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Corinna B September 17, 2017

Fall 2017 Makeup Trends

This fall makeup gets exciting!

Soft, boring, pumpkin spice latte themes are put to the side, and fierce, bold beauty takes over.

Fall 2017 makeup trends are about girl power. These are makeup trends that show strength. Fall 2017 beauty defies convention, commands attention, and says “I’m here. Count me.”

This look is from my Fall 2017 Luca Magazine Beauty Story.

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This look is from our new fall issue. A jewel toned, metallic smoky eye is huge for fall. To get this look keep the skin creamy and smooth, create a lip that is soft, and go all out on a deconstructed smoky eye. This look is not about perfection, its about a gritty kind of glam.

Finish your eye with a jewel toned metallic, placed above and below the iris. Using the law of complimentary opposites, choose a shade that sits directly opposite your eye color on the color wheel.

Not sure what that means? No problem! This post about How To Choose Your Perfect Eye Shadow Color will break it all down and make it easy for you!

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To create this look I used Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream to nourish the skin and make it just gorgeous and glowing. I followed that with Marc Jacobs Beauty Undercover Perfecting Coconut Primer and Marc Jacobs Beauty Glow Stick Glistening Illuminator. Makeup For Ever Ultra HD Foundation evened out the skin tone, and their cream blush in Shade 225 gave the cheek a soft, subtle lift.

From MAC I used a smudgy black kohl liner all around the eye, then buffed it out with a soft brush. With a good inky base laid down I layered on black eye shadow, buffing out the edges, but letting them stay imperfect. I used a high intensity pigment mix of Copper and Basic Red. I finished the look with multiple coats of Marc Jacobs Beauty Velvet Noir Major Volume Mascara and Charlotte Tilbury Hot Lips in Kidman’s Kiss.

This 2017 Fall Makeup Trends story is in the new issue of Luca Magazine, featuring Riverdale’s Madelaine Petsch on the cover.

Luca is available nationwide at Barnes and Noble, and is available via subscription and digital download online at LucaMagazine.com

You can find Charlotte Tilbury products online here.

You can find Marc Jacobs Beauty products online here and here.

You can find Makeup For Ever products online here.

You can find MAC products online here and here.

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Corinna B September 10, 2017

Fall 2017 Beauty Trends ~ Graphic Liner

If you have been reading this blog for a while then you probably already know that I am the Beauty Director for Luca Magazine.

That means I am responsible for the beauty content in the magazine. One of the things I do is produce and direct the beauty editorials in each issue. I have to be on top of beauty trends, know what is happening in makeup, design the shoots, choose the models the photographer and the crew, and put it all together.

I’m pretty much obsessed with the beauty editorial in the new issue! This is the Luca Magazine Fall 2017 issue with gorgeous Madelaine Petsch from the show Riverdale on the cover.

Today I’m going to give you a breakdown on the products I used for one of the looks in the beauty editorial. I am including affiliate links to the products.

Luca Magazine Fall 2017 Graphic Liner Story

The story behind this look was using a graphic liner to create accent to the outer corners of the eye. To keep the focus on the eye I needed to keep everything else neutral, and make the complexion as creamy and gorgeous as possible.

Luca Magazine Fall 2017 Beauty Photographed by Brad Olson, Makeup by Corinna Cooke

The most important step to creating a really lovely makeup is prepping and priming the skin beneath. To create a truly delicious complexion I started with Charlotte Tilbury’s Magic Cream over well cleansed skin, to hydrate, nourish, and give a healthy glow. I let it settle for a couple of minutes, then used Marc Jacobs Undercover Perfecting Coconut Face Primer followed by Marc Jacobs Glow Stick Glistening Illuminator along the cheekbones. I like to work it into the skin so that I get a soft, candlelit glow effect.

I balanced out the skin with a little Makeup For Ever Ultra HD Foundation. This is one of my favorite foundations because it is so pigmented that you only need a tiny amount, and it is a silicone base so it gives the skin a healthy glow. The last step to creating a perfect complexion was adding some Makeup Forever Cream Blush in shade 225.

On the eyes I started with MAC Paint Pot in Painterly, applied in a sheer coat from lash-line to brow to create a nice, even base all over. Next I layered a vanilla-nude matte shadow over the paint pot taking it from the lash-line to the brow to solidify the base. I cut the crease with a mid-toned neutral to give the eye some definition. (You can buff it out or leave it really defined – the look works either way.)

With the eye shaped and defined, starting in the middle of the eye, deep into the lashes, I added a crisp liner to the outer corners, giving it a little flick at the ends. I didn’t want a full blown cat eye, so just gave it enough of a flick to lift the outer corners of the eye. I used Makeup Forever Aquablack liner with a fine brush so that I could keep the line nice and sharp.

On the lower lash line I kept a clean liner that slightly went into the waterline. The trick is to keep the eye looking sleek without making it look like the model is squinting.

To keep the eye looking awake I added a pale eye shadow in slightly shimmery finish to the inner corners.

I finished the eye with layers of my favorite Velvet Noir Major Volume Mascara by Marc Jacobs, really focusing on the outer corners and adding a sweep to the lash line.

For this look I wanted all the attention to go to the eye, so I kept the lip pretty and luscious but soft with Charlotte Tilbury Hot Lips in Kidman’s Kiss.

You can find Charlotte Tilbury products online at CharlotteTilbury.com

Marc Jacobs Beauty products are available online at MarcJacobsBeauty.com

Makeup Forever products are available online at Sephora.com

Luca Magazine is available nationwide at Barnes and Noble. Subscriptions and digital downloads are available at LucaMagazine.com

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Corinna B February 24, 2016

Makeup Trends Spring 2016

Spring 2016 is going to be a fun season for makeup lovers.

This is a season that’s all about color and sparkle.

False eyelashes, glitter, liner, electric blue eye shadow, and my favorite – bright, bold, fun red lips!

Makeup at Celine spring/summer 2016

Makeup at DKNY spring/summer 2016

Makeup at Dolce Gabbana spring/summer 2016

My favorite of all the trends is that stunning, red lip.
This is not just any red, we are talking Snow White candy apple red. As true of a red as you can find.

Not all reds look sensational on all skin tones.

My number one rule with red is that rather than becoming a fashion victim, to find the red that looks really great on you. I often modify a red lipstick that doesn’t work on me by using a liner that does. MAC Cherry liner is a fabulous true red that lets you bend all kinds of other reds. Just make sure you run a lip brush back and forth through it to blend away any signs of your trickery.

The trick to pulling off a huge red lip for spring is to make your skin glow with a lightweight, luminous foundation or BB Cream, balance the bold lip with a strong brow, and keep the eye close to bare or with a tiny flick of liner (avoid the Instagram favorite huge cat eye. It’s Instagram popularity alone makes it incredibly passe.)
Make sure you execute that red lip with perfection. Keep your lines nice and tight, and make the lip look crisp.

Personally I think the easiest way to wear a red lip is to wear a matte red lip. Matte reds move less, so you don’t wind up with red lipstick feathering out over the lipline or maneuvering it’s way around your face. My absolute favorite matte red is the Charlotte Tilbury Matte Revolution lipstick in Red Carpet Red.

This combines a very hydrating matte formula with the truest, classic red you will ever find. It’s a classic red that makes me think of old Hollywood, but at the same time is so modern and fresh!
If you want something a little more vibrant, Charlotte Tilbury 1975 Red is more of a sunset red than a true red, but it lights up the complexion beautifully.

When choosing a bright red matte lip make sure the formula is nice and hydrating so that your lip doesn’t look cracked and caked. The matte revolution lipsticks by Charlotte Tilbury don’t let your lip dry out, so your pout looks fabulous all day (or night) long.

Another good true red is Chanel Rouge Allure Intense Lipstick in 104 Passion.
I often find that a full blown red lip can overwhelm my face when I wear it as an everyday lipstick. Maybe you’re like me and find that red isn’t always that flattering? Anyway one of my personal everyday lipstick at the moment gives the illusion of an in-your-face-red lip, but it technically isn’t. I wear MAC All Fired Up paired with Cherry Liner. The pinker tone of All Fired Up plays nicely with my skin tone, and the Cherry liner tricks the entire look into looking like an amazing red lip.

If a full on, bold, matte lip feels too much for you, try Juice Beauty’s Liquid Lip in Apple, named after Gwyneth Paltrow’s daughter. It’s bright, fun and fresh, and the color is purrfect for spring!

Fall 2017 Makeup Trends

Fall 2017 Beauty Trends ~ Graphic Liner

Luca Magazine Fall 2017 Graphic Liner Story

Makeup Trends Spring 2016

Spring 2016 is going to be a fun season for makeup lovers.

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