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December 2019 | REDONLINE.CO.UK

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SKIN LIKE VELVET, A COLOUR TWIST ON THE TIMELESS

SMOKEY EYE, THE CHIC WAY TO WEAR SPARKLE NOW...

IT’S TIME TO RE-IMAGINE YOUR MAKE-UP AND NAIL THE

NEW FESTIVE CLASSICS, SAYS RED’S EVE CAMERON

What the Little Black Dress is to fashion,

the smokey eye is to beauty: classic, takes-

you-anywhere-reliable, suits everyone. This

season’s make-up tweak means stepping away

from a traditional, monochrome black and

grey palette and instead embracing colour.

Make-up artist Kenneth Soh, who created

the looks on these pages, used a variety

of blue shades, starting with a deep blue

pencil liner, which he recommends running

all around the upper and lower lashlines

and into the waterline. If you then shut your

eyes tightly, it smudges and softens a little.

Then, with a fluffy brush, wing the colour

out, creating shape, all the time working

upwards and outwards to keep eyes looking

lifted, adding more pencil if you need to.

Nars High-Pigment Longwear Eyeliner in

Park Avenue, £19, glides on, giving play time

before drying and staying put for hours. Once

you have the shape, brushing a teal grey

powder eyeshadow over it both ‘smokes’

and sets the pencil, reinforcing the shape.

Save the strongest blue, which Soh

chose from Lancôme Hypnôse Palette in

Bleu Hypnôtique, £42, for the centre of the

eyelid, towards the lashline. Using it there

means that when you blink or close your

eyes, there’s a beautiful kingfisher-like

flash of blue, which becomes a bluey haze

when they’re open. Lashings of mascara

(we’re fans of the evocatively named

L’Oréal Paris Bambi Eye False Lash,

£10.99) add a sexy, lived-in feel.

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The new

smokey eye is...

Wear it wit h:

To keep the focus

on the eyes, choose

milky shades of pink or

apricot toned blush and

lip colours, such as

Dolce & Gabbana

Dolce Blush Creamy

Cheek and Lip Colour

in Tender, £31, and

Shiseido ColorGel

LipBalm in Hibiscus, £25.

DOLCE & GABBANA

DOLCE BLUSH CREAMY

CHEEK AND LIP COLOUR

IN TENDER, £31

NARS HIGH-PIGMENT

LONGWEAR EYELINER

IN PARK AVENUE, £19

LANCÔME HYPNÔSE

PALETTE IN BLEU

HYPNÔTIQUE, £42

SHISEIDO

COLORGEL LIPBALM

IN HIBISCUS, £25

Photography Billie Scheepers