Pat McGrath is the go-to makeup artist for all the major designers and magazine editorials. This Fall 2012 season, McGrath masterminded the looks for everyone from Calvin Klein to Balenciaga, Valentino to Versace, Lanvin to Prada. Here are a few of her polaroids and insights into the F/W 12 season's key beauty looks.
“Anna was obsessed with the blue—in the fabrics in
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Argan oil has dominated the beauty market since MoroccanOil products brought it to the mass' attention. It's become the marketing catch phrase, called out in everything from haircare to skincare. For the past couple years, beauty brands have introduced other oils as alternatives to argan. Today, marula oil appears to be the new beauty oil in focus.
If argan oil is
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W Korea's March editorial captures the essence of Spring with its stunning pastel beauties. We're loving the contrast of the pastel wigs and washes of makeup with a strong red lip. Makeup by Sally Branka, Hair by Shon, Nails by Dawn Sterling.
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Are face jewels on the verge of a comeback? Fall 2012 runways featured a bevy of designs from the brow-dazzle at Chanel to the bindis at Miu Miu and Jeremy Scott. This month's Oyster magazine has Anais Pouliot on the cover with a smiley face and Grimes, the new electronic it-girl, was spotted at SXSW sporting some sparkles at her
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Sephora and Pantone have partnered together to become beauty's leading authority in color. Together, they've created a color collection that celebrates Tangerine Tango, Pantone's color of the year. The 12-piece collection includes a blush duo, a brush set, lipstick, eyelash curler, eyeliner set, lip gloss set, makeup bag, nail polish set, false lash set, and eyeshadow quad.
Pantone describes tangerine tango
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We spent the past week researching for the Global Watch: Japan report. Tokyo-based MAC Sr. Makeup Artist Mariko Tagayashi was kind of enough to answer some of our questions about Japanese women's attitudes and trends towards beauty today.
1. What do Japanese women consider beautiful? How do they approach beauty?
Japanese women like to highlight their skin and add dimensions. This can
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The definition of beauty is almost impossible to pinpoint, yet everyone seems to have an opinion about what it is. In Facing Beauty, historian Aileen Ribeiro examines what constitutes female beauty in both art and life, and how this ideal has changed over time. The tome surveys the different types of abstract and physical beauty that have been admired across
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Over the four days at Cosmoprof Bologna, we met a lot of inspiring people and brands doing interesting, innovative work. Here are two noteworthy brands that brought the trade show to a nice close. Stay tuned for our comprehensive Cosmoprof Bologna wrap in the next week.
Davines
Davines is an Italian hair care brand whose philosophy is "Man, Technology, Nature." They
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Over the past two days at Cosmoprof Bologna, we've seen a lot of hair and nail products. There's been a lot of argan oil hair products, no ammonia hair color, soak off gels, nail wraps and magnetic polishes. Here are some of the noteworthy products we've seen during the past two days.
Doop
This Dutch, unisex styling line is pronounced "dope",
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We're here in Bologna for the next three days to cover Cosmoprof Bologna, the beauty industry's most important trade show. Each day, we'll highlight the most interesting finds of the day. Here are some notable products from day one.
1. Seecret by Hapro
Although this machine may look like a tanning bed, its actually an anti-aging bed. It uses red light therapy
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Topman launched their men's grooming and fragrance line today. The line includes 2 Eau de Parfums, "16" and "27", as well as hair putty, body wash, deodorant and a body spray. All body products are scented with the "27" fragrance. Rather than license out the development or work with a big fragrance company, Topman brought in fragrance expert Azzi Glasser
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For the Vivienne Westwood Red Label collection, nails were custom made by Minx. Co-founders Janice Jordan and Dawn Lynch-Goodwin were asked to create nails that looked and felt like the surface of a skateboard. Having never created that texture before, the founders experimented and developed a rough, grey, abrasive texture. They are calling it the 'Touch Me, Feel Me' Minx.
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Makeup: Kabuki, MAC
Hair: Eugene Souleiman, Wella
Nails: Pattie Yankee, Dashing Diva
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"The makeup is inspired by Jeremy's collection. It's rave revisited, like 21st century rave. It's funny because I remember it from the first time around. It almost has to do with early computers as well, like the internet... kind of like the current generation who has the party online. Some of
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Makeup: Dick Page, Shiseido
Hair: Guido Palau, Redken
Nails: Elisa Ferri, Zoya
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"We're keeping the girls as simple as possible. It's really pretty, clean skin, we're just taking out any red bits and rough parts, little emphasis on the eyebrows but a natural emphasis. There are a few light highlights around the eye, maybe gold or white depending on the skin tone. There's
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Makeup: Tom Pecheux, MAC
Hair: Peter Gray, MoroccanOil
Nails: Deborah Lippmann, Deborah Lippmann
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"The inspiration comes from the amazing collection, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt. When I saw the collection and the amazing accessories, I was so in love with it, but I wanted to bring a bit of fantasy, I always need to twist something. So I was thinking Egon Schiele and
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