The BRIT Awards may be one of the best nights of the year for the music industry, but it's also one of our favourite evenings to dissect what our beloved celebrities are wearing and, of course, find out what trends they're embracing. One trend that definitely caught our eye this year was the ombre lip. Taking us back to the 90s, where dark, overdrawn lips teamed with a nude lipstick was a thing, we saw a modernised version of it at the BRIT Awards on Saturday (1 March). Sported by our gorgeous pop princess and this year's winner of the Best Pop Act, Jade Thirlwall aced the 90s lip look.
Not only did the singer put on the performance of a lifetime at the awards ceremony, but she also graced the red carpet in an iconic corpse bridal gown - and we're so here for it. Designed by Diesel, the gown was made from a light-wash denim material and was designed with oversized 3D flowers, a corseted bodice and a voluminous skirt. Confirming on the red carpet that her outfit was a recreation of the attire from the music video for her hit single 'Angel of My Dreams', the star didn't just stop at her outfit.
Her whole makeup look was co-ordinated with her corpse bridal vibe, particularly her icy-blue eyeshadow, dramatic eyeliner, and juicy ombre lips. Her makeup artist, Sophia Sinot, has done everyone from Camila Cabello to Zara Larsson's faces before, and she gave us the much-needed breakdown of Jade's BRIT makeup.
While two-tone lips are not exactly a trend we've never seen before, a distinctive ombre lip like Jade's is so simple to recreate, yet isn't as bold as the overdrawn dark lip liners rocked by the likes of Naomi Campbell, The Spice Girls and more in the 90s. While there is still a stark colour difference between the liner and the lipstick, Jade's ombre lip combination has more of a seamless finish but still has that noticeable colour gradient to it.
Revealing the exact lip products Jade wore at the BRITs, her makeup artist shared on her Instagram post that the singer was wearing the MAC Lip Pencil in Chestnut, £20 and Anastasia Beverly Hills Lip Cosmic Collection Lip Gloss in Supernova, £14.
SHOP: Jade Thirlwall's BRITs Lip Combo
MACwww.lookfantastic.com
Easy to apply and highly pigmented, over-line lips just like Jade's using the shade Chestnut.
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With a galactic-like sheen, this weightless gloss will pair perfectly with any dark lip liner.
Both the lip liner and lip gloss are available in a host of different shades. This makeup trend is easy to recreate at home, and we think it will be the it girl look this summer.
Christina Geggus is a Commercial Content Writer at Bauer Media, writing shopping, trending and home content for heat. She spends her days scouring the internet for the hottest items to add to your wardrobe this season, and admiring celebrities’ extensive beauty routines, and how she can recreate it at half the price.