MATCHA IS A
GRUNGE TWIST ON
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 Liner shade like Sick Tat Bro, 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 Liner shade like Sick Tat Bro, 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.”
M·A·C Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner
$55.00
A waterproof, highly pigmented gel pencil eye liner that wears for 24+ hours on lids and 12 hours on waterlines.
SHOP MATCHA LATTE
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 influenced by your favourite latte.
- Sweep shade My Kid Could Make That from the Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour onto lids
- Top using Eye Shadow in Marsh for an earthy matcha tone.
- Line upper and lower lash lines using Eye Liner in Sick tat bro.
- Stack on infinite layers of M·A·CStack Mascara in Chestnut Stack.
- Smooth on Lustreglass Lipstick in Hug Me.
Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour
$126.00
A technicolour 12-pan eye shadow palette innovated with one-swipe, pure pigment payoff for limitless artistic to otherworldly looks.
Eye Shadow
$41.00
A saturated pressed powder eye shadow in four textures featuring even more pigment-packed payoff.
M·A·C Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner
$55.00
A waterproof, highly pigmented gel pencil eye liner that wears for 24+ hours on lids and 12 hours on waterlines.
M·A·CStack Mascara
$65.00
MEGA
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a bigger brush that delivers instant volume and is ideal for longer or upper lashes.
MICRO
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a smaller brush that delivers ultra-precise application and is ideal for shorter or lower lashes.
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a bigger brush that delivers instant volume and is ideal for longer or upper lashes.
MICRO
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a smaller brush that delivers ultra-precise application and is ideal for shorter or lower lashes.
Lustreglass Sheer-Shine Lipstick
$49.00
A lightweight, raspberry seed- and organic extra-virgin olive oil-infused lipstick that delivers sheer and shiny colour with a long-wearing, lustrous finish
Try matcha one day and bright blue the next with the Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour.
Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour
$126.00
A technicolour 12-pan eye shadow palette innovated with one-swipe, pure pigment payoff for limitless artistic to otherworldly looks.
M·A·C Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner
$55.00
A waterproof, highly pigmented gel pencil eye liner that wears for 24+ hours on lids and 12 hours on waterlines.
LOOK 2: Take a sip of this matcha-inspired green eye makeup trend.
- Smooth Paintstick in Landscape Green onto lids.
- Sweep shade My Kid Could Make That from the Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour overtop, then add Soft Matte Eye Shadow in Marsh as a final layer for an earthy matcha tone.
- Line upper lash lines using Eye Liner in Sick Tat Bro, intensifying the outer corners with Eye Shadow in Carbon.
- Stack on infinite layers of M·A·CStack Mascara.
- Line lips using Lip Pencil in Chestnut, then smooth on Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick in Simulation.
Connect In Colour Eye Shadow Palette: Hi-Fi Colour
$126.00
A technicolour 12-pan eye shadow palette innovated with one-swipe, pure pigment payoff for limitless artistic to otherworldly looks.
Eye Shadow
$41.00
A saturated pressed powder eye shadow in four textures featuring even more pigment-packed payoff.
M·A·C Colour Excess Gel Pencil Eye Liner
$55.00
A waterproof, highly pigmented gel pencil eye liner that wears for 24+ hours on lids and 12 hours on waterlines.
Eye Shadow
$41.00
A saturated pressed powder eye shadow in four textures featuring even more pigment-packed payoff.
M·A·CStack Mascara
$65.00
MEGA
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a bigger brush that delivers instant volume and is ideal for longer or upper lashes.
MICRO
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a smaller brush that delivers ultra-precise application and is ideal for shorter or lower lashes.
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a bigger brush that delivers instant volume and is ideal for longer or upper lashes.
MICRO
A continuously buildable mascara that stacks on infinite layers of volume and length, with a smaller brush that delivers ultra-precise application and is ideal for shorter or lower lashes.
Lip Pencil
$46.00
An ultra-precise lip liner in a wide range of creamy shades designed for shaping, lining or filing in lips.
Squirt Plumping Gloss Stick
$46.00
A plumping gloss stick that nourishes and conditions lips with translucent colour and non-sticky shine.
Terry Barber, M·A·C Creative Director of Makeup Artistry, shares his perspective on the Matcha Latte trend.
