With normcore dressing earning a rebuttal in the form of fall’s best sequins, Lurex, and lamé) pieces, it was only a matter of time before natural makeup received its own refreshing spark. Like its sartorial counterparts, a pop of light-catching glitter provides the face with a splash of deft impact—and it’s a form of embellishment that’s best worn in the light of day. According to makeup artist Romy Soleimani, the new take on wearable shine is not “glam-rock, disco” glitter, but a more modern approach: “[It’s] cleaner, more ’90s with just little hits”—and if a visual guide is in order, look no further than fashion month’s most directional shows.
At Dries Van Noten, a concentrated strip of twinkling blue above the lash lines was all that was necessary to get the models runway-ready, while at Giambattista Valli, swooshes of sparkle in orange, blue, pink, and green hovered just below the eyebrows against an otherwise bare face. Small silver flecks provided a convincing detail to the last-night’s-party makeup seen at Marc Jacobs, and, just yesterday at Louis Vuitton, even earlobes were given a metallic treatment.
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Off the runway, too, the trend is picking up speed, with model Guinevere van Seenus recruiting Soleimani to give her a lambent look for her recent birthday, and furniture designer Ana Kras swapping an expected liquid cat-eye in favor of a brilliant bronze line. Droves of Vogue editors have also been dipping into sparkling pigments to take them from breakfast meetings to after-parties. Case in point: The arrival of Hard Candy’s every-color-of-the-rainbow Glitteratzi palettes in the beauty department last week induced more than a few editors to add a twinkling pop to their standby looks.
“I love glitter,” muses Soleimani, before revealing some of her favorite ways to apply it. Gold or silver flecks pressed into a coat of beige cream eyeshadow make a “quite chic” office-appropriate way to get starry-eyed, as do large sparkles on lids adhered with clear Lucas’ Papaw Ointment; and a bare eye with a bold lower lash line sweep of royal blue, citrine green, or magenta is best anchored with a healthy application of black mascara. “The possibilities are endless,” says Soleimani, who adds that with the days getting shorter, a twinkle on the lids looks even more “magical, pretty, and fantastical” come nightfall. Needless to say, we’re seeing sparks.
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