Spring / Summer 2013 Beauty Round-Up: London and Milan Mash-up
I know I was a bit rough on New York Fashion Week, but come on, the “no makeup look” is getting a bit out of hand. It just seems lazy to me. Luckily, for the most part (yeah Etro, I’m talking to you — you couldn’t use mascara or at least give the girls an eyelash curl? Come on!) London and Milan ignored the boring Americans’ big trend of sending models down the runways with bushy, exaggerated brows and no color on their faces. Of course the Brits and Italians loved themselves some big brows, but we’re not talking the warlock brows that haunted the NY runways.
Look for my coverage of the Paris shows next week and a “favorite trends” post covering the best trends from all the shows. (Spoiler Alert: “No Makeup Look” will NOT be gracing my favorite trends piece)
All photos via Women’s Wear Daily.
Posted by janna Tags Armani Cosmetics, Backstage Beauty, Backstage Makeup, Georgio Armani, Issi London, London, MAC, Max Mara, Milan, Missoni, Moschino, Paul Smith, Spring Summer 2013, Temperley London, Vivienne Westwood
NYFW Beauty Round-Up Part 2: The Rest of the Runway Roadkill
I know, I know. I’m totally late on giving you my full New York Fashion Week lowdown. I had some technical difficulties with the site over the past few days. You’ll get over it. I can tell you that London and Milan are already kicking NY’s ass as far as beauty, but we’ll get to that next week. And yes, I promise it will be next week.
The NY shows’ beauty looks got a little more creative later in the week thanks to standouts like the subtle smoky eye at Carolina Herrera and the fun pop of neon yellow on the eyelids at Milly, but overall most of the shows stuck to the Star-Bellied Sneetches mentality, sending bushy brows and bare faces down the runways just because everyone else did.
The Star-Bellied Sneetches were all about mimicking a bare face with unruly, bushy eyebrows bordering on warlock brows. I contemplated showing you all of the biggest designers’ beauty looks but to be frank, all the photos started looking too much alike. I refuse to put a star on my belly so instead I’ll show you some of my favorite looks from this past week and of course I’ll throw in a couple, “Are they f’ing kidding me?” looks for your catty enjoyment.
Posted by janna Tags Backstage Beauty, Backstage Makeup, MACNY Fashion Week Spring 2013 Beauty Round-up Part 1: The Emperor’s New Clothes
I wish I could tell you I’ve got some exciting new trends to share with you from New York Fashion Week Spring 2013, but it seems like all you need is concealer, contour powder and an eyebrow brush to pull off most of the looks I’ve seen up to this point in the week. Last season (Fall 2012) we started to see the trend of the “no makeup” look, but this season seemed practically devoid of color and dimension, with a few brilliant exceptions like Monique Lhuillier and Peter Som. It kills me when a makeup artist waxes poetic about his or her inspiration and in the meantime every face is practically makeup-free, hence my nickname for this season — The Emperor’s New Clothes.
Okay, there are just too many looks to cover. I didn’t even get to my favorite look yet, so I guess you’ll simply have to check back for Part 2 of my NY Fashion Week Beauty coverage later this week!
*All photos courtesy of Women’s Wear Daily.
Posted by janna Tags Backstage Beauty, NY Fashion Week SS2013New York Fashion Week Fall 2012: Beauty Update (Part 2)
Loving (and a little hating on the hot-mess hair; yeah you Derek Lam) the beauty being sent down the runway…













































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