PARTY PEOPLE
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MAC Global Senior Artist and author of Making It Up, Nicole Thompson, shares her ontrend tips to get party palette perfection …
The best way to update your party look is with a little makeup mix up. You don’t have to go over the top, just experiment with different styles and colours and make the look work for you … you’re always going to look amazing if you wear the style with confidence!
PARTY PEEPERS
“I love that we are seeing more ‘matchy-matchy’ with eyes and cheeks … not just lips. Now, women are not afraid to match a peach handbag with the perfect peach blush, or work a reddish eye makeup in with their show game for a very sleek tonal look! Colour is no longer a dirty word!” says Nicole.
MAKE IT WORK
Nicole recommends thinking about your party look as a whole. “Makeup is just another accessory,” she says, adding that if your go-to is tan shoes and a tan bag, then extend the colour to your eye shadow, blending in different tones. “If there is an electric blue stripe or ‘moment’ in the pattern of your dress, try an electric blue liner – or go full Kimmy K and do a bold blue smoky eye,” she adds.
CURRENT BEAUTY MUSE? ALL OF “I HAVE LOVED LADY GAGA’S CHANGING BEGINNING LOOKS FROM THE IS WHY AND I THINK THAT STRONG, SHE IS MY MUSE. GREAT BEAUTIFUL BROWS, SKIN, KILLER CONTOURING. SAYS SHE IS MAGIC,” NICOLE