Do you get bored with a traditional smoky eye? Are you drawn to modern art? These six makeup looks featured in Modern Art-Inspired Makeup Looks by Julie Schott from Elle magazine may be your speed. Art is therapeutic—that's how the adult coloring book craze began! Spend some much-needed time with yourself and explore using your own face as your canvas for these beautiful looks inspired by modern art.
When brands like Dior and La Mer need an infusion of je ne sais quoi, they look to French beauty guru Violette, who, in one incisive statement, distills the myriad makeup trends on Instagram (and IRL) into two opposing forces. "It's either you want to change yourself and look like someone else," she explains, citing Kardashian contouring as a catalyst, or you're using makeup as a form of self-expression.
The former–strategic shading over heavy foundation–only serves as a band-aid. "If you put makeup on and you change your features and you post pictures on Instagram and everybody loves them—you come back home and remove your makeup, and then you're like, 'Oh my God, if people knew, they would not love me, for sure.'"
Rather than feed the like-bait beast—although she still gets crazy love on social media—Violette uses makeup as a form of self-expression and experimentation. "I'm like, 'don't change your features, don't contour, don't put on tons of foundation.' I'm going to show you that you can put on just lipstick and the attention will be more on your lips and less on your nose. Imperfections are so charming because they show who you are and that you're unique as well."
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