Flying Colors

Feb 22nd, 2017

You’ll find strength in the number of colorful beauty trends that this season offers, from provocative raven to feisty yellow, from rich wine to soft-focus pink.

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Choose your direction—gutsy femme fatale, sweet gamine or glam sophisticate—and let the colors fly.

—Karie L. Frost

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