Spring makeovers at the make-up counter We asked three top brands to give us a glamorous evening look using their new-season products
Event Make-up Application, £50 for 60 minutes (redeemable against purchase)
Beauty director Lynne Hyland
My eyes can’t see past the gorgeous new
packed with smouldering golds and chocolates. “That!”I say, pointing like a toddler in a sweet shop. I’m thinking 90s supermodel with a gilding of Beyoncé, particularly when Ana the make-up artist starts swatching the matching
I love how the palette makes my eyes pop, and I get lots of compliments on my makeover in the office. It’s dramatic, but I’d totally have a go myself now I’ve had an idiot’s guide to what goes where. If you don’t want to commit to a minimum £50 spend, you can get a free 15-minute masterclass on just eyes (or lips) to learn how to use a particular product.
Customise your NARS foundation by mixing in liquid illuminator. It gives slightly less coverage but a flattering, dewier finish. (Ana used
Team a brown smoky eye with brown eyeliner in the waterline. It looks softer and more tonal than black.
Tilbury Transformation Looks Makeover, from £55 for 60 minutes (redeemable against purchase)
Beauty editor Laura Mulley
Makeup Your Way in 30, 45 or 60 minutes, £30, £45 or £60 (redeemable against purchase)
Lifestyle editor Octavia Lillywhite
I’m in a make-up rut of red lips or nothing, so each season brands bring out all these fab new collections and I think,“Not for me though, right?” The Petal Power collection is very pink and looks gorgeous on the teenage model, but do I have anything to learn from it?
Apparently, I do! I love the soft pink lips
Tilbury sells an original Pillow Talk lipstick every 1.4 minutes; it’s a rosy nude shade that suits everyone – except me, I thought. But with the Pillow Talk line expanded to include an
it was time to give it another go. So I ask Ed the make-up artist to create the classic “Tilbury girl”look (glowing skin, feathery brows and no shortage of highlighter), hoping I’ll end up looking like theVictoria’s Secret model on the poster.
The lips were still too much for me, as a long-time lipstick-phobe, and I’d probably use a lighter hand with the base products, but I loved the feline flick of the in an unusual reddish-brown, the shimmery shades all over the eyes, and how user-friendly the eyeshadow palette is.
Keep lower lid liner to the outer edge of the eye, rather than applying all the way along, which can make eyes look smaller. Use a lip primer (like
It made my lips look younger, smoothed out lines and stopped my lipstick from bleeding.
“You can’t get red carpet make-up without red carpet skincare,” said Ed. Prep skin with a rich moisturiser, eye cream and a little facial massage.
To get Charlotte’s signature winged-out liner, draw a line up where the bottom of the eye would naturally rise, then join it to the lash line in a triangle shape.