Fun with Colour 101
By Sarah Willcocks, Style Editor.
IWar paint. Camouflage. Daily Slap. Time to get -The focus is on the eye so keep the skin porce-
your game face on. If not a mundane routine, lain and matte and the lips subtle.
our everyday make up has become serious busi- -Sweep a shimmery nude toned eye-shadow
ness. A little inoffensive brown eye shadow here, across the entire eyelid up to the brow.
a slick of lip-gloss there and one swipe of mas- -Use a black liquid liner to draw as thin a line as
cara is all many of us have the time and inclina- you can manage close to the natural lash line.
tion to attempt each morning before heading out Wait a moment for this to dry.
to face the big, bad world. I remember a time -Take your feature colour and using an angled
when make-up was fun; when raiding our moth- brush add a line of colour in one sweep over the
ers’ cosmetics cases was a high-risk affair; but lash line. Kit and M.A.C. have highly pigmented
worth it to play with wanton, heavy-handed appli- colours that could work for you here.
cation of violet and green shadows, magenta -Finish with an eyelash curler and lashings of the
lippie and rouge that was well, the colour rouge. blackest mascara you can find on the top lashes

only.
This season certainly provides a chance to get
experimental with our beauty looks again. Sub-
tlety is out in favour of bold, statement looks
and. Neon, kaleidoscopic colour - and lots of it
all at once - is currently experiencing a big resur-
gence in fashion and beauty trends are hot on
Wrtiiten by:
those heels. On the runway and in editorials it is
Sarah Willcocks - Style Melbourne
showing up as carnival-esque, almost clown-like www.stylemelbourne.com
looks; the likes of which have been spotted at
David Jones Spring Summer runway earlier this
year and Balenciaga’s recent showing at Paris
Fashion Week.

The Rainbow Brite treatment is probably too
avant garde for the peepers of we mere mortals
but there is a way to get a little vibrancy in your
party or races look without looking like Lady
GaGa. As an example here is a simplified bright
look to try as captured backstage at Rodney
Thanh’s Winter 2010 runway;

-Strip the look back to its essence by picking
your favourite strong colour to use rather than
the entire spectrum. Here they use neon orange.
Pink, green, violet and electric blue also work
well.
-Usually matching your eye colour to your outfit
is a no-no but can be quite striking in this in-
stance.
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