The eyes have it
With video calls and face masks putting more emphasis than ever on the windows to our soul, it’s time to perfect our eye make-up
GET LASHED
Doll-like lashes are in. They’re long, curled, defined and perfectly fanned out – the type Disney animators learn to draw. Kaia Gerber took lash power to a whole new level at Fendi’s S/S ’20 show, and the simple mascara at Philosophy was the epitome of pretty. For make-up legend Bobbi Brown, ‘most lashes are transformed with a sweep of mascara and the use of an eyelash curler’, and it’s all in the technique. With your mascara wand, start at the outside of your eye, moving inwards, applying close to the base of your lashes, separating them as you go. Apply lightly to your lower lashes with what’s left on the brush. Bobbi adds, ‘You’ll need two or three coats for impact.’
OWN KOHL
Outdated beauty rules often dictate that, as soon as summer hits, dark eyeshadows and liners should make way for bare, glossy lids, but the S/S catwalks of 2020 disagreed. Edie Sedgwick-esque eyes underwent a smoked-up revamp for Tom Ford’s show, while ’90s-look liner got grunged-up backstage at Ashish. The trend? Kohl and lots of it. Lisa Eldridge cites kohl as ‘one of the most enduring and popular cosmetics ever’. Lisa advises messily lining the lashes and smudging the edges – ‘it’s going to look more modern if it’s not perfectly drawn-on, you want it to look lived in.’
COLOUR ME BAD
Challenging times often make for a vibrant fashion and beauty scene, as people cling to visual joy where they can. This eye trend proves no exception. Flashes of bright eye make-up lit up the runways, with carnivalgrade swooshes of colour at Oscar de la Renta and streaks of orange and neon pink at Olivia Rubin, where Sophia Schwarzk op ftil bury headed up the make-up team. For her, the look is all about having fun. ‘It’s naturally fresh, glossy and pretty with a little bit of a rebellious side,’ she says, emphasising that it’s important not to be too precise. ‘It’s all about creating shapes on the eyes, using blocks of colour, softly blurred and blended, not too defined.’ Lancôme