Red lips are Peony's signature beauty look and a classic style that has become the little black dress of make-up looks. "Red lips are what people know me for beauty wise, so it was fun to play with the idea. It's classic and chic but also fun and kitsch. I think a red lip always makes you feel brave."

Kay shows us two different ways to try a red lip playing with different shapes and textures. The first is an exagerated cupid's bow, a look associated with 20s style. For a perfect finish, start by covering your natural lip shape with foundation or a dab of concealer and then painting in the lip colour with a brush. The next look is a more natural shape, following the natural line of Peony's lips, finishing with a high shine lip gloss. With red lipstick, the challenge is to find a shade you like but a classic cream finish scarlet is a good place to start.

The beautiful, talented and thoroughly lovely Corinne Bailey Rae stars in our latest beauty video. Corinne slips into character and talks us through the her thoughts on beauty, the roaring 20s and what inspired her look.

Why the 20s?

"I love the glamour of the 1920s era. The decadence is especially poignant from the vantage point of history, in terms of what's around the corner. It was a last indulgent hooray for the wealthy before The Great Depression and Second World War.

The style was so distinctive with the paste jewellery and bobbed hair. Women wore dropped-waist dresses, a sign of their liberation. At last no more long unwieldy dresses and no more corsets.

I'm looking forward to seeing The Great Gatsby movie when it comes out. The director Baz Luhrmann is perfect for it."

The look

"It's fun to have my hair shorter and a dark lip which I rarely wear. I enjoyed my purple nails, although they had to come right off so I could play my guitar!"

Behind the look

Inspired by the silent movie actresses of the 1920s we went strong on both eyes and lips. Kay often starts eye makeup with a soft pencil eyeliner. Working it into the lashes the aim is to get a lot of product around the eye, it doesn't need to be precise. Kay then used her fingers and a small firm brush to blend the eyeliner out all around the eye and onto the lid. This acts as a base to give the powder eyeshadow depth and make the colour more vivid. The eyeshadow used was a beautiful duochrome colour from the new bareMinerals READY eyeshadow collection. Flashing blue and brown in different lights, it has a soft texture as well as intense pigment.

When you can't quite get the colour you want... create your own. Kay blended two lipsticks to get Corinne's deep cherry lips. Chanel's Rouge Coco in Rouge Noir was applied first all around the lips with a brush. Then a deeper denser colour, TopShop's lipstick in Beguiled, was patted on top. The combination creates a deep three-dimensional lip, rather than looking dark and flat.

Gold is a true universal shade which warms up and brightens all skin tones. Traditionally used in bronzey, beachy looks, Kay ignored the convention in her irreverent way and plied Peony's eyes with layers of gold, edged it in rock n' roll black and then sprinkled the whole lot in flashy holographic glitter. Take the look as far as you like it but to give the look depth, layering products is key. Start with a cream to create an opaque base of colour, top with powder to add extreme shimmer and pigment and then rain down the glitter. The sparkle will go everywhere, but embrace it as part of the look and shine on.

Get the look:

Clarins Skin Illusion Foundation

Ellis Faas Eye Lights in "Antique Silver E301"

NARS Eyeshadow "Goldfinger"

MAC 3D Glitter in "Gold"

Benefit BADgal Waterproof eye pencil in "Black"

Clarins Liquid Eyeliner in "Black"

Dior Diorshow New Look mascara in Black

RMK Ingenious Powder Cheeks in "Light Pink MT-02"

Becca Sheer Lip Tint in "Estella"