“No mascara,” has been a popular refrain backstage this season as makeup artists talk about the “handsome” eye. There’s been a lot of statement lips, so the minimal eye complements for a polished but not overdone look. Subtle eye shadow gives depth, but no liner or mascara accentuates the eyelid fold for a modern impression. – Anna Kim
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Take an insider's look backstage at Rochas through the lens of hair colorist Berry Bachen from MAINENTRANCE Artists.
The make up was inspired by a "chic, handsome woman, a bit like a Lee Miller-type," said Lucia Pieroni for Cle de Peau. Hair took inspiration from Nicoletta Santoro, stylist and International Fashion Director at Large for Vogue China. "She has really curly hair
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"It took me a week to paint the Emerson press-ons with an assistant full time. I met with Jackie (Emerson designer) and she showed me the swatches for the first time in November. When we met in December, I told her that I wanted to swatch out the lace. I thought it would be so sexy because her collection is
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There's been lots of buzz around fashion designers setting out into the beauty market, so it takes a lot to make us pause. But here's some news that made us sit up and take notice. Faye Toogood, furniture designer and stylist, has created a concept beauty collection for beauty brand Make.
Her "New Medieval" collection, created in collaboration with makeup artist
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"I like to call black and white cookies and the stink eye. So very New York!" - Simcha Whitehill, aka Miss Pop
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Makeup: Francois Nars for Nars
Hair: Guido for Redken
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"The eye is smokey, but round and defined, and we created really matte, perfect skin. It's Joan Jett meets Marianne Faithfull meets punk rock." - Francois Nars
Products used: (all Nars)
Radiant Cream Compact Foundation (New for Fall 2013), Black Moon Eyeliner Pencil, Black Valley Eye Paint (New for Fall 2013), Pandora Duo Eyeshadow, Santa Monica Blvd. Larger Than
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Makeup: Kabuki for MAC
Hair: Eugene Souleiman for Wella Professionals
Nails: Pattie Yankee for Patricia Yankee
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"If I could sum the look up in a word it would be ‘rad’. What inspired me was seeing the hair and the models in the clothes and from there it was easy to capture the vibe of the collection. I think the reason it works is
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Eyes are looking enigmatic and hooded with new eyeshadow effects. Instead of colorful accents, makeup artists are casting shadows across the eyelids with matte cream or powder taupe-grey eyeshadows applied across the contour into the brows for intensity and depth. Brows are strengthened and brushed up for added tension. Sheer lips add a quiet touch. – Anna Kim
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Makeup: Lucia Pieroni for MAC
Hair: Jimmy Paul for Bumble & Bumble
Nails: Kim D'Amato for Priti NYC
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"We're playing with textures today. It's a super matte velvet lip in a bright red, an "electro red." We're using a red lip pencil, Ruby Woo lipstick over that and Neon Orange Pigment over that for the velvet finish. Skin is super polished, very pure,
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Makeup: Tina Turnbow for NYX
Hair: Paul Merritt for Unite
Nails: Sunshine Outing for Zoya
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"We’re doing really matte, even skin to create a canvas for the eyes, which are little pieces of artwork. We’re using warm and cool tones in chocolate brown and slate grey, I always love mixing warm and cool. We used the NYX Roll On Eye Shimmer to make the
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Makeup: Sil Bruinsma for MAC
Hair: Jimmy Paul for Bumble & Bumble
Nails: Julie Kandalec for Maybelline Color Show
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"Thom is always quite specific about the kind of girl he envisions. Other seasons it has been a dark, sort of ghostly girl, but this season we’re going in a different direction. It’s still a bit wicked but we’re doing a much more delicate
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Makeup: Benjamin Puckey for MAC
Hair: Laurent Philippon for Bumble & Bumble
Nails: Joanie Black for OPI
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"The collection is inspired by Siouxie Sioux from Siouxie and the Banshees, they were a punk rock band in the 70’s and early 80’s. So we’ve made a modern variation of her look. We took away the strong brows but did the eyeliner, and instead of
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Makeup: Maud Laceppe for MAC
Hair: Jeanie Syfu for Tresemme
Nails: Incoco
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"It's a very sophisticated, 90s punky look. Its very strong, structured skin with a bit of contour, a glowing finish, and a very strong, matte, dark lip. The lips are going to be very dark, almost black, very deep intense purple by mixing a burgundy and a black. There's a
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Makeup: James Kaliardos for MAC
Hair: Odile Gilbert for Kerastase
Nails: Jin Soon Choi for Jin Soon
Makeup
"We’re doing a very futuristic girl, like how girls would look in the real future. The skin is built, so all the portions of the face are worked on but there isn’t color. We’re perfecting what they have. We start with Prep and Prime Skin Brightening
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Makeup: James Kaliardos for MAC
Hair: Orlando Pita
Nails: Michelle Saunders for Essie
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"It's a bright fuchsia lip where life is the pary. It's not party makeup, this is a pink that makes you win in life. There's pink in the DVF collection that we tried to match as close to possible. So, its a color called Process Magenta which is a lip
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