Tom Ford made a personal appearance at Bergdorf Goodman on Wednesday for his new cosmetics line and sold $52,000 worth of makeup in one night. “I’ve always loved makeup, and every time I’ve developed a collection, I’ve given a lot of thought to the hair and makeup — because that’s your character for that season,” he explained. This makeup
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Laurence Hovart, the beauty director at Numero, and photographer Eric Maillet, created custom paintings for New York Times' The Moment that can viewed through an interactive feature. Hovart used shades from fall makeup collections to paint these moody creations.
Products used:
Yves Saint Laurent Ombre Solo in Velvet Green
M.A.C. Cosmetics Nail Lacquer in Shirelle
Rouge G Guerlain Lipstick in Girly
Lancome Le Vernis Divine
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In the November edition of Marie Claire China, model Mash T evokes iconic beauties from the 1950s-1990s, Bettie Page to Madonna. Hair and makeup by Yoichi and David Tibolla.
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The Gareth Pugh for MAC makeup collection is finally here. Set for a November 23 launch in North America, this "futuristic yet primal" collection is made up of cream eye shadows, slick nail lacquers and graphic eyelashes that go from "deep and mysterious to light, fragile and ethereal," said Gareth Pugh in the press release. Color inspirations ranged from hematite
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Do you know how to use makeup to make the most of your facial appearance? In this clip from 1938, Jane Barries, the Beauty Editor of Woman's Fair Magazine gives makeovers by adding eyebrows, eyeshadow and lipstick.
Some tips:
Extend brows slightly and shape to provide a pleasing and artistic frame for the liquid orbs. A subtle touch of eyeshadow completes the
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Go brow!
Heavily defined brows are making a statement for Spring/Summer 2012. From thick and arched to bushy and exaggerated, one thing’s for certain: the bolder the better. Makeup artists drew inspiration from supermodels and beauties of decades past, as well as rock musicians and photographers. To achieve this look they used dark eyebrow pencils and powders or black eyeshadow and
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Makeup: Alex Box
Hair: Martin Cullen
Nails: Marian Newman for Minx
Makeup
Makeup was led by makeup artist Alex Box who referenced Nikola Tesla, the early 20th century scientist. "It's about electricity and the early forms of it," she explained. Using Minx nail strip and triangles of sticky, double-sided clear plastic, she created white, “floating” eyeliner for the models. An innovative move, this is
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The Look: Morning After a Fun All-Nighter
Makeup, Lucia Pieroni for MAC
Hair, Eugene Souleiman for Wella Professionals
Nails, Marian Newman for Minx Nails
Makeup
"It's like nothing, but there's something there," described Lucia Pieroni of the "morning-after," monochromatic makeup. The focus was on the eyebrows which were filled in with an eye shadow a shade deeper than the model's natural hair color. "Since it's
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The Look: 60s Bourgeois Eccentric
Makeup: Peter Philips for Chanel
Hair: Sam McKnight
Makeup
Peter Philips added a bit of eccentricity and Byzantine gilt to Lagerfeld's take on fifties Italian la dolce vita dressing. Bits of gold or silver foil were pressed from lash line to brow using gel. "It's a game of textures," said Philips. "Mixing fur with leather with a graphic metallic
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Rachel Weisz graces the cover of AnOther magazine for Autumn/Winter 2011. The stunning turquoise eye shadow and perfect matte red lipstick combination gave us pause as we took in the colorful beauty. We couldn't help but recall the red lips and jade-lined eyes seen at the Jil Sander F/W 11 show. Perhaps it served as inspiration for this shoot? At
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The Look: Country Girl Goes to the Big City
Makeup: Val Garland for MAC
Hair: Eugene Souleiman for Wella Professionals
Nails: Pattie Yankee for Dashing Diva
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dFpci_b6yr8&feature=youtu.be
Makeup
"The look is Daisy Duke goes into the city. I wanted it to feel like a young girl, like her first time in the big city. She's a bit hillbilly and she thinks she wants to be grown
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The Look: Cool Girls
Makeup: James Kaliardos for MAC
Hair: Odile Gilbert for Kerastase
Nails: Jin Soon Choi for Zoya
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T2yM1lY8obU&feature=youtu.be
Makeup
The makeup directive from Olivier Theyskens was that he wanted the girls to look cool but with a little kick. So, Kaliardos used a khaki color on the eye with a reflective silver pigment shooting up the center of the eye. "It gives
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The Look: Romy Schneider in the movie La Piscine
Makeup: Tom Pecheux for MAC
Hair: Didier Malige for Aveda
Makeup
Tom Pecheux was inspired by French actress and 60s beauty icon Romy Schneider in the movie La Piscine. "It's a twisted love story in a house with an amazing swimming pool and Romy Schneider is tan and glowing with lots of mascara and shimmer.
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The Look: 60s Warhol Lady
Skin: Eileen Harcourt for Clarisonic
Makeup: Daniel Martin for Lancome
Hair: DJ Riggs for TIGI
Nails: Anna-Maria for Lancome
Skin
Celebrity aesthetician Eileen Harcourt was backstage to give models a quick cleansing and makeup prep. "Skin is an accessory, just like shoes and hair," she said. She used the Clarisonic Cleanser with the Facial Brush to remove makeup and dirt and
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The Look: 50s-inspired Pretty Lady
Makeup: Philippe Chansel for MAC
Hair: Rolando Beauchamp for Bumble & Bumble
Nails: Wanda Ruiz for CND
Makeup
Philippe Chansel was inspired by a dress with opals to do an opal eyelid. Green, blue and red Reflects (fine glitters) were mixed together on the eyelid to create subtle reflections of color, just like a real opal. Everything else was kept simple
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