00:00It is officially spring, so we're going to spring it on with some of this year's hottest makeup
00:07trends for the season. To my left, I've got Essence Beauty editor Nakia Spradley to help
00:11me with all things fierce and fabulous. Welcome, Nakia. Thanks for having me. Thank you so much
00:16for being here. Okay, so please tell us about our first look that we like to call eye candy.
00:21So eye candy is really fun. It shows like Peter Somm and Fendi. We saw makeup artists use some
00:26really unconventional things like lipstick and even strips of leather to create these
00:30really cool pops of color on the lower and upper lash lines. And Solange actually pulled
00:35this look off perfectly. She's the ultimate cool girl. She loves to experiment with her
00:38makeup and she did a bright neon on her bottom lash line. It was really pretty.
00:44So I can't imagine that I would cut leather and glue it to my eye. So how would I achieve
00:48this look at home, like in a real life scenario? So don't be afraid to experiment a little bit.
00:54You can get a really bright neon eye shadow or if you want to try the actual trend, grab
00:59a really bright lipstick and use an eyeliner brush and just dab it across your lash line
01:04like you would an eyeliner. Now, I'm not the best with eyeliner sometimes, like this. Do
01:09you have any tips on how to apply? Well, it doesn't have to be perfect. That's the thing
01:14about this. That's the fun thing about this. You know, as you'll see, it can be smudged out
01:19a little bit, which helps so you don't have to have a perfect line. And the key here is
01:24really to keep the rest of your face neutral. Just focus on that pop of color and let that
01:29be the focal point. So in other words, please do not show up with purple eyes and a purple
01:32lips. Absolutely not. Please don't. Please don't. All right. So next up, we have Palette
01:36Cleanser, which is a look that I absolutely love. Can you tell us about this one? So Palette
01:40Cleanser is the overwhelming favorite trend for the season. We saw it. It shows like Gucci and Balmain.
01:45And this is actually Beyonce's sort of signature look. The key here is to have really flawless
01:53skin. Okay. So the secret is that you actually have to do something to get flawless skin. You
01:59can't just go. You do not wake up like this. No, you do not wake up like this. Pun intended.
02:01Got it. Right. So you just focus on your base. So getting your concealer and your foundation
02:07right. Go with a really soft, creamy lip and groomed brows. And that's it.
02:14Nice, simple, clean, pretty. Do you do like the whole contouring thing? Because that's
02:19something I've been reading a lot about. Is that something that you would do in this particular
02:22look? Contouring can go really wrong. Really fast. Really fast. So I would stay away from
02:27that. Okay. So that takes some skill. And it sort of gives you a more chiseled look that
02:34we don't really want to go for here. You want to keep it soft. Gotcha. Okay. So our next look
02:39in our final look, my girl Regina King rocked this look at our Black Women in Hollywood
02:42event. We call this the Royal Flush. So Royal Flush is really pretty. It's a combination of
02:48the first two looks. Okay. You have a bit of a pop of color, but then you also have that
02:53really clean, neutral palette. The look is sort of like a baby doll sort of look where the
02:59cheeks are bright and you have that pop on the cheeks, but the rest of the face is clean.
03:04So I would just focus on the cheeks. Don't be afraid of the color and the compact or the
03:11blush. So for brown skin tones, you really want to go for a brighter color. Brighter is actually
03:17better because it just shows up well and it doesn't like get ashy like some blushes tend
03:22to do. I didn't think about that. So go for a coral or a hot pink. Brush that on the apples
03:27of your cheeks and load up on the mascara and you'll have that pretty baby doll look. That's
03:34the focus here. And this looks like a really great day to night look as well, especially
03:37for spring and summer. Exactly. Okay. Exactly. It's clean. You have the color and you have
03:41the neutral. So it's easy for transitioning. I'm going to try this one. This is my personal
03:44favorite actually. So thank you so much, Nakia. I really enjoyed seeing all of these fabulous
03:48runway looks. It felt like I was front row and it seems like it's something I can actually
03:52do at home. So thank you very much. If you want to try these looks at home, feel free to
03:56let us know by using the hashtag Essence Live Beauty and you might even get a little shout out
04:00here on the show.
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