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Spring Makeup Trends for the Office

  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    By Emili VesilindLet’s face it, we’re not going to wear red eye shadow — one of spring’s runway trends — to the office. And we certainly don’t want to be known around the water cooler as “that lady with the pointy eyebrows. But there are plenty of catwalk-born beauty trends that can easily transition from the runway to the workplace, so don’t be afraid to rethink your game face this season.
    http://static.glo.com/photos/Original/33817_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    No, you don’t want to look like you spent the morning in a Finnish sauna, but fuchsia-hued blush gave the models in Michael Kors’s spring show a rugged, youthful look.
    http://static2.glo.com/photos/Original/33818_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    This fuchsia-hued blush, if applied with a slightly lighter hand, can make you look like the most well-rested gal in the office.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/34683_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    Few looks feel as polished as a face that appears makeup-free — and flawless. The models at Alexander Wang, for instance, sported lip balm, a smidgen of mascara and glowing skin.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/33819_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    Focus on perfecting the skin’s texture with a dewy concealer and you’ll be conveying supreme confidence at that next board meeting.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/34675_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    Taupe, that middle-ground color between brown and gray, popped up everywhere on spring’s runways, and it’s a perfect hue for day, lending your lids subtle depth and definition.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/33822_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    The sedate hue swathed the entire lid at Lanvin, while Christopher Kane showcased the color via a healthy swipe of liner on the upper lids. Either way, it's a workplace winner.
    http://static2.glo.com/photos/Original/34674_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    When it comes to wearing shimmer at the office, less is definitely more. But that shouldn’t stop you from test-driving one of this season’s most vibrant makeup trends: pastel metallic eye shadow.
    http://static.glo.com/photos/Original/33820_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    The models at Prada boasted baby blue metallic lids that were definitely more desktop than disco. Use a light hand and keep your lip color nude (or soft pink), and expect compliments galore in the cafeteria.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/34676_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    The always-office-appropriate red lip has a rival this spring in the hot pink pout, a look that was made instantly iconic at the Jil Sander show.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/33821_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    The key to pulling it off at work is turning down the volume on everything else — from hair and eye makeup to clothes and accessories. Let your perfectly lined lips do the talking.
    http://static.glo.com/photos/Original/34678_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    Lush, jet-black upper lashes, paired with perfectly bare lower lids, had a definite moment at Calvin Klein’s spring show.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/33823_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    This pared-down look is a no-brainer for the office when teamed with a pink or natural-hued lip and rosy cheeks.
    http://static.glo.com/photos/Original/34681_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    Yes, you can wear that tribal-print tunic to the office, but make sure your lip color isn’t competing with its acid bright tones. Enter the nude lip, a look that complemented Missoni’s Afro-inspired spring collection to a T.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/33824_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    Off the runway, choose a flesh tone that’s at least one or two shades darker than your skin color to avoid the dreaded corpse look.
    http://static.glo.com/photos/Original/34677_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    Yellow eye shadow isn’t subtle. But if the hue skews more gold than canary — as it did at both Burberry Prorsum and Narciso Rodriguez — it’s a great way to add a little low-key flash to your workday beauty look.
    http://static1.glo.com/photos/Original/33825_Original.jpg
  • Spring Makeup Trends for the Office
    Just make sure to apply this more-gold-than-yellow shadow lightly to avoid looking like you just stepped out of the club.
    http://static.glo.com/photos/Original/34680_Original.jpg
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  • Work It

    1 of 17

    By Emili Vesilind

    Let’s face it, we’re not going to wear red eye shadow — one of spring’s runway trends — to the office. And we certainly don’t want to be known around the water cooler as “that lady with the pointy eyebrows." But there are plenty of catwalk-born beauty trends that can easily transition from the runway to the workplace, so don’t be afraid to rethink your game face this season.

  • Blush Baby

    2 of 17

    No, you don’t want to look like you spent the morning in a Finnish sauna, but fuchsia-hued blush gave the models in Michael Kors’s spring show a rugged, youthful look.

  • Blush Baby

    3 of 17

    This fuchsia-hued blush, if applied with a slightly lighter hand, can make you look like the most well-rested gal in the office.

  • Nude Attitude

    4 of 17

    Few looks feel as polished as a face that appears makeup-free — and flawless. The models at Alexander Wang, for instance, sported lip balm, a smidgen of mascara and glowing skin.

  • Nude Attitude

    5 of 17

    Focus on perfecting the skin’s texture with a dewy concealer and you’ll be conveying supreme confidence at that next board meeting.

  • Taupe Toppers

    6 of 17

    Taupe, that middle-ground color between brown and gray, popped up everywhere on spring’s runways, and it’s a perfect hue for day, lending your lids subtle depth and definition.

  • Taupe Toppers

    7 of 17

    The sedate hue swathed the entire lid at Lanvin, while Christopher Kane showcased the color via a healthy swipe of liner on the upper lids. Either way, it's a workplace winner.

  • Metallic Moment

    8 of 17

    When it comes to wearing shimmer at the office, less is definitely more. But that shouldn’t stop you from test-driving one of this season’s most vibrant makeup trends: pastel metallic eye shadow.

  • Metallic Moment

    9 of 17

    The models at Prada boasted baby blue metallic lids that were definitely more desktop than disco. Use a light hand and keep your lip color nude (or soft pink), and expect compliments galore in the cafeteria.

  • Haute Pink

    10 of 17

    The always-office-appropriate red lip has a rival this spring in the hot pink pout, a look that was made instantly iconic at the Jil Sander show.

  • Haute Pink

    11 of 17

    The key to pulling it off at work is turning down the volume on everything else — from hair and eye makeup to clothes and accessories. Let your perfectly lined lips do the talking.

  • Fringe Effect

    12 of 17

    Lush, jet-black upper lashes, paired with perfectly bare lower lids, had a definite moment at Calvin Klein’s spring show.

  • Fringe Effect

    13 of 17

    This pared-down look is a no-brainer for the office when teamed with a pink or natural-hued lip and rosy cheeks.

  • In the Flesh

    14 of 17

    Yes, you can wear that tribal-print tunic to the office, but make sure your lip color isn’t competing with its acid bright tones. Enter the nude lip, a look that complemented Missoni’s Afro-inspired spring collection to a T.

  • In The Flesh

    15 of 17

    Off the runway, choose a flesh tone that’s at least one or two shades darker than your skin color to avoid the dreaded corpse look.

  • Gold Rush

    16 of 17

    Yellow eye shadow isn’t subtle. But if the hue skews more gold than canary — as it did at both Burberry Prorsum and Narciso Rodriguez — it’s a great way to add a little low-key flash to your workday beauty look.

  • Gold Rush

    17 of 17

    Just make sure to apply this more-gold-than-yellow shadow lightly to avoid looking like you just stepped out of the club.

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