Backstage beauty: makeup tips to match the professionals

From the no makeup look all the way to orange lips, here's how to get the new season's looks

Orange lips

Where Creatures of the Wind, Desigual, MSGM, DSquared, Rag & Bone, Prabal Gurung.

Why Orange lipstick gives the same face-brightening boldness as red, but feels more summery and cool. It allows you not to bother with complex eyeshadow looks – just one bright lipstick does the whole job.

How Start with matte, powdered lips. Take a soft, sharp orange lip pencil and stand your elbow on a table top. Trace around the natural shape of your lips, starting in the upper lip's V and working outwards. Use a flat, sharp-edged lip brush to fill in with lip colour. Matte, satin and gloss are all fine, but avoid frost and shimmer.

With Every backstage makeup artist seemed to choose Mac's Pro Longwear Lip Pencil in What A Blast! (£14.50) to line the mouth before filling with orange. At Rag & Bone, Gucci Westman used Revlon's new ColorBurst Matte Balm in Mischievous (£7.99), while Charlotte Tilbury chose Mac's Morange lipstick at Prabal Gurung. I also love Bourjois's Rouge Edition Lipstick in Orange Pop Up (£8), but if bright orange seems too scary, try an orange-based tomato or coral red. My favourites are Mac Lady Danger and Tom Ford's Firecracker.

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