While some backstage beauty is meant to make a statement all its own (gold foil eyebrows, anyone?), a lot of it is intended to be a muting tactic—to create a uniform neutrality so the clothes truly take center stage. Such was the case at Dries van Noten, where less was indeed more to put the [...]

Redken creative consultant Guido Palau notably went with sixties-era wig cap-inspired updos last season at Jil Sander, and he culled from a similar era for Spring. “It’s inspired by the 1950’s but then becomes midcentury modern, which makes it such a sculptured look,” he pointed out of the “helmet-like,” sleek, curled-under faux bobs designer Raf [...]

As you’ve probably gathered from our latest posts, Beauty Counter is reporting from London this weekend, as the Spring shows have officially crossed the pond. In between getting the backstage scoop at House of Holland, Vivienne Westwood, and Jonathan Saunders (more on that in a bit), we’re also trying to squeeze in some other, er, [...]

Last night at Jefferson Hack’s Another Magazine bash at The Fat Radish, several guests showed off some bold beauty looks—Daphne Guinness, with her signature streaked, salt-and-pepper hair, and nightlife diva Sophia Lamar’s purple and blue coif among them. But it was China Chow’s pro tips that stopped us in our tracks as we were en [...]

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 [...]

Ricky’s NYC is about to become Ricky’s U.S.A. The Manhattan mainstay for everything from wigs and fishnets to all-natural skincare and niche hair and makeup brands is embarking on a nationwide expansion. [WWD]
After the success of Les Khakis de Chanel, Peter Philips’ limited-edition nail trio for Fashion’s Night Out 2010, it should come as no [...]

In case it wasn’t clear from the glistening black backdrop and the neon-lit replica of the Place Vendôme that set the stage for last night’s Chanel Couture presentation, a dramatic, evening-inspired theme helped guide the beauty look created by the house’s creative director of makeup, Peter Philips. “Karl mentioned the masculine/feminine silhouette, the fact that [...]

Here’s the problem with Chanel makeup: the time lapse between when we see it backstage at the house’s show in Paris and when it actually hits shelves is brutal. It’s been almost four months since we first laid eyes on Peter Philips’ Fall collection, but the agony of waiting is finally over. The face-painting star’s [...]

If the makeup at today’s Chanel cruise show in Antibes looked particularly understated for a Karl Lagerfeld event staged on the Riviera, that was intentional. “The focus is on the easiness of the look,” Chanel creative director of makeup Peter Philips said of the fresh-faced beauty he sent down the runway in the South of [...]

Metallics were all over the Fall runways—from Tom Pecheux’s frosted copper mouths at Peter Som and his smoky pewter lids at Derek Lam to Odile Gilbert’s feather-shaped goldleaf brush strokes on hair at Jason Wu. But our favorite take on the molten pigments came from Chanel, where Peter Philips debuted three colors from his new [...]