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Trend Alert: Opaque Gold Nails
Metallic nail varnish has been widely popular for the past couple of years, and it looks like the trend is sticking around for at least the rest of Summer. Celebrities like Fergie, painted her digits a rich gold at a Black Eyed Peas event last night in Los Angeles, whilst Lily Allen gallivanted around London on Tuesday evening with gilded nails. This look is fun, funky and definitely for those who aren't afraid of being noticed.
Coming Soon: Illamasqua Powdered Metals
Due out 13th July is a new face powder from Illamasqua called Powdered Metals (£22). At first glance it looks similar to a bronzer or a large vat of loose shimmer shadow, and actually it's both of these products and a whole lot more! I love it because it's multi-purpose, and in the face of a credit crunch, let's face it, individual beauty products just aren't as practical.
Do You Know Your Makeup Metallics?
Metallics are all the rage this Summer, especially when it comes to eye shadows. For those of you experts out there, this will be a piece of cake, but for beauty beginners, this might be just the crash course you need to help you decipher between gunmetals and golds. Take my quiz to test your knowledge of Summer's hottest metal-coloured makeup.
Bobbi Brown Metallics Collection
The metallic makeup trend is one of the hottest looks this autumn and most of you think it's ultra flattering too.
Bobbi Brown makeup is always beautifully wearable whilst still giving a high-impact look. Their new Metallics collection will hit counters in October, but here's a sneak preview of my favourites.
Vivienne Tam's Feminine Glory
The pretty florals and ruffles on the Vivienne Tam runway at New York Fashion Week had an innocent and playful air. The sculptured, striking makeup looks gave an edge to the feminine styles we'll all be wearing next season.
Simple hair and muted metallics gave the beauty looks lust-have appeal.
Metallic Makeup: Hot or Not?
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.
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How-To: Get Bar Refaeli's Sexy MTV EMA's Makeup
I asked, and you voted that Bar Refaeli was last night's red carpet beauty queen.
Personally, I was kvelling over her wavy hair, but when I looked a little closer, I noticed her awesome shimmering blue- green eyeliner that was enhanced with a hint of gold in the inner v of her eyes.
Paired with a creamy pink pout and tanned, flushed cheeks, Bar's makeup was aces.
2009 MTV Europe Music Awards: Beyonce Knowles
Beyonce had one of the most memorable stage outfits last year as she worked an edgy piece by Gareth Pugh. This year she has gone for something much softer with a long, pale pink, Atelier Versace mermaid-gown. The dress has a geometic corset with metallic panels.
Trend Alert: Metallic Shoes at the NME Awards
At last night's NME Awards, everybody came dressed to impress from head to toe. One of the shoe trends I noticed besides just about everyone showing up in some type of platform heel was the onset of metallic shoes. Alice Dellal wore a figure-skating inspired pair of silver lace up boots, Little Boots wore a pair of double platform silver peep-toes with writing on them and Emilia Fox wore a pair of gunmetal-gold snakeskin heels.
Trend Alert: Metallic Nails
On the Autumn/Winter runways at Chanel, Galliano, Prada, and Dior, the mood was all about dark, soft goth appeal and gutsy, edgy glamour.
Nails were darkly metallic, in shades of burnished bronze, glossy crimson, steely silver and shimmering black. After summer's love affair with bright lights, bold colour varnishes – such as canary yellow or bright orange – autumn's mood is more grown-up.
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