Metallic makeup first came onto the mainstream beauty radar in the late 90s, with Jennifer Lopez being the poster girl for glowing skin – teamed with metallic gold eyeshadow and shimmering cheekbones.
Next season, nails are a steely metallic, whilst gold and silver shadow seems a natural complement to the gothic lace, heavy fringing and dramatic matte hair dos, that we'll soon be coveting.
The light-reflecting, iridescent quality of metallics makes them catwalk and fashion shoot beauty staples, but for real life, they tend to polarise opinions.
Like Marmite, you either love or hate metallics. So which one will it be?
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I think they are really fab on darker skin color (mine
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1like what paramita said above, I really think it depends on your skin tone. It can look trashy one some but just amazing on others, like the model pictured here. It wouldn't look good on me, I don't think, so I'd stay away!
2I love metallic colours on me ( I have a darker skin tone), I just wish I could apply it with some precision so I don't look like a fairy (or maybe that's a good thing).
3Mm, I love a subtle, gold-toned sheen on the eyelids... it can really freshen up an everyday look!
That said, it's always good to shade metallic eyeshadows with matte ones to even things up; that way you don't look like you've just rolled around in a vat of '80s...
4On some people.
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