MAKEUP TRENDS TO MASTER
From a French-girl flush to the new red lip, here’s how to re-create the hottest beauty looks right now.
From high-tech mascara to a lipstick that doubles as an illuminator, update your arsenal with this season’s stand-out beauty buys
The AW17-18 runways were a celebration of individuality, with designers throwing out any notion of one trend fits all. The beauty teams got the custom memo, too, calling on new hero products and cult favourites to create memorable looks. Whether you like your makeup simple and pared back or bold and vivid, there’s never been a better time to embrace the real you – and these are the 10 beauty products that will help you do just that. While Tom Pecheux’s space-age makeup may not have initially caught our eye at the Chanel show (it’s hard to compete with one of Karl’s collections, oh, and a giant rocket on the centre of the runway), up close the look was striking. Created using the house’s new Ombre Première eyeshadow in Titane, the silvery shade was a rare retreat from the warm hues and barely there bronzes that have dominated the runways for seasons. While Pecheux’s tricksy floating eyeliner might be beyond your skill set, Chanel’s updated, pure-pigment shadows make it a cinch to pull off this season’s graphic eye far away from the Grand Palais.
In our endless quest to emulate French-girl everything, all eyes are perennially glued to the Isabel Marant show to catch a glimpse of what we wish we could be wearing every season. For AW17-18, makeup artist Lisa Butler created a rosy Parisian glow with a product you can pick up at Priceline: Burt’s Bees Lip Crayons. Blending various pinks and reds onto lips and cheeks backstage, Butler shared her tip for finding the perfect shade – just pinch your cheeks and pick a colour that matches your natural flush. So now you can get the skin of an Isabel Marant girl for less than the price of a movie ticket. Très bien!
Obvious strobing was scarcely seen this season; in its place, a minimalistic, fashion-girl glow. Of course, makeup legend Pat Mcgrath did it best at Victoria Beckham’s New York show, where she used the designer’s own highlighter from her insanely successful Estée Lauder capsule collection. Spending over two pineapples on a highlighter might seem like a stretch but, trust us, all you need is a single dusting across the high points of your face to give your skin a warm, healthy radiance. Meaning? It will last eons. The beauty world is littered with gimmicks, with only a few living up to their click-bait appeal. Dior’s Pump’n’volume mascara is one of these success stories. The tubes, which can be squeezed to refresh the formula, were used backstage by Christian Dior Makeup’s creative and image director Peter Philips, who brushed it through models’ centre lashes (top and bottom) then smudged the formula along lash lines for “morning after” eyes. The tube is fun (and gives you Back To
The Future Part II, “Just gotta pump up my shoes” feels), but the freshfor-longer formula and thick, sooty lashes it creates are no novelty.
At first glance, the holographic headbands at Issey Miyake looked like yet another It-hair accessory to add to cart, but on closer inspection, it was the models’ actual hair. Hairstylist James Pecis first slicked down the front section, giving it a hefty hit of L’oréal Paris Elnett hairspray for hold and shine. Next, he spritzed teal, blue and pink hues of L’oréal’s new tinted Colorista Sprays next to each other, creating a halo of shimmery shades. The result? Bright hair that was more fashion, less festival. Meet your new stealth selfie essential: M.A.C’S highly anticipated metallic lipsticks, which moonlighted as cream eyeshadows, blush and illuminators at Lanvin. The shimmery chocolate shade Modern Midas created a wash of colour across lids, while sparkly honey hue Jupiter added a highlight to cheekbones. “Being a lipstick and being a cream, it’s easy to blend and create this melange of colours,” says M.A.C senior artist Gisel Calvillo. “The fun part is you can do this look with your fingers, to really blend it into the skin.”
In an ideal world, we’d have the time (and steady hands) to copy one of the countless intricate nail-art designs spotted on the runways. In reality, layering on a fail-safe shade that won’t make you look like a hot mess after one chip is the more viable option. Stella Mccartney gets it, too, opting for OPI’S iconic Bubble Bath to offset her wearable collection in Paris. Even better, the Holy Grail shade is now available in the brand’s extended-wear formula, for week-long gloss. Easy (read: lazy) just got easier. Base makeup is always a trybefore-you-buy scenario, but Nars’ new concealer works with every skin type and diffuses an array of imperfections, making it our top skin-vestment for the season. It was put to work for AW17-18, with makeup artist Diane Kendal using it to balance out complexions at Thakoon, creating an even base for the colour-block lips it accompanied. And over at JW Anderson, Mark Carrasquillo praised its real-skin matte fnish. It touches up without caking – just warm it up on the back of your hand for a better blend.
Every season, makeup artists flex their creative muscles by reimagining the classic red lip, and for AW17-18, Yadim Carranza had the stand-out at Jason Wu. A perfect move to steal if you find red lips a little too retro, Carranza used Maybelline’s Vivid Matte Liquid lip colour in two shades: orange-red on the top lip and a fire-engine crimson on the bottom. The effect hit all the strong, modern notes of Wu’s collection but wasn’t too kooky to stop you trying it at home. Mirroring the sexy-meets-structured silhouettes coming down the Cushnie Et Ochs runway were the broken S-bends tumbling down the models’ backs. The roughly tousled yet still shiny waves began with a base of Moroccanoil’s Dry Texture Spray, which gives hold and height to waves, but is spiked with the brand’s DNA argan oil. If some dry sprays make your hair look dull, give this set-for-cult-status spritz a go.