Fall 2012: Makeup Trends

Hey all!
As promised, I am here and ready to give you a post that will change your lives. Well...maybe not. But I am here to entertain and perhaps inform you with my own personal brand of straight forward fashion advice (is it really advice? Seems more like a discussion blog). The subject of today? Makeup.

Makeup is, arguably, the most essential fashion accessory any woman can have. Change the way you apply your makeup, the colors you use, or even do none altogether, and you can look like a completely different person! And so, today's blog will focus on that important, but less often talked about, aspect of fashion. With that said, let's begin!

Taupe Shadow Trend 2012

It's difficult to discuss makeup trends without talking about the trending colors, since the two are intrinsically tied. So I'm going to give you just a small blurb of the more popular colors this fall, which will be expanded on in a later post. So a few of the colors we'll see more of during the upcoming months are taupe (pictured above), burgundy (very popular for a splash of attention to the eyes or lips), metallics, and earthy tones. Keep in mind that certain items may fall into more than one of these categories, but that just means you're twice as fashionable ;)

Now on to some of the trends:
Rather than describing them, I'm going to try something new and just show images with slight descriptions in the captions. More visual usually means more enjoyable, right? Let me know how you like it!

Mixed metallics trend. Add an extra oomph to that metallic smoky eye by mixing your steels with champagnes, bronzes with silvers and golds, and throwing a bit of platinum into the mix

Barefaced Trend. Make your makeup pop by wearing less. For this look, neutrals are key- beiges, taupes, soft golds, etc. Keep your lips a soft, neutral color and add just a hint of color to the cheeks. You want to go for that "emerging crush" rosiness. But...don't forget to go big on the lashes! That's one thing that's super popular this fall!

Nail fashion trends for this fall. This fall, the nails are all about the key colors listed above: anything kind of earthy and dark will work (I'll be trying a look soon and might post a couple pics ;)) but the trend is very stuck on metallics and red shades ranging from chartreuse to deep plums. Bordeaux is included, of course.

Red lip trend. I may have done a little blurb on this in a previous post, but the main feature for this fall is redish purples. Putting a bit of a darker spin on the classic red lips, this trend plays with colors like plum, chartreuse (I just really love that word), and burgundy to play up a more gothic, sexy look. Also popular, neutral lips-anything from your skin tone to a just kissed pink.

And so, that's the end of my little picture show. Hope you guys learned something, or at least enjoyed it! Now go make yourselves up!

Question of the Day:
What's your favorite makeup trends this fall? Is there anything you've been seeing that I've missed? What did you think about my new format for showcasing trends? Do you like it more/less than the previous conversation-like format?

Byes!
xxxTwistedxxx