5 Makeup Trends To Try Out This Valentine’s Season

It’s Valentine’s Day, and you’re probably thinking about ways to look as you plan to step out for date night with the girls or bae.

But where do you start when it comes to makeup? What colours, textures, and styles will give you that fun, fresh, and perfect look that captures the season’s unapologetically romantic spirit?

Whatever activity you have in the card for Valentine’s Day, here is some inspiration to get the looks that will leave you feeling lovestruck.

1. Graphic Liners
Recently, graphic liners, specifically wing eyeliners, have become the rave. Liners make you look stunning while making the entire facial makeup look chic. If you want to play it safe, you could go with the one-winged liners in black, but to go all out means experimenting with colours like blue, red, brown – these colours add the exact amount of drama you need in your life.

2. Ombre Lips
For the ladies who like their lips looking a bit fuller than they are, Ombre lips are the way to go. Ombre lips are gradations of colours, from a darker shade of lipstick to a lighter one. This technique makes you look edgy and trendy. Most times, you just have to keep the rest of the makeup neutral and make a statement with your bold lip choice. One thing is sure, your makeup will stand out and look classy.

3. Soft Glam
These days most people gravitate towards clean and minimal makeup looks. Don’t be too dramatic with the eyeshadows or lip colours. Try to avoid dramatic liners, just a well-blended foundation, minimal highlight, minimal contour, a bit of pop on the eyelids, short lashes, and nude lipsticks or neutral lipgloss. This look goes well with the clean, slick back bun hairstyle and accentuates your natural beauty.

4. Feathered Brows
Boxy brows are out of trend; heavily shaded brows are no longer acceptable, but with feathered brows, you can rock any kind of look. These brows are light and fluffy brow hairs that follow your brows’ natural shape and colour. All you need to do is carve your brows and make use of a brow gel or simply use as a minimal pencil as possible while following your natural brow lines and perfecting them by cleaning the area with concealers and highlighters. This look screams simplicity and class.

5. Glossy Lips
You can never go wrong with the glossy lip trend as it draws the eyes of everyone that can see you to your shiny lips. Glossy lips bring a pop to your lipstick or natural lip colour depending on what makeup look you are going for on your day out. If you want to make your lips fuller and look shiny, then the glossy lip trend is the way to go.

All these trends go well together depending on what you are doing on valentine’s day. If you have a dinner date – a compilation of an ombre lip, soft glam, and glossy lips will make you look stunning. If you’re going to see a movie or an art gallery, graphic liners with clean makeup and glossy lips are the way to go.