Princess Anne pink lipstick ‘pushes boundaries’ at Royal event

Princess Anne has turned heads with a rare makeover at her son’s wedding.

The Princess Royal, who attended Peter Phillips second wedding to NHS nurse Harriet Sperling last week, wore a pink lipstick to the event.

Her fashion choice has thus impressed HELLO!'s Head of Beauty, Cassie Steer, who has praised Princess Anne for pushing boundaries.

Cassie notes: "Reimagining classic lipstick colours such as red or pink as sparkling focal points is great for special occasions, and a metallic mouth (not to be confused with more sedate shimmer) adds a modern lustre."

The author quips: "Leave it to Anne to push beauty boundaries in the chicest of ways." 

"I think it comes from years of reading magazines and having certain ideas about makeup and what's age-appropriate. They'll tell you what's appropriate for your undertone or your profession. 'This is okay for a dinner party. This is okay for a holiday party. This is okay for your birthday.' It's all such trash,” she notes.

The expert adds: "It's depressing to me when people experience such limitations with makeup, because makeup is such a joy-inducing, cool, positive thing in our lives. But it's actually kind of a stressful thing for a lot of people, too. There's a lot of, 'I can't, I shouldn't, I want to, but I have more mature skin. I've been told to just stick to mattes.' And I disagree with that so much."