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7. Your Makeup Guide for Diwali 2019

Don’t worry, we got your face. So you’ve explored the depths of fashion and found the perfect ensemble to adorn this Diwali. Now you’re delving depths of Internet to figure out some makeup trends to match with your attire.  Delve no further. We got your back, and face. This season, throne the “Diwali Diva” in you with some trendy makeup tips from the beauty aficionado and guru - Shahnaz Husain.    THE “NATURAL” TREND   The make-up trend continues to move towards the natural look, with a non-shiny, fresh skin texture. Go for a healthy, radiant look, with a flawless finish. Leave out the glitter where highlighting is concerned, but use the highlighter on the high points of the face, like cheekbones. Go for a neutral and natural blush, to emphasize the highlighted areas of the face. Bronze and pink blush for cheeks as expected have caught on. Smooth, glowing skin with bold eyes and lips are ruling the trends.    FOR THE EYES   Black lined eyes continue to be in and so is liquid eyeliner. In fact, liquid eyeliner is best for achieving the dramatic look for the eyes. Go for grey or brown eye shadow and apply a line of black eye liner close to the lashes on the upper lid. A useful tip is to smudge the liner and then apply it again. Extend the liner outwards and slightly upwards, beyond the outer corner of the eyes. For the lower lid, apply liner as close to the lower lashes as possible, but start from the middle of the lower eyelid and take the line towards the outer eyes.    For festival night, you may want to try gold, silver or bronze shadow to line the eyes over your eyeliner on the upper lid. Highlight under the brows with gold, ivory or a light colored eye shadow.    Then apply mascara. Roll-on mascara is easy to apply. While applying mascara on the upper lashes, look downwards. Apply it both above and below the upper lashes, for a thicker look. Apply on lower lashes too. Wait for a while and apply a second coat. Then brush out the lashes, with a small eyelash brush. To make lashes appear thicker, apply powder between two coats of mascara.   FOR THE LIPS   As for lips, matte lips had been ruling the trends, but lip-gloss is back. The dramatic red for lips will continue to be the trend, also giving way to shades like berry or burgundy. Lush, glossy lips will be in. Burgundy is a color that will be popular, along with browns, like burnt sienna. At the same time, the bare, neutral look may also rule trends; side-by-side with glowing healthy skin and light pink lips and shadows. Yes, it is the right time to be adventurous. Use a lip liner the same color as your lipstick. Apply lip-gloss in the centre, after applying lipstick.      For normal Indian complexion, you can go for warm earthy colours, like coral, wine, plum, strawberry, red and shades of red in lipstick. Orange and shades of orange, like tangerine or amber are very much in vogue. Dark pink, rose-red or brick-red would look good too. One can also mix two colours to create the desirable effect.    FESTIVE INTEGRAL: BINDI   A Bindi is an integral part of make-up for festivals. Look for a decorative bindi, to match the colour of your dress. A bindi, studded with small sparkling stones, combined with a bright color would be most attractive.   Disclaimer: This article has been authored by Shahnaz Husain. The views and opinions expressed in this article are those of the author’s and do not represent those of GlobalSpa.