SHOW GIRLS : Spring Summer 2013 Beauty

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Rodarte girls were brave and fearlessly natural, with the clearest of skin extremely groomed eyebrows pushed and brushed into place with wax. These girls were strong and adorned with ear amour which  was way Game of Thrones and right up my medieval alley. Complexions were the anti-christ of the Kardashian ethos, with the lightest of applications of Nars Sheer Glow Foundation just in the centre of the face and specifically NOT on the cheeks because "because once it gets on the cheeks, it actually looks like foundation," says Makeup Artist James Kaliardos. Nars Triple X Clear Gloss was applied on models eyes up to the brow bone and along the cheek bone, this was a really tuff look almost sweat like. Maybe they worked up a sweat slaying dragons?

The nails were an intricate three dimensional basketweave "It took 200 man-hours," CND manicurist Michelle Huynh. Woah. Check out the NPAA facebook page for images and our favorite show nails.

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Australian sweetie Ruby Jean Wilson opened and closed the Marc Jacobs show, her dramatic bleach blonde make over made some very not so subtle references to Andy Warhol's muse Edie Sedgwick.  Hair was teased , back combed to voluminous heights using Redken's Guts 10 Volume Spray Mouse and Refresh Aerosol Hair Powder Dry Shampoo and then side parted.

François Nars who created the Edie clones complete with big bold over drawn brows using Nars Bengali and Bali Single Shadows. For the eyes used Nars Eye Shadow Duo in Key Largo and Portobello washing the lid with the pale peach and then creating a deep crease with the rich bronze in the duo.

Most of the shows have focused on a key feature on the face and played it up either a bright lip or an interesting eye which pulled the look together. But with Marc's Edie's they needed multiple bold features played up to pull the look together because it wouldn't have worked without the big-hair or bold brows or dramatic eyes.

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SHOW GIRLS : Sping Summer 2013 Beauty

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Burberry Prorsum has been the most unexpected and exciting show for me so far, who would have thought the trench coat could be reinvented so many times and this time in shimmering bright metallics? I was so into this show, the looks were simple but still held the strong bold statement that a traditional Burberry trench has.
Ok hair....HAIR! I have an all time favorite hairstyle, it is when you put on your jacket or a scarf and your hair gets trapped in the back neck and pushes up the top to create volume. Burberry did it! YAY! Tendrils of textured waves were left to shape the face.
Red lips who would have thought boring Burberry would do a red lip, not me. The shade used was 'Siren' which will be out with the winter/fall collection - in the UK, which means we wont see it in our stores for a while. It is a velvet matte finish, making the lips pop off the face in an optical illusion. Other than the bold defined scarlet lip the rest of the face was kept clean and natural mixing Burberry's Fresh Glow Foundation and the forthcoming illuminator.

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Karl's other babe Fendi showed a bold muted okra toned colour palette of textured shifts and pervy specs topped off with plush dice bags. Peter Philips created a striking look on the face it was clean and fresh a seamless luminous base adding and enhancing the natural pinky tones to the face but nothing obvious or distracting. All the focus was on tonal neoprene strips on the models lower lash line, varying in colours depending on the look, 2 short strips of colour toward the inner corner worked as a stuck on strip of highlighter. The outer corner of the lower lash line was defined by a longer strip of black neoprene, eyes were free of mascara and liner leaving the fabric strips as the one and only statement on the face.
Keeping with the fresh perfected clean base on nails was a nudey-salmon colour, Chanel's Ming was mixed with a drop of white and touch of sunny yellow to create the perfect tone.

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Stay tuned, more SHOW GIRLS all week coming up next Marc Jacobs and Rodarte.......