Work the trends with these fresh autumn lip looks
When it comes to Autumn/Winter's beauty trends, the trend is: there are no trends. Designers and make up artists celebrated individuality, with models storming catwalks naked-faced, with 'caught-kissing' lipstick or boasting high-shine 'rouge noir' pouts. From yellow lip lacquer at Fendi, to 'Barbie' pink at Jeremy Scott and matte magenta at Topshop Unique, the message was: go forth and paint the town red (orange, pink or purple).
From heritage brands such as Pringle to super-cool, 'otm' names like Victoria Beckham and Cushnie et Ochs, statement, traffic-stopping red was worn in all its glory - from ladybird to claret via classic, blue-hued scarlet - choose matte or vinyl, and opt for Hollywood-worthy precision or blurred out, perfectly imperfect stains.
Try Charlotte Tilbury's K.I.S.S.I.N.G lipstick in 'Love Bite', achieve long-lasting lip precision with Lip Contour in 'Heartbreaker' or use fingers to smudge lips with Vincent Longo's Lip Stain in 'Liquid Kiss'.
To pull off the season's black cherry lip looks you need a flawless skin-finish and a hard-working lip pencil - feathering is not an option. At Dior, models' lips were finished with a slick of vinyl lip gloss, while at Rodarte the colour looked 'lived in' (like girls had gorged on brambles picked from hedgerows).
Use a clear waxy liner to trace along the outer edge of lips' perimeter, then follow the natural lip line with a berry pencil. Charlotte Tilbury's Lip Cheat in shade 'Bad Romance' is perfect. Then for the ultimate, stay-put matte hue, use Huda Beauty's Liquid Matte in 'Vixen', or choose Surratt's gorgeous Lipslique in 'Peccadille' - it's creamy and easy to blend for a sexy, low-maintenance stain. Finish with a slick of gloss - we love Surratt's Lip Lustre in 'Etoile' - clear with tiny golden flecks.
This season's catwalks brought the fun factor, with unexpected pastel hues making their catwalk debuts. Primrose at Fendi, fuchsia at Jeremy Scott... even mint green was spotted at Paco Rabanne. Incredibly Insta-worthy, these weirdly wonderful lip colours have slinked from runway to real life, so if you're a fan of breaking the make up 'rules', embrace this opportunity to work ice blue, slate grey or forest hues.
Rituel de Fille's Forbidden Lipstick comes in iridescent midnight ('Shadow Self') and the perfect pale grey ('Strange Creature'), while Beauty Bakerie's phenomenally long-wearing Lip Whip is available in a kaleidoscope of 'out there' shades. Wear 'Apple Pear' if you dare...
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Cult Beauty’s Content Editor and a Cult Beauty OG, Verity loves nothing more than the marriage of language and lip balm. A quintessential Libran, she’s a self-professed magpie for luxury ‘must-haves' and always pursuing the new and the niche — from the boujee-est skin care to cutting-edge tech. Balancing an urge to stop the clock with her desire to embrace the ageing process (and set a positive example for her daughter), Verity's a retinol obsessive and will gladly share her thoughts about the time-defying gadgets, masks and treatments worth the splurge...
