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by fatima Syed
AS ThE WEAThER slowly transitions and beauty lovers prepare to greet March with a smile, we can’t wait to swap dark, smoky winter eyes for bright shadows and eyeliners, and updating our hair and nails while we’re at it. Read on for tips on how to master a vibrant spring makeover.
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As a Canadian makeup artist who divides her time between Vancouver and Toronto, Rachael Smith certainly agrees with the idea of a spring refresh. The Vancouver native lists orange and coral shades as her favourite tones for the season ahead. “With all the colours of the leaves and the golden even- ing sun, you can't go wrong with a nice rusty or- ange shadow and a coral lip gloss,” she tells us.
While Smith might be a fan of spring-ready colour on the eyes and lips, she also adores the natural, glowing look. “i don't like seeing full cov- erage makeup with contouring, fully drawn on brows, eyeshadow, winged liner, thick lashes, lip liner, lipstick, lip gloss. When it gets to that point, i feel like we aren't using makeup to enhance our beautiful features, but masking them.”
instead, Smith prefers to bring the focus to solely one area of the face, usually the eyes. for spring, she is drawing her inspiration from the cat- walks at fendi, Versus Versace, Philipp Plein and Ulla Johnson. “i love the unconventional eyeliner
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