Blue Lips and Bangs: The Beauty Trends of 2016 Have Arrived

Do you have your makeup kit out? Here’s the list of makeup essentials you need to buy for 2016!

We bet you’ve started working on your resolutions for 2016, but how about that beauty checklist?

At the start of every year, beauty pundits sharpen their winged liner and get down to business – the business of predicting trends that will dominate your looks for the coming year. Drumroll please….

World, Calling Shorty

In 2015, most of us struck an acute balance between the LOB and the BOB (hairstyles, for all you uninitiated). In 2016, things are getting shorter. Way shorter. With beauty editors around the world hailing what your mom calls the ‘boycut’, short hair is touted to be the trend du jour of the year.

We Love: Flexwax Ultra Strong Cream Wax, Schwarzkopf Osis

Think Bold, Very Bold

All about the pinks and purples to get your shadow game on? You have to stop being sooo last season. This year, bold hues like oranges, metallic, deep burgundy and yellows are all set to dominate your eye lid. Just dab some on topping it off with a sleek liner when heading to the office – or blend some blue from the corner to nail that smoky eye.

We Love: Tangi Orange Professional Terracotta Eyeshadow, Glamcom

Lip Service

Bold eyes are making way for even bolder lip colours. (Case in point, Lupita Nyong’o and her metallic blue lip pout that made a striking appearance on the Star Wars red carpet.) While you may not find it in you to pull off a Nyong’o, experiment with pairing your regular lip colours with the more striking ones, creating ombre looks.

We Love: Cyan Blue Lipmix, M.A.C

Back With a Bang

Bangs are back baby! But give the sleek ones a miss for the more messy and choppy kind. Paying homage to the DIY culture, bangs for 2016 will be all about ‘you’. Swish them to the left or swish them to the right or simply opt for the super trendy microbang – either way, you can’t go wrong.

We Love: Full Thickening Mousse, Living Proof

All Hail the ‘90s

When thinking of the ‘90s, chances are images of flared jeans, platform shoes and clingy tops might haunt your dreams. But oeuvre on and soon your mind will be filled with visions of big waves, sultry lips and chiselled cheekbones. In short, the quintessential ‘bombshell’ look.

Sift through mommy’s vanity closet and unearth her reds and maroons, pairing them with your new-age gloss for some #major pout game. As for the hair, ditch your straightener and invest in a curling iron for hair that will forever be on point.

We Love: Sultry Pink Velvette Matt Lipstick, Colorbar

(Sholeen Damarwala is a journalist from Mumbai who started out as a News Correspondent with CNN IBN and went on to write for multiple publications like Elle Decor, Strut120.com, Femina and Popxo.com. An ex-online editor at Grazia India, she is currently enjoying her stint as a Columbia J School slave.)