Autumn Survival Guide - Make Up Trends

'Winter is an etching, spring a watercolor, summer an oil painting, and autumn a mosaic of them all'. 

– Stanley Horowitz

Can you believe its nearly October already?! .. Sadly this means summer is coming to an end so it is time to put away the shorts and flip-flops and get ready for autumn.

With the changing weather and colours autumn is a great time to experiment with your make-up and fashion. Autumn brings with it a new collection of make up trends so its goodbye is bright summer colours and hello to muted nail tones and dark berry lips!

Lips - Dark Lip Trend

I love the autumn dark lip trends, you can really experiment with dark more adventurous colours. Why not invest in a beautiful dark red or deep purple lipstick this autumn. 

My favourite dark lip colour is this beautiful purple lipstick in the shade 'sloane's plum' from Rimmel.

This colour is exactly on trend for autumn and can be worn with basic make up to give a pop of colour. It also goes perfectly my a smokey eye for a more dressy make up look. This lipstick is extremely versatile and will definitely be a autumn make up bag essential for me. 

If you are not feeling too adventurous but still want to try the dark lip trend why not mix a dark red lipstick with a lighter lipgloss to give a less dramatic effect. I found the 17 lipstick in the colour 'showbiz' worked beautifully with this natural collection gloss over the top of it. The lighter gloss dulled down the redness of the lipstick but still gave a hint of that wonderful dark lip effect.

Lips - Soft matee textures

Summer was all about tinted lip balms and glosses giving a very dewy, moisturised look whereas autumn trends bring matte lips with heavier lipstick and lip stains.  Its time to experiment with different lip textures.

A lip stain is easy to apply and gives you great colour that will last all day as well as giving a very matte, flat texture (great for autumn as the wind blows your hair you don't want in stuck to your lips!!)

Nails - Stone & Earth Tones.

Its time to take off the bright neon and pale shades of summer because autumn is all about the grey tones and deep, dark shades. Earth and stone coloured polishes are exactly on trend for autumn, here are some of my favourites.

I especially love this pale grey Ciate mini in the colour 'pillow fight'. As its a slightly purplish grey to matches my dark purple lip make up fantastically.

                                         

Nails - Add some sparkle.

If you find matte colours too boring why not add a little sparkle to your nails. I love to layer these max factor nail polishes together. This brown/grey matte tone in the colour 'cappuccino' works perfectly as an undercoat for this grey glitter polish in the colour 'silver'. This gives a fun twisted while still remaining on trend.

Are you wearing these autumn trend? Are you going to rock a dark lip?
Let me know in the comment what other autumn trends you are excited about!

-Hollie xxx