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The Best Makeup Trends for Spring 2016

Candy apple lips, electric eyes and endless summer skin

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The reign of no-makeup makeup is officially over: It's the season for bright red lips, electric blue eyes, glitter and false lashes. Click through for the eight trends to know.

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Candy Apple

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Red lipstick is classic, of course, but never have makeup artists been so united on the shade front as they were this season. The color to know: Snow White apple red—as true as it gets. The finish—satin, like at Dolce & Gabbana (left); patent lacquer, at Nina Ricci; or stay-in-place-all-night matte, at DKNY— is fair game, so long as the lipstick is applied with utter precision.

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Candy Apple

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Jason Wu

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Candy Apple

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DKNY

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Candy Apple

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Céline

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Candy Apple

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Nina Ricci

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Candy Apple

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Acne

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Candy Apple

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Giles

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Candy Apple

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Oscar de la Renta

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Candy Apple

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Topshop Unique

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Blue State

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Any time a non-neutral pops up in a major way, the inevitable first question is: How do I wear it? The answer, when it comes to blue eye makeup, is any way you want. Go smoky with sparkly navy, draw a heavy line of Yves Klein blue across your lids and for days when you want "a little bit of chaos" (and a lot of attention), the hit of cyan Val Garland gave the eyes at Monique Lhulilier (left) will do the trick.

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Blue State

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Missoni

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Blue State

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Boss

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Blue State

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Chanel

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Blue State

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Jonathan Saunders

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Blue State

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Diane von Furstenberg

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Blue State

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Nanette Lepore

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Blue State

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Marc Jacobs

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Blue State

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3.1 Phillip Lim

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Blue State

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Sonia Rykiel

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Go for Bronze

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"It's always summer here," said Tom Pecheux backstage at Balmain (left), as he blended brown cream with bronzer and highlighter for a naturally tan sheen—the kind you'd find on a supermodel who's spent the season partying all over the world. But the idea of an endless summer didn't stop there: Rag & Bone did bronze for the city girl; Kors for the desert wanderer; Tommy Hilfiger for the California beach bunny.

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