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5 ways to try gloss on eyes, cheeks and lips

Add a sheen to your features

By Iantha Yu

Beauty Crew Beauty Editor / November 14 2016

If the most recent international fashion weeks are anything to go by, it’s that sexy, glossy textures are back. “I think we are really embracing colour this summer and gloss layered over colour makes lips look luxurious and luscious,” says Carol Mackie, MAC Senior Artist. “On the eyes, it gives an almost sporty look and adds a healthy sheen to the skin on cheekbones.” Embrace the texture by applying your gloss as a highlight on eyelids, mixing with colour to add a three-dimensional jolt of colour, and layering onto lips for a healthy-looking gleam - the possibilities are endless.

Try: Gloss on lips

For Chanel’s SS17 show, the lips were the star of the show, with models wearing a bright red glossy lip colour that had a glossy sheen to it.

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Chanel Rouge Allure Gloss in Super Coral

Try: Gloss on eyes

International makeup artist Tom Pecheux lined eyes with a dark kohl pencil and applied a clear gloss over the top to create a three-dimensional smoky eye at the Balmain SS17 show.

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MAC Kohl Power Eye Pencil in Feline and MAC Studio Eye Gloss in Clear As Glass

Try: Gloss on cheeks, eyes and lips

Looking for a more natural finish? Copy the look from the Moncler SS17 show by adding a clear gloss over all your features.

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Bourjois Effect 3D Lipgloss in Transparent Oniric

Try: Gloss on cheeks

Swap your powder highlighter for a dewy lightweight base that mimics a healthy lit-from-within glow, as seen at the Giorgio Armani SS17 show.

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Giorgio Armani Crema Nuda

Try: Gloss on lips

At the Versace SS17 show, the makeup was pared right back with a white highlight featured on the inner corners of the eyes and a glossy lip to match.

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L’Oréal Paris Infallible Mega Gloss in Girl On Top

Iantha Yu

Iantha is BEAUTYcrew's Beauty Editor, and has been part of the team since the site launched in 2016. Besides pinot noir, she has a healthy obsession with fake tan smell, wispy false lashes and CND Shellac in the shade Romantique. Her words and styling can also be found in previous issues of SHOP Til You Drop, Cosmopolitan and Women’s Health.