For everyday wear, opt for a simple makeup look in the style of Meghan Markle. Highlight your natural features and choose warm tones, browns, and nudes for your lips and eyes.
When we do our makeup for work, a thousand doubts arise: Will I be wearing too much makeup? Is my eye makeup too dark? Will red lipstick be too much? Do I need to wear mascara? Do I look sleepy? The truth is, for a daily look, it's best to opt for natural and understated makeup, because, as many say, for everyday life, "less is more."
This autumn, the makeup trend is all about naturalness, healthy and radiant skin, and highlighting the features we love most about our face. But opting for a simple and natural look doesn't mean barely wearing any makeup; quite the opposite. It's about choosing colors and techniques that help you enhance your natural beauty—the style known as "no-makeup makeup."
The no-makeup makeup style focuses on naturalness and highlighting facial features.
This type of makeup involves carefully applying foundation to even out skin tone and conceal imperfections such as dark circles, blemishes, and redness. Eyeshadow and blush are also used to define facial features. For the eyes, the goal is to create depth. Apply a touch of eyeshadow to the eyelid and waterline, and finish with a good coat of mascara to further enhance your eyes.
For the rest of the face, we forgo contouring and instead opt for a touch of bronzer on the lower part of the cheekbone to help sculpt the face, along with a touch of blush. For the lips, you can nourish them with a lip balm or choose a nude or light pink shade, similar to your natural lip color.
As you can see, it's a simple makeup look, one you don't need to be a professional makeup artist for. By learning a couple of techniques and having the right products, you can achieve a fresh and healthy-looking complexion for everyday wear. Plus, if you have plans for the evening, you simply need to change your lip color and emphasize your eyes more for the perfect party look.
Meghan Markle is the best ambassador of the no-makeup makeup look, which she even wore at her wedding.
One of the best representatives of this no-makeup makeup style is Meghan Markle, who even opted for this look on her wedding day. Her tan skin tone and black hair mean her makeup focuses primarily on highlighting her beautiful and distinctive features.
As a base, the Duchess of Sussex uses a very light solution, as we can all see how her makeup never covers her freckles, a feature that gives her looks a more innocent and natural touch. To achieve that healthy, radiant complexion, her best friend is highlighter, which she applies to strategic points like her forehead and cheekbones.
Highlighting her freckles and choosing warm, earthy tones: Meghan Markle's beauty secret.
For lips and blush, Meghan opts for warm, earthy tones. Years ago, she told Beauty Banter magazine that her favorite blush was Nars Orgasm, as the pink tones complement her skin tone beautifully. And as for lipstick, she confessed to being in love with Very Victoria, a nude lipstick from the British cosmetics brand Charlotte Tilbury, inspired by Victoria Beckham, which gives lips volume and a luscious look.
The trend of wearing makeup but looking like you're not wearing any is increasingly captivating women, who see the natural and understated look as the foundation of beauty. Just ask Meghan, who always opts for the "makeup, no makeup" style and triumphs wherever she goes.
