A/W13-14 Make-up Trend: Dark, Sultry Lips

Remember the late 90s, when we all used to experiment with dark reds and browns on our lips? Well, it seems that dark lips are making a comeback.  The AW13 catwalk shows were awash with red wine stained lips.

Backstage at Phillip Lim AW13 Show

Zac Posen AW13

 

But rather than being perfectly lined and even in colour, the newest trend is to give the lips a stained effect with the colour strongest towards the centre of the lips, fading towards the lip line. The lip often has a matte finish.

Antonio Marras AW13

 

I love wearing dark lipsticks and I have been experimenting with rich, dark reds and browns in my recent shoots. Here is a photo from a shoot I did with photographer, Terri Lee Shield, recently.  To achieve this lip colour, I applied one of my favourite matte lipsticks, M.A.C. Ruby Woo, and then deepened the colour with plum and even black lipsticks and lip pencils.

Hair and Make-up by Donna Harris (The Make-up Darling)

 

On my shoot yesterday, I decided to go for a matte brown lip on the model and so used M.A.C. Chestnut Lip Pencil all over the lip.

Hair and make-up by Donna Harris ( The Make-up Darling).

 

 

 

Here are a few of my favourite dark lip colours:

 

 

From top to bottom:

 

·         Dawn Crème Lipstick by Make up Store (black)

·         Black Cherry Lipstick by Revlon (deep plum)

·         Nightmoth Lip Pencil by M.A.C.  (deep purple/plum)

·         Fever Liqui-Gel Stain by Beaute (dark red)

·         Hermetic Intense Lip Gloss by Illamasqua (deep wine red)

·         Control Lipstick by Kevyn Aucoin (raisin/brown)

·         Havanna Glossy Lipstick by Make Up Store (plum/brown)

·         Chestnut Lip Pencil by M.A.C. (deep brown)

 

 

Runaway with me

Phew! It’s been a busy few months.  I have lots to share with you but today I thought I’d show you some of my recent work.  These are the images from a lookbook I worked on for new fashion brands, Runaway88.   The spring/summer 2013 collection effortlessly combines hard, structural lines with more fluid, free-flowing elements.  The designers, Jade and Naomi took inspiration from nature and history, in particular, Ancient Egypt and ripples in the sand caused by waves.

I have started drawing a face chart for every job I do now, so that the client has some idea of the look I am planning to go for, and so that I can continually test myself on how effectively I can get the ideas in my head down onto paper and then see how well the look translates from paper onto the model’s face.  I have never been much good at drawing, but I am practising and eventually want to be able to just sketch my own facecharts rather than using pre-drawn ones.

I really enjoying working on this shoot, and it was a chance to take my make-up in a stronger, darker direction.  I think my work in the past has been more beauty and I really wanted to push this and make it more editorial and edgy.  I also got to try my hand at some art directing, which I really enjoyed and actually think I have a bit of a knack for!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photography: Kay Simpson

Model: Erika

Make-up/Hair:  Donna Harris www.donnaharris.co.uk

Clothes/Styling: Runaway88 www.runaway88.com