TRIONA’S TRENDS

Honestly, just when you think you’ve seen it all, especially when it comes to lipstick, Mac comes along and blows my mind. And my lips!

If you only buy one thing this season, make it a Mac Liptensity Lipstick, €22. This new groundbreaking collection of lipsticks was created in collaboration with tetrachromat Maureen Seaberg. Tetra wha? Let me explain.

Maureen, whose family hails from Cavan, is a ‘superseer,’ as she explained to me on the phone from NYC. This means that she has the genetic ability to see up to 100-million hues that are imperceptible to the average naked eye. So who better to help Mac create an unprecedented spectrum of 24 shades with extreme, undeniable colour intensity.

Basically, these are the most pigmented lipstick formulas, ever, from Mac.

Smoked Almond is my new go-to lipstick for daytime. It’s the perfect — OK, cliche alert — ‘my lips, only better’. It feels fabulous on; it’s so moisturising and comfortable, and it wears beautifully. Mulling Spices, below left, is a perfect, wearanytime red.

For night-time, I’ve been using shade 510 in Armani’s Lip Maestro, below left, €32 — I’m also wearing it in my photo, above. It’s Armani’s first lip stain, and the non-sticky texture offers hours of hydration and comfort. The concentrated pigments permeate the gel formula for an incredible colour pay-off, and no underlying white ‘base’ means the colour stays true, for a flawless, matte finish.