Pantone colour of the year - Ultra Violet accents in your makeup bag

I may be alone in this but each year I get excited about the release of the Pantone colour of the year.

Last years colour 'greenery' was pretty but nowhere near as exciting as the colour for 2018.

'A dramatically provocative and thoughtful purple shade, PANTONE 18-3838 Ultra Violet communicates originality, ingenuity, and visionary thinking that points us toward the future'

I have spoken before about wanting to add colour into my overtly colourless wardrobe and this jewel-toned purple is the perfect place to start but this is going to take some building up to so for now I shall be adding the colour into my makeup bag. I have been reading/studying up on colour theory (which I will share shortly) so I am feeling ok with making this colour work for me.

There are numerous items on my current beauty wishlist so I have picked a few of the purple items to share with you today. I own each of these products in different shades so know the formula for each is fantastic and they come highly recommended by me (and half the internet)

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Are you excited to wear Ultra Violet this year?

Tessa

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