Excuse my long absence friends, I have been very sick and am still recovering. I thought I would share a few beauty looks from Mercedes Benz Fashion Week NYC 2013 that I am loving and the beauty articles from Style.com that share what the pros used to create the looks. I am truly adoring the 70's big hair at Marc by Marc Jacobs, I often daydream about rocking such big fun hair!
Marc by Marc Jacobs Fall/Winter 2013
Photos and Beauty article courtesy of Style.com
Senior Beauty Editor Celia Ellenberg's take:
Arriving backstage at Marc by
Marc Jacobs
was a slightly jarring experience, for two reasons: first and foremost,
it's a rare occasion to see Jacobs and his glam squad of Shiseido
artistic director of makeup, Dick Page, and Redken creative consultant
Guido Palau at the tents. Also throwing us off was the deliberate,
albeit uncharacteristic, tinge of glamour behind the hair-and-makeup
look. "It's a bit more prim," Page said of the designer's Fall
collection, which prompted him to slick on an impossibly glossy,
"spunky" red lip for the occasion.
"I'm using an OCD lip
technique," he joked of a nonstop layering effort by which he blended
Shiseido's forthcoming shades of its Lacquer Rouge in Sanguine, a deep
red, and Drama, a rosy crimson, keeping the skin "quite real" with
minimal coverage foundation. Eyes were given a neutral slick of
Shiseido's Shimmering Cream Eye Color in Sable, a warm brown, which Page
defined with the same product in Caviar, a rich black, on the outer
third of the upper lash line. As a finishing touch, he blended the
colors together with Shiseido's Benefiance Full Correction Lip Treatment
for a greasy finish.
"It's a take on the forties meets
seventies," Guido Palau offered of the beauty look, which included
side-parted pin curls that had been prepped with Redken Guts 10 Volume
Spray Foam, put through a barrel curling iron, brushed out, and teased
before models hit the runway, so the style wasn't "too lady" and a
little more "disheveled." Slipping a bobby pin into the front of the
hairline to create "a kiss" over the eyes, Palau spritzed a halo of
Redken Fashion Work 12 Versatile Working Spray over the entire head for
hold.
Diane von Furstenburg Fall/Winter 2013
Photos and Beauty article courtesy of Style.com
Senior Beauty Editor Celia Ellenberg's take:
Being a designer backstage on the day of your own show comes with a few
perks—including on-site touch-ups with some of fashion's best hair and
makeup people. "Can you do what you did before,"
Diane von Furstenberg
beseeched James Kaliardos as he was applying the show's look to a model
in his chair. Von Furstenberg was looking to re-up on her ruddy smoky
eye—and to dole out a few words of wisdom in the process. "The idea with
the color," she said, motioning to the MAC Chromagraphic Pencil in
Process Magenta that Kaliardos was blending with its Lip Conditioner for
a semimatte finish, "is whatever you're doing, close the deal."
"It's
a look that makes you win in life," Kaliardos continued of the
seventies glam-rock makeup, which featured diffused red lids, courtesy
of MAC Cream Eyeshadow in Rusted Red from its forthcoming Fall trend
palette that he blended with its Cream Eyeshadow in Oyster, a shimmering
champagne, to add a highlight to the inner corners of eyes. Sculpting
skin with warm shades of MAC Face and Body Foundation, Kaliardos filled
in brows with its Eye Shadow in Omega before swiping on a few coats of
its Haute & Naughty Mascara to enhance the drama. Toes were painted
with a combination of Essie's fuchsia Plumberry and Miami Nice to match
models' mouths.
Orlando Pita added to the "life is a party" inspiration—von
Furstenberg's party, specifically—with seventies-style sets that he
side-parted and treated to a few spritzes of his T3 Elevate Heat-Seeking
Iron Volumizer hair spray and a one-and-a-half-inch curling iron to
implement a slightly disheveled wave. "Diane is about inspiring women,"
he said, prompting him to skip hair extensions to avoid total
uniformity, catering instead to models' individual lengths.
3.1 Phillip Lim Fall/Winter 2013
Photos and Beauty Article courtesy of Style.com
Senior Beauty Editor Celia Ellenberg's take:
There's always a bit of a downtown-cool undertone to the beauty look at 3.1 Phillip Lim,
which is why it was surprising to hear NARS' Francelle Daly describe
the makeup as "uptown sophisticated." "She's a girl with an edge,
though," Daly added. "Like she has a rock 'n' roll boyfriend—or is in a
band." Phew.
The sophisticated bit was a reference to the flawless skin Daly achieved
by combining NARS' forthcoming Radiant Cream Compact Foundation with
its Light Reflecting Loose Setting Powder. Cheeks received a slight
flush courtesy of its Highlighting Blush in Miss Liberty, a light peach,
and its Multiple in Copacabana, a shimmering champagne, while lids were
given a camo tone with NARS' new-for-fall Single Eyeshadow in Yamal.
Then came that pout, which offered an interesting update to Fall's
favorite mulberry mouth while "complementing and finalizing" the look,
according to Daly. Lining and filling in lips with NARS' Lip Liner
Pencil in Kenya, a cinnamon color, Daly layered that with its Eye Liner
in Mambo, a dark cocoa, for an ultra-rich chocolate-cherry hue. "There's
an expensive taste to it," she said.
Paul Hanlon did his part by honing in on a specific texture that he
described as "a little Kate Moss"—a favorite inspiration for Hanlon's
special brand of deconstructed chic. Prepping hair with Frédéric Fekkai
Full Blown Volume Styling Whip to give it a bit of grip, Hanlon
administered a relatively done-up blow-out to start. "We're making it
beautiful, then we're destroying it," he explained, "because if you
start with a destroyed texture, it can look poor." Then, spritzing with
Fekkai's Luscious Curls Wave Activating Spray, Hanlon ran sections of
hair through a curling iron to give it movement, side-parting strands
and "clumping" them together in the back with bobby pins, "as though it
had been caught in a scarf." Another pin was also slipped above the ear
on one side in a haphazard way so that it appeared as though "the girls
literally walked off the street and into the show."
Rodarte Fall/Winter 2013
Photos and Beauty Article courtesy of Style.com
Senior Beauty Editor Celia Ellenberg's take:
Wearing makeup to the beach is a questionable move, although if you grew up in a NorCal surf town, like
Rodarte's
Laura and Kate Mulleavy, it was probably also hard to avoid. "It's the
idea of mascara that has been applied on the beach," James Kaliardos
said of the makeup look he created for the sister duo's Fall Santa
Cruz-themed collection. "It's a bit messy," he continued, "as if it fell
onto [models'] faces."
Dusting lids with NARS Single Eye Shadow
in Bengali, a matte dark brown shade that Kaliardos swept underneath the
lower lash line as well, he worked its forthcoming Eye Paint in
Mesopotamia, a similar shade, through the crease to provide a little
slip. Then, taking NARS' as-yet-unreleased Larger Than Life Long-Wear
Eyeliner in Via De'Martelli, a dark chocolate, he dotted on a chunky,
"speckled" bit of pigment for a haphazard effect. NARS Larger Than Life
Volumizing Mascara added additional dimension to lashes while its Velvet
Matte Lip Pencil in Belle de Jour gave pouts a subdued nude finish.
Odile
Gilbert was going for a "rocker princess" look, which she achieved by
building a "cool, undone" texture into models' manes. Prepping hair with
John Frieda Frizz-Ease Curl Reviver Styling Mousse, Gilbert took
strands through a two-inch curling iron to create a loose bend. Brushing
out the waves for a more natural appearance, she created interwoven
plaits on either side of the head, which were joined together in a
rosette that segued into a single braid in the back. Using Frizz-Ease
Hair Serum Thermal Protection Formula on the ends to create piecey
separation, Gilbert crowned select models with barbed-wire headbands,
including Nadja Bender, Irina Kravchenko, Kate King, and Tilda Lindstam.
