The Look: Feminine Strength
Makeup & Hair: Helder Rodrigues
Nails: Risque
Makeup
"The inspiration was the feminine universe. Specifically, I was inspired by women. I wanted to escape from obvious makeup (made up lashes and eyebrows) which is why I opted to not use mascara and bleach the eyebrows so we can have this strength on the eyes. Eyes were emphasized with brown shadow
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Look: Young Glamour
Makeup: Celso Kamura for MAC
Hair: Celso Kamura
Nails: OPI & Sally Hansen
Makeup
"Alexandre wanted a young, fresh girl that still had some glamour. The makeup I opted for is fresh, natural skin like a girl's. I brushed matte brown eyeshadow all around the eye to give depth. It was complemented with a golden eyeliner (a custom mix of MAC Pigments in
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The Look: Clean Minimalism
Makeup: Robert Stephen for MAC
Hair: Robert Stephen for L'Oreal
Nails: Risque
Makeup
Stephen described the look as "very clean with 60s references. The makeup is all about the eyebrows, brown eyebrows and pale skin. We are brushing in some eyeshadow for the brows." To give skin a subtle glow, he prepped the skin with moisturizer and corrected with concealer.
Products (all
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The Look: Rock 'n' roll Princesses
Makeup: Fabiana Gomes for MAC
Hair: Marcos Proenca
Nails: Risque
Makeup
For Iódice, Gomes transformed models into "rock 'n' roll royalty." The bronze/brown color palette (definitely a trend this season) was updated with different textures. "I used Metal X shadow because it has a high-tech metallic effect. It's not a bright metallic." Eyes were the focal point with a
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Makeup: Fabiana Gomes for MAC
Hair: Wanderley Nunes
Makeup
"Imagine girls arising from the Patagonia glaciers to the Atacomo desert. We're doing pale skin in the center of the face. It looks effortless but there's 11 steps. It's all about well-prepared skin using Beauty Balm, Prep + Prime Highlighter, and technological products. I'm softly applying Pinch o Peach blush on the center of
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Look: Rock & Romantic
Makeup & Hair: Max Weber
Nails: Risque
"The eye makeup is young because it is a young brand. The hair is a mix of romantic and rock. Since it's a winter collection, the eye makeup is heavy, with attitude. The overall inspiration is beauty." - Max Weber
Makeup
The skin was prepped with a base and powder by Laura Mercier. Brown
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Makeup: John Stapleton for MAC
Hair: Max Weber
Nails: Risque Nails
Makeup
"We're creating a very organic-inspired makeup. They gave us a lot of tribal references, very indigenous pictures, almost Polynesian in some places with head wreaths and things you would see in Hawaii or Africa. When you look at the clothes there's a mix of organic materials, sheerness and fullness, materials that have
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Look: Young British girl from the countryside.
Makeup & Hair Stylist: Daniel Hernandez
Nails: Risque
"The beauty is very natural. There's so much going on in the outfits - its futuristic and the designers are using a lot of different materials - so we didn't want the girls to look too done. We wanted them to look young so we did the low
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At the fabulous age of 90, Iris Apfel, self-described "geriatric starlet" and fashion icon, is taking on the world of make-up. The Iris Apfel for MAC Collection is a 20-piece line – an apt showcase of Apfel's knack for color and unique style full of bold and splashy lip shades and nail lacquers. Colors range from dark grey and blue-teals to
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Its 21 degrees here in New York, and this February Vogue Japan editorial has us dreaming of Spring. As Spring makeup collections begin to hit counters, Neil Moodie's cotton candy curls and Yadim's pink makeup and seafoam nails shows us how to translate the pastel trend to beauty.
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Bold 80s beauty is in full force for the second issue of Antidote Magazine. The fierce teal eyeliner with bright red lips, long red-violet nails with the pulled back hair and jewel-toned ensembles make for a satisfyingly glam editorial. Makeup by Adrien Pinault and hair by Tomohiro Ohashi.
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Call us late, but better late than never. Although we've been fans of Serge Lutens' fragrance creations for a while, we've just discovered his highly-edited collection of makeup essentials launched in collaboration with Shiseido in 2005. The line includes foundation, blusher, eyeshadow, mascara, 10 lipsticks and nail varnish. Lutens' favorite is the kohl eye liner. It's "an answer to what
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"Dress as though your life depends on it or don't bother... Rather than do a painting on a canvas or sculpting with clay, I put all these ideas onto myself." - Leigh Bowery
Leigh Bowery (March 26, 1961-December 31,1994)
He was a polysexual Australian performance artist, club promoter, drag provocateur, fashion designer that shocked London in the 80s and 90s with his
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Shu Uemura's Holiday 2011 collection with Wong Kar Wai got us thinking about Wong's movie "In the Mood for Love". After taking another look at the film's images, we're struck by how timeless and relevant Maggie Cheung's 1960s-based makeup and hair feels today. The polished skin, subtly winged liner, monochrome palette, perfectly groomed eyebrows and bouffant shows a restraint, a
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For holiday 2011, Shu Uemura came together with renowned film director Wong Kar Wai to create Rouge et Blue, an emotional, atmospheric makeup collection infused with his signature nostalgic cool. At first glance, it's an unusual partnership, but with some thought, it becomes extremely intriguing as Wong Kar Wai is known for his lush, visually poetic films like "Chunking Express",
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