lightly under the lower lash line and pull down slightly. Now draw along your waterline (the inner eye line) and along the lash line to blend the inner eye line with the bottom eyelid. • Pat a little black or brown (depending on intensity of colour required) gel liner onto the eyelid. Don't be too generous, you can always add more if you need to (I use ActiDerm Gel Liner £11.50). • Using a pencil brush or even a cotton bud, apply your chosen eyeshadow along the lower lash line and blend. This will create serious impact and smouldering smoky eyes. • Using a fluffy blending brush, gently blend in circular movements from the lid to slightly above the socket line. Make sure you apply product to one eye at a time as gel liner tends to set a lot quicker. • Blend to just around the crease of your eye. • Take a new or clean fluffy blending brush and softly blend Mac Eyeshadow in Shroom, or a similar neutral slightly metallic shade over the brow bone and slightly into the black gel you have already blended. This will give a seamless finish and make the black look as though it melts into the skin. • Generously drench your lashes in mascara (ActiDerm Skyscraper lash is fab) and apply false lashes if you wish. No look is ever complete without perfect brows • Using a brow brush or old mascara wand, comb your brows to place the hairs in the direction they should be heading. • To draw jaw-dropping brows, reach for an angled brow liner brush; this will ensure perfect precision and make sure your brows don’t end up too heavy. • ActiDerm Brow Wax is one of the finest brow products to ever grace my makeup kit. Its smudgeproof, waterproof, long-lasting formula leaves brows looking natural and on point. Using 64 the brow liner, you can create the illusion of tiny hairs and make your brows as defined and strong as you wish. Pucker up for the perfect pout Strong berry shades are absolutely ideal to compliment a vintage soft-winged liner, curly lashes and gentle hues on the eyes. • Line the lips using a lip liner pencil. It's a good idea to try and match the lipstick/ lipstain with the lipliner colour. Or you can go slightly darker than the chosen lip colour and create a slight ombre lip. • My favourite product at the moment is NYX Soft Matt Lip Colour in Copenhagen. The celebs are going wild for this shade! So of it’s good enough for them it's good enough for us! • If your lip line is not as precise and crisp as you were hoping for then I have a simple solution to make you look like the "lip expert". Using a flat liner brush, use a little concealer or foundation and draw around the outer line of your lips to erase any stray lines. This will help to give the illusion of highlighted and plumper lips! Gemma Morpurgo, Makeup Artist www.actiderm.co.uk/me/gemma-morpurgo [email protected] 07969 855495 /Gemma.Morpurgo /nvme.fotography