At the Richard Chai Love S/S 2012 show, lead makeup artist James Kaliardos for MAC Cosmetics created a “Japanese Harajuku girl meets Venice Beach girl” look to balance off the “explosion of color and texture” of the collection.
I have always loved the idea of pairing black eyeliner with bright orange lips and apparently, Dick Page, Artistic Director of Shiseido, do too. Just look at the gorgeous matte orange lips, rosy cheeks and glossy eyes at the Marc by Marc Jacobs Spring 2011…
At the Oscar de la Renta Spring/Summer 2011 show, Gucci Westman, Revlon’s Global Artistic Director, created “a modern day princess” look to go with the feminine prints and rich color.
Estée Lauder Creative Makeup Director Tom Pecheux teamed up with manicurist Jin Soon Choi to give models bright orange-shaded eyes, nude lips, peachy-bronzed cheeks and neutral nails at the Derek Lam Spring 2011 show.
With a Forties-meets-Seventies theme at the Jason Wu Spring/Summer 2011 show, eyes dazzled in bold hues of purple, green and blue while the hair was braided and twisted into girly buns. The one word that comes to mind? GORGEOUS!
At the Rag & Bone Spring 2011 show, Revlon’s Global Artistic Director, Gucci Westman, created a look she calls “real beauty” to go with the Laurence of Arabia inspired textured and natural clothing.