“The casting’s really considered, so I thought the hair should be, too,” hairstylist Paul Hanlon said backstage at Prabal Gurung yesterday, where the designer’s “uncursed”-themed show, which explored the ideas of heaven and hell through periods of black, then blue, then gold and white, necessitated a similarly linear coif. “The girls at the beginning have [...]

We first saw them last season at Chloé, where Charlotte Tilbury was crafting the “chicer side of hippie”: freckles—lots of them, stenciled across the bridge of the nose and onto cheeks, “just where the sun would hit you,” the makeup artist explained. It was a quirky touch that worked with the rocker chick, music festival [...]

Since the nail art craze commenced two seasons ago, the old-school mandate of matching lips and tips pretty much went out the window (while a leopard-print pout is not unattainable, it is inadvisable). But there seems to be a backlash against all that for Spring, as corresponding lacquers and lipsticks are making a bit of [...]

If you’re unfamiliar with Japanese artist Nobuyoshi Araki’s work, the retina-burning ombré pink lips at Prabal Gurung were likely a bit of a jarring site. But put in the context of the photographer’s vivid images of exotic blooms, the mouths made perfect sense. “It’s like there is an intoxicating flower coming out of her mouth,” [...]

We penned a love letter to freckles earlier this summer, and now that Fall is making its rapid return we’re realizing that all of those adorable speckled flecks don’t have to fade with our tan. At least that seems to be the message the makeup artistry establishment is trying to send. At Chloé, face painter [...]

If we had to call it right here, right now, spider lashes would be the trend we are most excited about for Fall. We loved them at Alberta Ferretti and ogled them at Lanvin, but it was Charlotte Tilbury’s mastery with the mascara wand at Chloé that really sealed the deal. “It’s a hybrid between [...]

Lip color, like fur or chiffon, tends to be a seasonal thing. While all manners of pinks, berries, grays, nudes, reds, and oranges typically hit the runway for Spring, Fall often favors straightforward scarlets and the occasional smattering of dark bordeaux to keep things interesting. Case in point: MAC’s forthcoming matte crimson bullet in Runaway [...]

Where had we seen this before, we thought to ourselves when we happened upon Wella global creative director Eugene Souleiman’s voluminous donut-shaped chignons at Donna Karan? “I’ve seen this shape before,” Souleiman concurred, “but I’ve never seen it with this texture,” a matte finish he’d created by prepping strands with a mix of Wella’s Ocean [...]

Editors and buyers who arrived at the Upper East Side townhouse Victoria Beckham takes over for her presentation each season expecting to see her typical brand of perfect skin and sleek hair were in for a shock. Each and every model wore a meticulously placed stocking cap and headbands. “I didn’t want it to have [...]

The bleached brow dominated the Spring shows, making appearances at Alexander Wang, Marc Jacobs, Yves Saint Laurent, and Nina Ricci, among others. But halfway through the Fall shows in New York, its death grip on the backstage scene seems to be loosening up. Yes, makeup artist Diane Kendal successfully blocked out arches at Jason Wu [...]