The Ultimate Matte Lips
Why do we love the new matte lipsticks? They’re smooth, they’re creamy, they glide on like lip balm and are oh so soft to touch and best of all, last for hours. The new formulas feel velvety and go on more evenly than regular matte lipsticks we’ve seen in recent years which looked very matte, but were extremely dry in texture or drying to the lips. The newest round of matte lipsticks will keep you looking polished all day. Here is our pick of some of the best matte lipstick looks from the Spring 2015 shows in New York and Milan created by our favorite make-up artists.
There are some great shades from Charlotte Tilbury, Nars and Mac Cosmetics. The striking pouts by maquillage master Pat McGrath at Dolce & Gabbana turned out to be an advanced sighting of Dolce & Gabbana Beauty’s first-ever matte lipstick which debuted in the U.S in April and are much longer-lasting than other lipsticks. Saturated velvety lips also turned up at Burberry, Carolina Herrera, Honor, Manish Arora, MSGM, Missoni, Marc Jacobs, Nanette Lepore, Nicole Miller, Carmen Marc Valvo and Monique L’Huillier.
BURBERRY PRORSUM
Artist: Wendy Rowe
Product: Burberry Lip Cover #18 Ruby then outlined with Brick Red
liner and dusted with Fresh Glow Powder for a matte effect.
Rowe used Burberry’s Iridescent Fresh Glow as a moisturizer before applying Golden Radiance Foundation, highlighting under the eye and bridge of the nose with Effortless Concealer. She shaded brows with the new Effortless Brow.
Models’ lips were given a deep, dark red hue with Ruby lipstick, then outlined with Brick Red liner — for a slight Forties feel — and dusted with Fresh Glow Powder for a matte effect.
CAROLINA HERRERA
Artist: Diane Kendal
Product: MAC’s Retro Matte Liquid Lip Colour in Oh, Lady (available next fall), Instead of Oh, Lady, try: -M·A·C Lipstick in Rebel, MAC’s Longwear Lipcolour in Lasting Lust.
D&G
Artist: Pat McGrath
Product: 13 D&G lipcolour
DONNA KARAN
Artist: Charlotte Tilbury
Product: combined two shine-free tubes of MAC lipstick in: Spirit and Verve
HONOR
Artist: Romy Soleimani
Product: Kevyn Aucoin The Creamy Glow Duo #2 Pravella/Janelle
MISSONI
Artist: Lucia Pieroni
Product: MAC Matte Lipstick
MONIQUE LHUILLIER
Artist: Val Garland
Product: M·A·C Retro Matte Liquid LipColour in: Dance With Me and So Grand, with Ruby Woo Lip Pencil, – MAC Dangerous
MSGM
Artist: Kalam
Product: Orange to hot pink Ombre lips created using BB Cream (Complexion Rescue Tinted Hydrating Gel Cream, bareMinerals). Choose a cool neutral eyeshadow trio (Ice Cream Eyeshadow Trio, Stila) and apply the medium taupe shade to your lids and the lightest one on the inner corners of your eye. For the lips, begin by lining your lips with a hot pink liner (Pure Color Lip Liner In Neon Pink, New Look). Apply a similar hot pink lipstick (Semi Matte Lipstick In Schiap, NARS) to your lips then add a bit of orange lipstick (Lipstick In Electric Orange, Maybelline) in the very center of your lips with your fingertip. Blend the colors with your finger or a Q-tip.
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NAEEM KHAN
Artist: James Boehmer
Product: NARS’ Mysterious Red Velvet Matte Lip Pencil, lined with Jungle Red Lip Liner and Mambo Eyeliner
NANETTE LEPORE
Artist: Grace Lee
Product: – Maybelline New York Color Sensational Creamy Mattes in Faint for Fuchsia and peach poppy shade, – Maybelline‘s Color Sensational Bloom in Wild Orchid and Orchid Ecstasy
NICOLE MILLER
Artist: James Kaliardos
Product: MAC’s Retro Matte Liquid Lipcolour in Lady-Be-Good (out this fall)
RACHEL ZOE
Artist: Charlotte Tilbury
Product: Channeling Twiggy, makeup artist Charlotte Tilbury gave models a classic cat eye, thick lashes, and used a MAC lip pencil to create faux freckles on cheeks.
TIMO WEILAND
Artist: Romero Jennings
Product: MAC Retro Matte Lipstick
