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Autumn Tones

The days are getting shorter and the air starting to feel crisp here in London , especially in the mornings. Although Summer is BY FAR my favourite season, I do love the first feeling of Autumn. One of my favourite things to do this time of year is to wander round Hampstead Heath (for those of you who aren’t too familiar with London, it’s a huge, ancient heath - full of woodland and meadows not too far from my home and studio). This time of year, when I’m walking back from the studio in the early evening - I see all the crows gathering in huge groups on the grass, it's almost spooky, like they’re having a town hall meeting! This happens every year, and I’m sure there’s a reason behind it… I like to imagine they are debating which sunny island destination to fly to next. When I see them gathering like this, it’s the unmistakable sign that autumn has arrived.

When it comes to makeup, this golden in-between the seasons moment is perfect for rich, softly diffused earthy tones in light-reflecting finishes that help extend your summer glow, while feeling beautifully in synergy with natures new tawny palette.

Softly bronzed tones can also work well now for my friends in the southern hemisphere, to help shake off winter complexions, and begin to welcome warmer days ahead.

Follow this step-by-step and dip your brushes into the colours of the season;

1. Skin Prep & Base

Prep your way to a lit-from-within glow. Go straight in with highlighter across the cheeks, nose, lips and brow bone. The skin adaptive formula of my Elevated Glow Highlighter contains fine pearls in a blend of colours to replicate the various undertones of the skin.

Next, add your base products. I like to use tint, but if you want more coverage, you can also use foundation... it's really about thin layers, the thinnest possible layer of highlighter and then the thinnest possible layer of tint or foundation. The goal is to even out the skin without masking its natural texture. Extra tip: I like to powder the centre of my face using a small brush, not a great big one. I love just choosing where I want to powder and leaving the glow everywhere else, so I focus on the centre of my forehead, in between the eyes, the side of the nose, across the top lip and centre of the chin.

2. Create warmth

Using a soft, fluffy brush, apply a warm bronzer where sunlight naturally hits: forehead, cheekbones, nose, and temples. Shades like soft caramel or terracotta are best for this trend.

3. Blush

Sweep a soft peach or apricot blush across the apples of the cheeks, temples, nose and cheekbones blending seamlessly into the bronzer for a naturally fresh cheeks.

4. Eyes

Frame eyes in warm, toasted tones, washed over the entire lid or worn in a halo around the eye.

5. Lips

Finish with a lip colour that gives you a ‘warmed from within’ look. My Rouge Experience Lipstick in Toasted is a true, milky tea, neutral beige. And sculpt the edges with natural shadow shade of lip pencil - blending so there are no harsh lines.

6. Highlight - Glow Sandwich!

Go back in with the tiniest bit of highlighter, just onto the centre of where you used it before... so whereas it was all over the cheeks at the start, it's now just about tapping an extra bit on the centre of that area to highlight it without it looking too metallic…. I call this the Glow Sandwich.