In 2024, all we would like is one factor — not less than in relation to our make-up. An airbrushed flush, ombré lips, hanging eyeliner… consultants predict that 2024 make-up developments will middle across the energy of 1. We’re shifting away from appears that “require a whole lot of shifting components” which suggests extra “straightforward to make use of” merchandise says Tasha Reiko Brown, a Los Angeles-based make-up artist.

Holding issues easy (as in forgoing a smoky eye and contoured cheeks and daring lipstick, suddenly) doesn’t imply it’s important to abandon daring make-up. (And also you additionally don’t must bleach or bedazzle your brows like we noticed all of 2023.) Forward, make-up artists share precisely how one can do extra with much less this yr.

Meet the consultants:

Draw the Line

Maintain your high-precision liners close by as a result of eye make-up is getting graphic. “Hanging shapes, stylish reverse liner, and daring strains draw consideration to the eyes,” says Brown. Since recognizing the sharp winged liner at Laquan Smith’s spring 2024 present and the marker-like striped eyeliner on Jil Sander’s spring 2024 runway, our delicate cat eye hasn’t seen the sunshine of day.

Searching for an inky components to do this out? Make-up artist Sheika Daley traced Lancôme Idôle Extremely-Exact Felt Tip Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner in an arrow design on fashions at LaQuan Smith’s present, the identical components we dubbed the “traditional black turtleneck of liquid liners” in our 2023 Attract Better of Magnificence Awards. “Place a dot simply outdoors the eyelids as your ending level, verify for evenness, then draw out from lash line to dot,” says Brown.

Lancôme Idôle Extremely-Exact Felt Tip Waterproof Liquid Eyeliner

Nyx Skilled Make-up Tremendous Fats Eye Marker

Higher Than Naked

Pores and skin tints changed heavy foundations in 2023, but it surely seems we do nonetheless like some protection — and not using a cakey really feel. So this yr, manufacturers began giving us one of the best of each: MAC, Covergirl, and Fenty Magnificence not too long ago launched refined formulation that present protection with out compromising on the light-weight texture and end.