When thinking up new make-up ideas to style whatever the occasion may be, sometimes it can be a little difficult or simply, we can have a blank mind. If that’s the case and you are running out of ideas for your next full glam moment don’t stress, we’ve got you.
Below we have created a lookbook of some eye-catching make-up looks that have at least one bold feature that will be sure to catch your attention.
Honey Glam
Our first look resembles a lovely soft honey glam that has beautiful warm undertones and is undeniably flattering. Styling a faint fox eye, this look uses the art of a soft cut crease combined with brown eyeshadow to widen the eyes and give a subtle fox eye look. The model’s eyebrows are left looking very natural, only slightly in alongside a lovely soft contour that has a rosy blusher on top.
This look is effortlessly beautiful and is perfect for a day out or a fancy dinner, it’s very versatile. To finish the look, the model styled a brown glossy lip.
This look is all about a soft glam aesthetic, so we recommend the Mac Amber Times 9 eyeshadow palette for some lovely warm brown and neutral eyeshadows. For a soft dewy contour look, we recommend using a cream contour or a dark shade of concealer to create a dewy and flawless contour. This will help the products blend and melt into your skin effortlessly.
The award-winning Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Contour Wand would be perfect to use or the Rare Beauty Liquid Touch Brightening Concealer, as well as the Fenty Match Stix Skinstick.
To finish, the Fenty Gloss Bomb Universal Lip Luminizer does a lovely brown shade that is super glossy and super pigmented and would be the perfect finishing touch to this look.
Julia in Red
Leave it to Julia Fox to throw us a bold sassy look, and for this one, she didn’t disappoint. Julia rocked eye-catching red hair matched with her red eyebrows, eyeliner and bitten red lips.
Julia’s lips emulate a bitten lip look where she has pigmented lip liner and next to nothing on her actual lips just simply a gloss. We personally prefer a cream lip liner as it’s smoother on application and lasts longer. So, for this look, we recommend using either the Kylie Cosmetics Beau Lip Liner or the Dior Contour Lip Liner. For a more budget-friendly option, the Rimmel London Exaggerate Lip is a perfect option.
For the red eyebrows and the matching red eyeliner, the Barry M Hi-Vis Bold Waterproof Eyeliner in shade False Alarm is a great product that would be perfect for this look.
Old Hollywood
If the Hollywood aesthetic is your kind of thing, then check out Madelyn Cline and Nicola Peltz Beckham’s sexy make-up looks. These looks are effortlessly beautiful and show off a glamorous potent red lip. It screams old Hollywood glamour and is very sophisticated and classy.
The main feature of these looks is their red lips, so we’ve included a few red lip options that will suit any budget and any aesthetic.
For lovers of classic red lipstick, the L’oreal Paris Rich Satin Smooth Lipstick is a beautifully pigmented lipstick that would look incredible. The Dior Rouge Lipstick has four different finishes to choose from, satin, matte, metallic and new velvet. The Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G ‘So Red’ is a lipstick previously called ‘So Marilyn’ and is a perfect lipstick for the Marylin Monroe old Hollywood aesthetic, just like the name states.
Nicola gives off a more Snow White x Marylin Monroe look rather than Madelyn so if you prefer her aesthetic more then we recommend using minimal contour and a very coral pink blush to create that almost cold winter look.
The Dior Backstage Glow in shade Coral would be perfect for this vibe or similarly, the Benefit Sunny coral Blush would resemble the Snow White cold makeup look. The Too Faced Cloud Crush Blush in Tequila Sunset is another great blush that matched Nicolas’s vibe perfectly.
Dark Feminine Lips
If you like the old Hollywood vibe but want to trade your Marylin Monroe look for something a little more seductive and with a dash of dark feminine then this next look will be right up your street.
Munroe Bergdorf styled a coppery gold eyeshadow look with a dark burgundy red lip. To achieve this lip, you would want to use a dark lip liner, maybe a dark red or brown. Having a darker lip liner allows the red to appear more seductive and alluring.
The Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat lip liners are gorgeous, and the shades Hollywood Honey and Warm Scarlet would be beautiful to style for this look. The Revolution Satin Kiss Lip Liner in TGIF is a lovely creamy brown that would be ideal to help achieve that dark feminine aesthetic.
For that pop of red, the Bobby Brown Crushed Oil Infused Gloss in shade Rock and Red is a lovely pop of colour and is very rich in pigment.
If you are after a matte finish the Mac Retro Matte Liquid Lip colour is a perfect lip gloss that has a dark undertone, perfect for the dark feminine vibe this look resembles.
90s Grunge
Our last look is for all those 90s fans out there. If you’re a lover of simple make-up looks accompanied by thin eyebrows and a matte lip, you’ll love this next look we have lined up. Styled by Gabbriette, this look is about clean grunge eyes, dark lip liner and thin brows.
If you haven’t already got thin eyebrows don’t fret, we recommend you use concealer and soap or gel to cover your eyebrows and keep them in place and then simply line them with eyeliner or eyebrow pencil. The Benefit Microfilling Brow Pen is a great product to use or NYX Professional Make-up Eyebrow Powder Pencil.
For her eyes, she rocked a clean smokey eye that was achieved by having minimal brown/grey eyeshadow on her eyelid, dark eyeliner along her water line, and a small brown eyeshadow flick at the end to resemble eyeliner. For the eyeliner along the water line, we recommend either a gel/crayon or pencil eyeliner like the Illamasqua Colouring Eye Pencil or the Rimmel London Soft Kohl Kajal Eyeliner Pencil.
Words By: Sophia-Fai Roche
Header Image: @juliafox
