Colours to Look Out For in 2025
BY JENNY JUNG
Chatty approved colours that are bound to dominate the beauty season in 2025.
17 JAN - 2025
Check out the colour palette for 2025!
In 2025, the beauty world is shifting away from neutrals as the default, embracing a fresh range of vibrant brights and soft pastels. With that said, mocha mousse, the colour of the year, introduces a fresh take on neutrals — warm, versatile and anything but ordinary.
This year’s colour palette brings a bold mix of timeless and playful shades, inviting you to experiment with new, yet familiar tones. From energetic oranges to muted pinks, it’s all about celebrating colour in a way that feels both modern and nostalgic. Get ready to update your beauty routine with the standout hues that will define the year ahead.
Huda Beauty Ube Collection.
Patrick Ta, Major Headlines Double-Take Creme and Powder Blush.
Pantone's colour of the Year, mocha mousse, brings a warm and inviting touch to beauty trends. This rich brown shade is versatile, offering a neutral yet sophisticated option for makeup. I’s perfect for creating bold, natural looks — whether in lipsticks, eyeshadows or blushes. This shade symbolises elegance and comfort, evoking a sense of grounded luxury and simplicity in beauty routines.
In 2025, we’re all about personalisation with beauty enthusiasts gravitating towards building their own custom palettes with single shadows. This approach allows for ultimate creativity, ensuring every shade is tailored to individual preferences and needs. M.A.C’s extensive range remains a favourite for its classic shades and reliable formulas, offering endless possibilities for creating your perfect palette. For a quintessential mocha mousse inspired eyeshadow, M.A.C’s "Texture" is an ideal pick. Its rich, warm tone and buttery smooth finish make it a staple shade that pairs beautifully with both bold and neutral looks, perfectly embodying the year’s focus on thoughtful, curated beauty.
M.A.C, Eyeshadow, Texture, $41 NZD.
True Red
For the past few years, the beauty world has been experimenting with various shades of red, exploring bold hues like magenta in 2024. However, 2025 marks a return to the classics, with true red leading the charge. This timeless, vibrant shade offers a striking, sophisticated pop of colour, particularly in lip products and evokes a sense of confidence and glamour. Unlike its more experimental counterparts, True Red is clean, bold and universally flattering, making it suitable for any occasion. This iconic colour brings a sense of refinement back to makeup, emphasising the beauty of simplicity and tradition while still adding a powerful impact to your look.
Shades like Patrick Ta’s "That’s Why She’s Late" perfectly capture the essence of this classic hue: vibrant and effortlessly glamorous. It’s a colour that flatters all skin tones and feels as timeless as ever, making it a must-have for the year ahead.
Patrick Ta, Major Headlines Precision Lip Crayon, That’s Why She’s Late, $48 NZD.
Butter Yellow
Soft and subtle, Butter Yellow is a refreshing colour that will pop in makeup in 2025. This delicate, creamy yellow offers a warm and cheerful vibe, making it an excellent choice for eye makeup. It acts as a softer alternative to traditional bone or white shades used for highlighting eyeshadow looks. Butter Yellow adds a gentle, sun-kissed glow to the inner corners of the eyes, under the brow bone or even on the eyelids for a light, luminous touch. Unlike harsher highlighter shades, this colour enhances the eyes with warmth and depth. Its versatility makes it perfect for both daytime and evening looks, bringing a subtle but radiant pop of colour to your makeup routine.
MUA @ash_kholm for Lindsay Lohan.
Pistachio
Pistachio green is one of the most exciting colour trends for 2025 in beauty, offering a soft, pastel green that evokes feelings of calmness and freshness. It’s a colour that works beautifully in various beauty products like eye shadows, eyeliners and nail polish. Pistachio gives a light, airy vibe that balances well with other bright or neutral colours. In makeup, this colour is especially flattering on those with fair to medium skin tones, giving the eyes a refreshing pop of colour that feels both modern and youthful. Whether used in matte or shimmering finishes, Pistachio will add a unique touch to any look.
Check out the Mecca Max Zoom Flex Liquid Shadow in the shade Sage Green for an easy and accessible option to scratch that pistachio itch.
Mecca Max, Zoom Flex Liquid Shadow, Sage Green, $25 NZD.
Dusty Pink
Dusty Pink is a muted, soft pink that brings an understated elegance to beauty trends in 2025. This versatile shade offers a more refined, grown-up alternative to brighter ‘Barbie’ pinks, making it a go-to color for those who prefer a subtle, sophisticated touch. Its soft, dusty finish provides just enough warmth to complement a variety of skin tones, while still maintaining a sense of delicacy. Dusty Pink is perfect for creating natural, everyday makeup looks, whether it’s used in blushes, lipsticks, or eyeshadows . It offers a beautiful, subtle flush of color to the cheeks and lips. Its muted quality allows for it to be blended seamlessly with other shades, making it an essential part of any beauty routine. Its timeless appeal makes Dusty Pink a staple for those who want a refined, yet approachable, makeup look that feels fresh and contemporary.
MUA @ash_kholm for Camila Cabello.
Orchid Pink
Orchid Pink is a vibrant yet soft pink that will dominate beauty trends in 2025. This playful shade blends the best of pink and purple, offering a warmer, light purple hue that feels fresh and contemporary. As we move on from the cool lavenders that have been popular in recent years, Orchid Pink ushers in a new, more balanced approach to purple tones. A prime example of this shift is the Ube Collection from Huda Beauty, which showcases a warmer brighter purple tone that resonates with this trend. Orchid Pink adds a lively flush to cheeks and lips while remaining sophisticated, making it the perfect colour to transition from soft pastels to bolder, warmer hues. This colour compliments a wide range of skin tones, offering versatility and a youthful vibrancy to any makeup look.
Keep an eye out for the Ube Collection to release in Australia and New Zealand this February!
Huda Beauty Ube Collection.
Tangerine
Tangerine is a bold, energetic colour that marks a move away from the typical peach tones we've seen in recent years. This vibrant hue offers a perfect middle ground between creamsicle and pure orange, with a slight neon undertone that gives it a modern edge. The colour is riding the wave of an '80s comeback in fashion and beauty, bringing a playful yet striking intensity to makeup looks in 2025.
Whether used on the lips, cheeks or eyes, tangerine provides a refreshing pop of colour that is both bold and wearable. Its neon quality adds a fresh, youthful energy, making it ideal for those who want to experiment with bright, high-impact shades while still keeping things stylish and contemporary. It’s a perfect choice for creating eye-catching looks that feel both nostalgic and forward.
MUA @ash_kholm for Shay Mitchell.
Red Bean
Red Bean is a rich, earthy red-brown shade that strikes a perfect balance between the super warm clay tones and cooler browns. Its versatility lies in its unique blend, making it a flattering choice for a wide range of skin tones. Unlike more orange-based reds, this particular shade leans towards a red undertone, giving it a depth and sophistication that is a little more refined. This colour’s richness and subtlety allow it to be used across various makeup products, from lipsticks and blushes to eyeshadows, creating a natural, earthy look that enhances the beauty of all complexions. Its warmth makes it universally appealing, while the slight red undertones set it apart from other brownish hues, adding a refined, yet approachable touch to beauty routines.
MUA @ash_kholm for Scarlett Johansson.
The beauty trends of 2025 are all about stepping out of the neutral comfort zone and embracing colour with intention. From bold classics like true red to soft pastels like dusty pink, this year’s palette is as versatile as it is vibrant.
We hope you have fun experimenting with these shades and we can’t wait for the colourful year ahead!
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