3 new eye makeup looks to experiment with at home

If you’ve been doing the same black smoky eye since high school, it’s definitely time to switch things up. Rather than going with dark colours like forest green or navy blue, test this trend: a ruby red or bright pink smoky eye. Palettes like those from Anastasia Beverly Hills and Urban Decay let you have all the fun! Just remember to play up your lashes with plenty of mascara and/ or falsies to really make them pop!

• Anastasia Beverly Hills Norvina Pro Pigment Palette Vol. 4 ($115)
• Charlotte Tilbury Push Up Lashes! Mascara ($48)

If you’re bored with regular winged liner, try this instead. By allowing a silver of skin to peek through a classic cat-eye, you can immediately take your eyeliner game to the next level with minimal effort. Warning: steady hand needed.

You’d be hard-pressed to find two things we love more than a good old cat-eye and a bright colour palette. Team the two, and it’s pretty much our idea of heaven. While coloured eyeliner is nothing new (neons have run rampant the past year), liner looks that have been built with softer shades of lemon, lilac, baby blue, and soft pink (which we’re coining fairy wings, FYI) definitely raise the trend’s wearability game.

Don’t think for a minute that lighter shades equal less creativity when it comes to putting together your coloured eye. Pastels may be easier to pull off, but there’s still plenty of room to play. The options are endless: try a subtle slick of lime liner, go for a multicoloured gradient wing, layer a light-hued line over deeper shadow, or double down with a pastel moment atop of a classic charcoal cat-eye.

Go thick, go thin, whatever works – looking fresh from the fairy garden is your only goal.

• Urban Decay Stoned Vibes 24/7 Glide-on Eye Pencil (Limited Edition) ($33)
• By Terry Stylo Blackstar ($45)

Keeping the skin around your eyes hydrated is imperative to achieving youthful looking eyes. Apply this Vitamin Enriched Eye Base from Bobbi Brown ($80) both morning and night under your makeup for the perfect base.

This article was first published in Women’s Weekly.

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