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Get the look: vinyl shine

Join the glossy posse with a lacquered lip this summer. The simplest way to update your spring make up aesthetic, switch moody mattes for fresh, juicy-fruit vinyls and reach for a bold, patent coat for your kisses (we dare you)!

Let your lips do the talking by keeping the rest of your make up pared-back. Glossy lips look best when set against velveteen skin so achieve a smooth, suede-effect finish with NYX Professional Makeup’s {Stay Matte But Not Flat Foundation} which lends a chic, demi-matte finish.

Use a light touch – less base is better as Mercury rises – so stipple foundation to let your your own idio-SKIN-cracies shine (free the freckle)! And if you love a little extra warmth to lift your sun-starved visage, try the light-scattering {California Beamin’ Face & Body Bronzer} – a finely-milled powder that lends a soft, ‘golden hour’ glow.

Embolden your brows with the {Fill & Fluff Eyebrow Pomade Pencil} – a dual-ended tool that adds ‘oomph’ to sparse arches – then amp up the dramz with a PVC pout…

Define your lip line with the {Suede Matte Lip Liner} in shade ‘Kitten Heels’ – a sexy brick red that creates a great shape and prevents colour bleeding – then channel some cool, ’90s vibes with a frost-effect gloss. Optically volumising, augment reality thanks to the new {Filler Instinct Plumping Lip Polish} in shade ‘Sparkling Please’ – a glimmering pink that will thrill your internal Cher Horowitz…

End with a quick spritz of {Matte Setting Spray} then get set for seduction – feather-topped pens at the ready!

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Verity Douglas

Verity Douglas

Content Editor

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...