If you don’t want to look like a backing singer in an 80s music video, treat your eyeshadow with a light touch

Back in the day I never understood eyeshadows. That was when people would use a million shades and textures and resemble extras on a dodgy 80s music video. These days, neutrals offer a really modern approach to eye (and lip) makeup. The low-key shades of taupes, browns and plums are perfect for anyone who shies away from complex eyeshadow looks and wants ease – I tend to use just fingers to be honest(with a cotton bud dipped in makeup remover on standby). And they are easy on the eye – yours and everyone else’s.

1. Ilia The Necessary Eyeshadow Palette £40, iliabeauty.com
2. Blink Brow Bar x Priya Alhuwalia Eyebrow Pencil £22, bbb-london.com
3. Pucci x Guerlain Powder £68, guerlain.com
4. Jones Road Lip and Cheek Palette £28, jonesroadbeauty.com
5. Lisa Eldridge Rouge Experience Refillable Lipstick £49, lisaeldridge.com