Beauty Trends // Spring Has Sprung! 5 Light & Fresh Makeup Trends

Before we prep our skin for the sun kissed completion the summer delivers, the spring season comes with sunshine and simple makeup trends that will help pull you & your skin out of those winter blues. From soft lips to rosy cheeks, spring makeup trends are as fresh as sweet May’s air.

1. Pucker Up: Salmon Is The New Pink

Ditch the red, though it may be bold it sure has been done before and trends are all about stepping outside box.This Spring lip shades are as pink Salmon and as orange as creamsicle. If you want to get creative, choose one shade as a lipstick base and the other as your gloss, personalizing your look.

2. Skin Tones: We Said Olive Not Orange

Despite orange hues and bronze skin that many believe look natural, the real way the get the natural look is to keep your look realistic. Instead of covering your face (and sometimes missing your neck) with powdered bronzer, opt for a tinted to moisturizer to keep hydrated and one shade all around. Bronzer’s can easily wear throughout the day, leaving your face to look more than one shade at a time. Keep at natural, less really is more.

3. Cheek To Cheek: Fighting The Winter Blues

They say in the winter you can get so pale you look blue, but the goal is to look vibrant with a warm, rosy tone. While a tinted moisturizer offers an even skin tone, a pale blush is quite flirty and will you give you some sun kissed dimension. Shy away from deeper pinks that can make your skin look paler, and choose a warm, pale pink that is both playful and natural.

4. Eye See Some Shades Of Spring

Neon made its return and now its making its way out, but its leaving softer shades of brighter colors behind. Pastels like warm yellow, green and pinks look great lightly patted against the eye. It’s not too head turning but just enough to freshen up your Spring ready look.

5. Can’t Nail Down A Shade? Color Blocking Saves The Day.

Having trouble picking a nail polish? Color blocking made its way from clothing to nails, and women everywhere are double dipping in polish, literally. The less similar your two shades are, the better the nail will look, with colors that really pop against one another. Style by design or in classic french structure, but avoid the nudes and whites and choose the bold and bright.

This spring trends are warming up the season but still proving that less really is more. Continue to keep up with the fresh looks 2012 has to offer, and continue to change up your makeup regimine. You wouldn’t wear the same clothes everyday, would you?