Although the winter season doesn’t officially start until mid-December, the temperatures have dropped, the winter coats have made an appearance, and snow has already started to fall throughout the country. This chilly season brings us ice skating, hot drinks by the fire, and holiday gatherings with friends and family. But the winter also brings us some of the year’s top fashion trends.
Winter 2018’s top trends include some styles we see year-to-year, but this year brings some unique and intriguing ideas, both in fashion looks and beauty products. This season seems to be all about overdoing it, from oversized clothing to makeup that has a huge pop of color.
If you’re wondering what winter’s best fashion and beauty trends are, look no further than Lime Crime, a cruelty-free and vegan beauty brand based out of Los Angeles, California. Lime Crime is an innovative makeup company that offers numerous shades of lipsticks, glosses, eyeshadows, highlighters, and even hair color. But what also makes Lime Crime unique is how this beauty brand is innovative and brings us new products every season. Some of Lime Crime’s new additions include: Diamond Dew Confetti eyeshadow, the Busy Brow collection, and a variety of lip liners.
With the help of Lime Crime, here are this season’s hottest fashion and beauty trends:
Glossy Red Lipstick
Even though we’ve seen red lipstick pretty much every year and during every season, this is a staple lipstick shade that brilliantly makes plenty of appearances throughout the cold weather months — and yes, especially at those glamorous holiday parties and celebrations. Red lipstick comes in just about every form, whether you’re seeking a matte lip, light gloss, or full-on shine.
Red lipstick is one of the most versatile lip colors, as it looks incredible on pretty much every fashion vixen. You can also pair red lipstick with just about any fashion look, whether you’re going to a casual happy hour, hosting a game night at home, or are heading to a glamorous holiday party. You can also wear a minimal amount of makeup with red lipstick, or you can wear it with a full set of lashes, cat-style eyeliner, and sparkly eyeshadow.
Lime Crime’s Wet Cherry Gloss in Maraschino Cherry Red is the perfect color for winter 2018. And this shade is all about the gloss — we’re talking a ton of gloss. Rather than this gloss feeling heavy on your lips, Lime Crime created a lightweight formula, and you also won’t have to worry about a sticky texture on your lips all night. The cherry on top is the light cherry scent you’ll get from wearing this product on your lips. Trust us, it’s a red lipstick you’ll want to stock up on.
Slouchy Dresses
If you’re looking for a way to stay warm, be comfortable, and look on-trend this season, you’ll want to add a slouchy dress to your wardrobe ASAP. This winter 2018 trend is making its way throughout celebrity Instagram pages, as well as fashion magazines from New York to Paris.
The slouchy dress isn’t a lazy look, but it’s actually a very flattering shape on most women. The trick is finding the right material that will look best on your body. Slouchy dresses come in a variety of styles, and there are plenty to choose from this season.
One of the top slouchy dress trends this season is the sweater look. Imagine a super soft, super warm sweater — but rather than pairing it with a skirt or pants, you wear it as a dress. Look for slouchy dress designs that are a little shorter in the front than they are in the back. You can then pair your comfy and fashionable sweater dress with tights, some knee-high boots, and a high ponytail or bun. And the red lipstick above would perfectly tie this look together.
Gold Eyeshadow
Gold eyeshadow isn’t a brand-new makeup trend, but the originality here is what you’re pairing it with. Rather than wearing super glittery gold eyeshadow, this season’s trend is to wear a shimmery gold with colors that will balance your look.
Wearing gold eyeshadow with light browns, beiges, and sandy shades will allow you to wear this eye look with just about anything. Gold shadow will freshen up a casual leggings and T-shirt day, and it can also take a romantic date night look up a notch.
Rather than buying multiple eyeshadows and having to pick which colors would look best together, Lime Crime put together a perfect little palette of golden colors. This Venus XS palette in Solid Gold is a must-have for this season. Four perfectly matching shades are offered in a small palette, giving you the convenience to carry it with you in your purse, gym bag, or even fancy clutch. The four shades are: Trinket, Aureate, Gilded, and Treasure, and you’ll feel fabulous rocking this super trendy color pairing all season long.
Animal Print
One of this biggest fashion trends this season is animal print. This might not be a new pattern, but it’s currently taking the fashion world by storm. Animal print can currently be seen on the runway, throughout the city streets, and even on your gal pals who didn’t think they were wearing this current top trend.
There are multiple ways to pull off animal print this season, and wearing animal print doesn’t mean it has to actually come from an animal. This trend most commonly comes in the form of cotton or silk. You can wear some booties with black and white or black and brown animal print; you can wear a comfy-cute animal print sweater; or you can go all out with a parka or trench that is covered in animal print. You could also add just a touch of animal print to your look by wearing an animal print scarf or hat.
When wearing animal print, we love adding a pop of color with a bright lipstick. This will evely balance your look. We suggest Lime Crime’s Plushies lipstick in Dragon Fruit. It’s a matte color, so it won’t odd too much drama, but it’ll definitely add a fresh pop of color.
Bushy Brows
Eyebrow trends have changed throughout the years. We’ve seen slim brows, large brows, and even brows that have glitter on them. But this winter season, bushy brows are the top trend. To achieve this look, you don’t have to naturally have thick eyebrows. If you do, simply maintain them with weekly or monthly trims. But there are multiple products that can give you a full brow effect.
Lime Crime recently launched a bushy brow collection, which is perfect timing for this winter trend. The Bushy Brown Pen can fill in gaps within your eyebrows and also distinguish that coveted eyebrow arch. And to help tame your brows, while also adding a bit of color, the Bushy Brow Gel can brush your brows for a perfect finish. We suggest working both of these products into your eyebrow maintenance.
Nude Matte Lips
Red lipstick might be a staple for the winter season upon us, but quite the opposite of this color is also a seasonal favorite: nude lipstick. Nude lipstick can, in fact, go with any fashion look. It won’t distract from what outfit you’re wearing or how you decide to wear your eye makeup. But nude lipstick does pull your look together and make you seem polished.
Nude lipstick comes in a variety of finishes, such as semi-gloss, high-gloss, and matte. But it also comes in many different shades. Lime Crime is the queen when it comes to nude matte lipstick options, no matter what finish or shade you’re looking for.
One of our favorite shade and finish combinations is the Plushies matte lipstick in Milk Tea. This shade is creamy enough to make your lips pop, while also being tame enough to not steal the show. You can seriously wear this lip color with a look for a night out, a fancy dinner party, or even an errand-running day.
Oversized Winter Coats
Whether you get super cold easily or you just want to participate in a fun fashion favorite for winter 2018, the oversized winter coat look should definitely be investigated. There are memes about oversized coats, but then there are runway versions of this winter trend.
The trick with the oversized coat is to go fashion-forward, while not going over the top. You don’t have to look like you’re wearing a sleeping bag, but you can still pull off a jacket that looks like it’s a couple sizes too big. One specific color that the oversized jacket looks particular good on is periwinkle blue. This color looks great on just about every skin tone, hair color, and body shape, so you can feel confident in this bright, yet classy color.
Powder Blue Hair Color
Speaking of blue, there’s another way to rock this color during winter 2018: in your hair. Unique hair color trends have become extremely popular over the last few years, and it is indeed fun to change up your color each season.
Some of the top hair color trends include lavender, pumpkin spice, baby pink, and magenta. But this season, we’re loving the powder blue hair color trend. Lime Crime might specialize in makeup, but this beautiful and bright makeup company also offers an array of permanent and semi-permanent hair colors.
In the Unicorn Hair Tints collection, Lime Crime offers the Powder hair color. It’s just enough blue to look like you enjoy taking chances, but it can also make your hair look shiny and healthy. This hair collection is also cruelty-free and vegan, so guilt isn’t an ingredient. Platinum and blonde hair takes this color the best, but you’ll want to test a small section of hair before you apply it anyway.
Lined Lips
Lip liner might be a trend that our mothers wore back in the day, but this trend has recently come back, especially in winter 2018. Lip liner doesn’t have to be a makeup product of the past; it’s actually really helpful when you want to achieve an even lipstick look.
Lime Crime has an entire collection of lip liners, and each shade matches perfectly with a Matte Velvetines lip color — or you could mix up your combination. The Velvetines Lip Liner collection has 22 matte shades, from nude to dark brown, even hot pink and purple.
The perfect lip pairing this season has to be the lip liner in Tarot, matched with the Matte Velvetines in Scandal. These blackberry and deep plum colors combine to produce a deep, dark pop of color.
The Color Brown
The color brown is so ‘80s and ‘90s. Back then, it was a popular choice for lipsticks, and women wore brown everywhere from the grocery store to the boardroom. But brown is coming back — with a bang.
Brown doesn’t have to look boring or old. In fact, it’s a color that most fashion icons are wearing to some extent these days. We’ve seen brown in silky tops, knee-high boots, and even turtlenecks this season. Lime Crime even has a chocolate brown lip liner. Don’t be afraid to add a little brown to your wardrobe this season, because it’s definitely a talk-of-the-town color for winter.
Silver Eyeshadow
Gold isn’t the only eyeshadow color favorite this season; silver is giving gold a run for its money. Silver eyeshadow can either pull a makeup look altogether, or it can cheapen it. That’s why finding the right shade of silver is key if you want to incorporate this color into your winter makeup routine.
Rather than finding a cakey silver eyeshadow, it’s all about balance here. A silver eyeshadow palette can be your guide and help you achieve this look. Lime Crime’s new Venus XS collection includes a silver palette. It may be small, but the shades are powerful and look incredible on.
Lime Crime’s Silver Venus Palette is a collection of warm silver shades, as well as accompanying shades that pair well with metallic silver. The shades include Crescent, Sterling, Luminous, and Plated, and you can’t go wrong with this four-color combination.
Emerald Green Lipstick
We’ve talked about red and nude lipsticks, but there’s a bold color that is also a popular winter lipstick shade: emerald green. Although you might think of a certain musical with a witch when you think of green lipstick, there’s a sophisticated way of rocking this color.
Lime Crime is known for offering “unicorn” makeup products, which means that they’re unique, glamorous, and trendy. The brand’s Serpentina green lipstick shade is a part of this famous collection. It’s metallic, it’s deep green, and it offers maximum lip coverage. Plus, it won’t smear or wipe off easily like other bold lipsticks. We dare you to try this emerald lipstick color for a girls’ night out or holiday party this season.
Statement Earrings
Your makeup and outfit might be on point, but if you aren’t accessorizing appropriately, you’re missing out on a fun fashion opportunity. Winter 2018 trends include accessories, and this season is all about statement earrings — and we’re seeing all different kinds.
The top-trending earrings in magazines, the runway, and all over social media include tassels, fringe, drop earrings, and even antique-looking earrings. There are some fashionable black earrings out there right now, but we suggest going all out with color. You could even find some leopard print earrings this season. If your go-to look for a night out is a little black dress, pair it with some statement earrings that will finish your look with flirtiness and color.
Shimmer and Shine
A holiday party isn’t a holiday party without a little glamour and shine. Winter 2018 couldn’t leave out one of the top trends this season: sparkles. And there are plenty of ways to incorporate sparkles, whether it’s on your nails, within your makeup, or on a dress.
If you’re looking to take your makeup from basic to banging, there are a few Lime Crime products we suggest. First, you can’t go wrong with Diamond Crushers, a collection of metallic and sparkly lipsticks. The Dope Pink Champagne shade would look great with a holiday party dress. Another option is the Diamond Dew eyeshadow collection, specifically the Gold Dust shade.
Rose Pink Fashion
Finally, another color that is incredibly popular this season is rose pink. This light pink is a little smokey, so it isn’t too bright of a color for these winter months. However, it does add some color to the dark reds and blacks we tend to rely on during this season.
There are numerous ways to incorporate rose pink into your look this season. You can rock this color on a silky slip dress under a black blazer. You can wear rose pink pumps with dark denim. Or you can incorporate it into your makeup.
Lime Crime’s Matte Velvetines in Cupid will cure your winter blues with its soft texture and long-lasting effect. This color would go well with anything from a little black dress to a casual jeans and white T-shirt combination.
