MATCHA IS A GRUNGE TWIST ON
LATTE MAKEUP
LATTE MAKEUP
June 4, 2024 by Cat Quinn
If you’re looking to add an extra shot to your Latte Makeup, consider energizing matcha. Reinterpreting the soft glam makeup look, Matcha Latte introduces green eye shadow for a fresh take on the trend.
Inspired by the natural green tea powder, matcha stands apart from other green eye makeup shades. “It has an earthiness to it that’s quite wearable,” says Terry Barber, M·A·C Creative Director of Makeup Artistry. “I like bright hues that have a bit of a dirtiness to them – almost like they’ve been polluted slightly with brown or grey.”
With trends like swampcore and fairycore dominating beauty and fashion, marshy neutral tones like matcha have never been more popular. “It’s got enough weirdness to it for it to be exciting and still quite complementary to the skin tone and eye colour,” says Barber.
Smudged out with a warm Eye Kohl shade like Costa Riche, the colour takes on a whole new, slightly grunge aesthetic. “When people use colourful eye shadows, they think they have to be clean,” says Barber. “Try blending one shadow on top of the other until you get a gorgeous sludge on the lids. That’s not a negative word in my world of beauty.”
Inspired by the natural green tea powder, matcha stands apart from other green eye makeup shades. “It has an earthiness to it that’s quite wearable,” says Terry Barber, M·A·C Creative Director of Makeup Artistry. “I like bright hues that have a bit of a dirtiness to them – almost like they’ve been polluted slightly with brown or grey.”
With trends like swampcore and fairycore dominating beauty and fashion, marshy neutral tones like matcha have never been more popular. “It’s got enough weirdness to it for it to be exciting and still quite complementary to the skin tone and eye colour,” says Barber.
Smudged out with a warm Eye Kohl shade like Costa Riche, the colour takes on a whole new, slightly grunge aesthetic. “When people use colourful eye shadows, they think they have to be clean,” says Barber. “Try blending one shadow on top of the other until you get a gorgeous sludge on the lids. That’s not a negative word in my world of beauty.”
Eye Kohl
£16.00
An eyeliner with rich colour and a silky smooth, matte/pearl finish.
Get the Matcha Latte look with the Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour.
Layer your eye shadows for a grunge take on green eye makeup.
HOW TO GET THE MATCHA LATTE TREND
LOOK 1: Embrace green eye makeup with earthy tones - inspired by your favourite latte.
- Sweep shade My Kid Could Make That from the Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour onto your lids
- Then, top using Eye Shadow in Mo' Money Mo' Problems for an earthy matcha tone.
- Line your upper and lower lash lines using Eye Kohl in Costa Riche.
- Stack on infinite layers of MACStack Mascara in Chestnut Stack.
- Smooth on Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick in Thanks, It's MAC!
Connect In Colour Eyeshadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour
£36.80
A technicolour 12-pan eyeshadow palette innovated with our most pigmented formula to date. Create limitless makeup looks – from artistic to ultra-cosmic.
Eyeshadow
£16.00
A highly pigmented powder that applies evenly and blends well.
Eye Kohl
£16.00
An eyeliner with rich colour and a silky smooth, matte/pearl finish.
MACStack Mascara
£27.00
An endlessly buildable, non-clumping mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length. Now available in Chesnut Stack, our brown mascara!
Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick
£20.00
A Raspberry Seed and Organic Extra Virgin Olive Oil-infused Lipstick formula. A range of sheer-shine colours with a lustrous glossy finish and up to 8-hour wear that provide immediate moisture.
Try matcha one day and bright blue the next with the Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour.
Connect In Colour Eyeshadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour
£36.80
A technicolour 12-pan eyeshadow palette innovated with our most pigmented formula to date. Create limitless makeup looks – from artistic to ultra-cosmic.
Eye Kohl
£16.00
An eyeliner with rich colour and a silky smooth, matte/pearl finish.
LOOK 2: Take a sip of this matcha-inspired green eye makeup trend.
- Sweep shade My Kid Could Make That from the Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour
- Then add Eye Shadow in Mo’ Money Mo’ Problems as a final layer for an earthy matcha tone.
- Line your upper lash lines using Eye Kohl in Costa Riche.
- Then intensify the outer corners with Eye Shadow in Carbon.
- Define your lips using Lip Pencil in Chestnut
- Then smooth on Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick in Simulation.
Connect In Colour Eyeshadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour
£36.80
A technicolour 12-pan eyeshadow palette innovated with our most pigmented formula to date. Create limitless makeup looks – from artistic to ultra-cosmic.
Eyeshadow
£16.00
A highly pigmented powder that applies evenly and blends well.
Eye Kohl
£16.00
An eyeliner with rich colour and a silky smooth, matte/pearl finish.
Eyeshadow
£16.00
A highly pigmented powder that applies evenly and blends well.
Lip Pencil
£16.00
A lip liner pencil in a wide range of colours designed for shaping, lining or filling in lips.
Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick
£17.60
Looks like a lip balm. Shines like a gloss. Explore lustrous pops of sheer colour with our plumping gloss stick. This non-sticky, lightweight formula nourishes lips and glides on to create a glossy, wet-lip look.
Terry Barber, M·A·C Creative Director of Makeup Artistry, shares his perspective on the Matcha Latte trend.
