Sleek Cat-Eye Drama

If you haven’t heard of Priscilla Ono, it’s time to take note. The Celebrity makeup artist, known for her work with stars like Rihanna and Megan Thee Stallion, is a force in the beauty world. She brings us a captivating Halloween look for this season.

Known for her artistry, Priscilla teamed up with hairstylist Jennifer Betty Medrano to deliver an unforgettable “spooky szn” look. Think extended winged eyeliner paired with vivid red eyeshadow for a seductive feline effect. Matte red lips, light lashes, and silver gems give this look a high-drama finish. Complete the look with Betty Medrano’s signature inky black devil horns for a mischievous twist.

Vampy Elegance

For a darker, mysterious aesthetic, makeup influencer May Tahina serves up an irresistible vampy look. Perfect for Halloween. With red contacts, bold cherry eye makeup, and flawless glass skin, this style keeps things sultry without venturing into scary territory.

£ £19

Fenty Beauty Flypencil Longwear Pencil Eyeliner Cherry Punk

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£ £55

Makeup By Mario Master Mattes Palette

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£ £41

NARS Light Reflecting Foundation

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£ £19.75

HALF MAGIC Cheek Fluff Soft Blur Blush

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e.l.f. Stay All Night Setting Mist

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Here are the must-haves to recreate this look:

• @fentybeauty Flypencil in Cherry Punk

• @narsissist Light Reflecting Foundation

• @halfmagicbeauty blush

• @makeupbymario Master Mattes Palette

• @elfcosmeticsuk Stay All Night Setting Spray

“My Makeup Is My Costume” Who says you need a full costume ? Makeup alone can transform you into your favorite celebrity for the night. From a porcelain doll look to channeling Ariana Grande or Sabrina Carpenter, celebrity makeup artist Isabell Rose gives you the perfect tips for these glamorous transformations.

Final Tips:

• Keep the base makeup clean and natural, allowing your key features (lips, eyes, etc.) to stand out.

• Play with textures like gloss, metallics, and glitter to add an extra layer of intrigue.

• Balance is key: If you’re going bold on the lips, keep the eyes softer, or vice versa.

With these looks, you can enjoy Halloween in all its festive glory, while keeping things elegant and beauty-focused. Whether you’re channeling a porcelain doll or a vampy queen, your Halloween look will be nothing short of spellbinding.

Spooky Nails

No Halloween beauty roundup would be complete without a nod to nails. Nail artist Angel My Lihn (@angelnailz) brings Halloween to your fingertips with her signature spooky sets. If you’re not following her already, her hauntingly beautiful creations are a must-see this season.

Our top picks from this season:

• The Baby Ghosts: Hand-sculpted, these adorable ghost sit atop a chic French manicure, adding a playful and stylish element to your Halloween look.

• Dark Flowers Set: For a gothic vibe, dramatic black nails adorned with silver pearls bring an air of mystery and style.

Words By Noa Balou

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Whether you have a V day date or a Galentines date, you’re 100% going to need the perfect red lip… it’s basically the rule of Valentines.

The iconic red lip is known for making a person feel sexy and powerful… can’t find the right one? Well, we’ve written you a list of the most perfect red lipsticks ranging from high-end prices to drugstore gems.

From creams to mattes, we’ve got you covered to make those lips irresistible this Feb 14th.

Dior Rouge Lipstick ‘999’ £30

ICONIC. This stunning red came out in 1974 and was the first lipstick on the Dior runway; Does it get much more classic than that?!

Estēe Lauder Envy Lipstick ‘Rebellious Rose’ £27

So, this is the only lipstick which isn’t actually a classic red, it’s a rosey-pinky-red and is perfect if you’re a little scared of the ‘red red’ look, it’s a tad toned down. It’s a stunning long-lasting lipstick for a cream which means it won’t be too drying on the lips. Lauder’s #1 worldwide best-selling shade… try it to see why!

Givenchy Encre Interdite Lip Ink ‘Radical Red’ £26.50

This beauty is 24hr wear and won’t transfer (I feel like you literally can’t ask for more for a lippy on V Day… you know what I mean) and has a rich red-red intense colour to really make those lips pop and look irresistible.

Charlotte Tilbury Hollywood Lips Liquid Lipstick ‘Screen Siren’ £25

Not to mention CT is KILLING the industry right now, but her lipsticks are to-die-for. This non-crack formula is made with nourishing beeswax and is buildable enough to get that crisp perfect strong pigmentation lip. Not to mention it’s fade-proof… so those lips will keep your date intrigued all night, or your Galentine will be trying to sneak a try of it when you’re not looking.

MAC Retro Matte Lipstick ‘Ruby Woo’ £17.50

I mean we all know MAC is iconic for their lipsticks and the most iconic shade ‘Ruby Woo’. I’m telling you this red is s-t-u-n-n-ing. The colour payoff is so intense and gorgeous, no wonder it’s a worldwide bestseller.

Burt’s Bees Moisturising Lipstick ‘Scarlet Soaked’ £9.99

If you’re looking for more of a natural product this is the best shout for you. 100% natural and full of moisturising ingredients such as beeswax, moringa oil, raspberry seed oil and vitamin E. There is no chance of dry lips after putting this on let me assure you! It is more of a sheer formula, but you can build it up a tad to add colour.

Revlon Super Lustrous Cream Lipstick ‘Fire and Ice’ £7.99

Again ICONIC. This lipstick was first introduced in 1952, and 68 years on it’s still a bestseller! In all fairness, it probably is more suited to a fairer complexion, but man is this glossy for a cream formula.

Maybelline Color Sensational ‘Ruby For Me’ £6.99

Now, in my opinion, this is probably all round the best choice here. Not only does this lipstick include honey nectar which leaves such a sensuous finish, but it was tested and proved to work on 50 different skin tones! So you just know it will look sickening on you.

NYX Soft Matte Lip Cream ‘Amsterdam’ £6

So, I have always been a huge fan of NYX lips; the price is insane and the product really compares to the higher end brands. This is just another example, a velvety smooth lightweight and creamy formula with a stunning colour…no wonder it’s such a fan fav.

E.L.F Matte Lip Color ‘Rich Red’ £4.50

I mean for £4.50 you really don’t have an excuse to not try this one out! I’ve spent more on freaking chocolate bars. Not only is it cheap as chips, but it includes vitamins A, C and E which is going to give you a healthy moisturised matte lip. It’s also super easy to apply as it’s basically a small crayon applicator.

Better get down there and grab what you have your eyes on before they’re gone! This totally proves that you do not need to splash out for a good lip product (although luxury is luxury right..?).

Words by Sophie Smiler

Graphics by Araceli Alonso

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Red lipstick has dominated beauty sales as the best-selling colour for decades. The classic colour symbolises power, affluence, glamour, sexuality and rebellion all at the same time. It’s political – check out Netflix’s seminal documentary Knock Down the House if you don’t know what I mean. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wore red lipstick throughout her campaigning, and it became notoriously synonymous with her feminism and politics and her successful climb into the White House. It symbolised her refusal to comply with typical conventions that women in power should wear neutral and inoffensive colours to avoid scrutiny, and attempt to blend in to the mass of anodyne grey and black suits that inevitably surround her.

Red lipstick has been around for centuries. Cleopatra wore a red lip made from the colour of crushed beetles; it was a symbol of decadence and affluence because of the volume of beetles needed to create the tint. Her subjects wore a more rust toned, less regal colour made from the less excessive ground stones. (She also invented black cat-eye winged liner, AND was the ruler of Egypt – woman’s a badass.) Queen Elizabeth I wore red lipstick to ‘ward off evil spirits’ and was buried with her lips caked in the lead-lined rouge. Lipstick was banned in 1920s New York by men who feared that women might use it to poison them. Red lipstick was worn during times of adversity; during WWII colours like ‘Victory Red’ were manufactured and the cherry pop was even given to female survivors upon emancipation from concentration camps in an attempt to help normalise them and give women a sense of femininity back.

More recently, the vermilion shade has hit headlines again, this time for its intensely political motivations. Worn by the suffragettes in the early 20thcentury, it became tantamount to feminism, subversion, rebellion and politics. Earlier this year, more than 100 Congresswomen took to the international stage wearing all white outfits at the State of the Union address in homage to the white of their feminist mothers, and striking red lips were also hugely popular with its female patronages.

November 2018 was a historic month for women in politics. More women won seats in Congress than ever before: 92 in the House and 10 in the Senate. These included the first Native American and first Muslim woman ever elected into Congress who stood proudly alongside the two youngest Congress members to ever serve, one of whom was fierce New Yorker Ocasio-Cortez, with her suffragette inspired white suit, notorious gold hoops and bold ruby lipstick.

It is commonplace to downplay the importance of sartorial and beauty choices with women in politics, either relegating them to frivolity or unimportance. But they are still a marked and loaded choice, and one that often comes with deliberate repercussions, in an effort to stand out rather than falling by the wayside in comparison to the blander male counterparts. While, admittedly, their choice of lipstick is, as Racked journalist Cheryl Wischover dubbed, the ‘least important thing about them’, it has captured the eyes and hearts of many spectators and therefore is worth examining.

Make-up is often referred to as ‘war paint’, first coined during the Thatcherite premiership, where women, coupled with padded shoulders to create masculine silhouettes, went into the workplace to do battle with their male colleagues. We live in a society where women are expected to look ‘presentable’ which usually means some time spent in front of the mirror before heading off to work; in fact, some jobs contractually oblige women to wear make-up (and high heels) to work. Make-up has also caused some controversy as being anti-feminist, with some condoning this view, believing that capitulating to and perpetuating the patriarchal view of how a woman should look and doing so does nothing for the cause, only objectifying ourselves for the male gaze.

Women are consistently scrutinised for their appearance, much more so than men. Donald Trump has played a large role in encouraging this kind of rhetoric; let’s journey back to when he mocked fellow presidential contender Carly Fiorina. “Look at that face,” Trump trumpeted. “Would anyone vote for that? Can you imagine that, the face of our next president?!” He added, “I mean, she’s a woman, and I’m not s’posed to say bad things, but really, folks, come on. Are we serious?”

Gross.

‘Loose Lips Sink Ships’ first appeared in WWII propaganda posters under the guise of protection when really it was a tactic of censorship and hypervigilance. The sentiment urged you to ‘keep mum’ during the wartime effort but now it can be rebranded as the record-breaking, glass-ceiling smashing modern wartime effort of an equal and well-represented society where all voices are loud, brash and demanding. A red lip imbues a sense of power, without limitation, interstellar – as powerfully illustrated by Voir’s beauty editorial Rocket Girl by Jen Wilding, helping you discover your shooting star alter ego.

The first red lipstick was produced by Guerlain, named ‘Ne M’Oubliez Pas’ – don’t forget me. Be rebellious, be formidable, be sexy. Be all these things – and be unforgettable.

Your puckered pout is powerful. Paint on that red and get to work.

Kisses x

By Lizzy Greenwood

Artwork: Sasha Green

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