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Beauty Notes: Favorite Makeup Looks from Fall 2005 RTW shows...
Beauty Notes: Favorite Makeup Looks from Fall 2005 RTW shows...
Posted by Dain, Tuesday, June 21, 2005 1:57 PM (Eastern)
As always, variance is the common mode in the fashion world, so the looks I have selected bear a resemblance because I've picked them out. Chanel featured cartoonishly drawn eyelashes, Viktor & Rolf had red eyeshadow dusted precariously around the eye, with crimped hair spread across pillows (I kid you not), and every Galliano show tests the limits of makeup—though not always to good effect. We're real women, however, Rated R aside, and real-world makeup is the better choice for analysis here.
A good handful of shows featured a very pretty face: clean, polished skin, like velvet, minimal blush (the "Fade" look, I always think to myself... Stila Fade, that is), and, as style.com phrased it, "peony lips". Mot juste, I would say. It's makeup-y, but very restrained—none of the elements are pushed to the limits. The skin looks made-up, but not pancaked, the blush is subtle, the eyes minimal (very matte browns and mascara sort of thing), and the lip is not quite a stain but not quite a full application, either.
Anyway, without much further ado, the looks!
Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche (my favorite amongst them, though impractical hair)
Proenza Schouler (a little variation on the eye, with a teal liner running along the bottom lashline and a bit of a peachy wash to balance the liner)
Roland Mouret (love the sideswept locks)
Donna Karan (same model, I think, as for the Roland Mouret picture... a low bun is lovely)
Carolina Herrera (another bun)
Wonderful. It just highlights how young and pretty these girls are, you know? And sometimes that just hits the right note. And before you mutter, "I don't look anything like these women..." (who does, love?), it's not really so far-fetched from what many women wear on a daily basis, and if not, it's not a difficult or tedious look to pull off. One word of caution: lightly defined, groomed brows frame every single one of these faces. It's not something you'd think of, but they're key to this look. And just lovely on the last vestiges of a summer tan, too. So pull out the powder compacts (I want the Estée Lauder rhinestone-embellished peace one!), the pinky-plum stains, the Fade blush (and a palette of matte browns/beiges/maybe-a-pink), and some tweezers, and you're ready to roll. It's still June, I realize, but there's no reason not to know what's coming.
All pictures from style.com.
Labels: beauty notes, carolina herrera, donna karan, estee lauder, hair, proenza schouler, roland mouret, ysl
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