HALO...IS IT ME YOU'RE LOOKING FOR?

EXPERTS REVEAL HOW TO PULL OFF NEW LIPSTICK TREND. BY LARA OWEN

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LIPSTICK styles are probably the defining marker of makeup trends.

'Foundation lips’ dominated the early 2000s, overlining was everywhere in 2016, but the latest technique gaining traction among celebrities including singer Dua Lipa and seen here on Canadian model Winnie Harlow is the ‘halo lip’ - a diffused approach that promises fullness without obvious artifice.

The halo lip is designed to look almost accidental.

With blurred edges, the centre is lighter and the overall effect is softer. As qualified makeup artist and Revolution ambassador Emily Wood puts it, “a halo lip is about softness and dimension rather than strict placement”.

What exactly is a halo lip?

At its core, the halo lip plays with light. Depth is concentrated around the edges and corners of the mouth, while the centre of the lips is left lighter - sometimes nearly bare - to create what Emily describes as “a natural halo of light”. This is what sets it apart from earlier trends.