6 tips: more beauty, less products
Nude lips, model-like hair, runway ready eyes and perfect lips are all the basics of the beauty world, the must haves, the essentials. We all want to create the beauty looks we see on the runway but we might not know how, or might not have the products that are quintessential to the look. The following mini-tutorials skip the purchasing of the expensive products, but …
How to: doe-eyed beauty look
With braids encircling the head like a halo, this mix of subtle champagne shimmer, false lashes and pink lips looks divinely doe-eyed and angelic. But it's the kind of 2012 beauty look worth keeping up your sleeve: mix it up with some bouffant bed hair and it works just as well for creating that Brigitte Bardot youthful sex kitten look. Find out how to create it after the break.
Dotted: Carine Roitfeld
So adept at applying her smokey black ‘panda eyes’ is Carine Roitfeld that little else is needed to make her trademark beauty look stand out. That does set the bar high for night-time occasions though – especially when they’re themed for irreverence. For a simple yet Gothic take on a 2012 beauty trend – i.e, a variation on the sequinned eyelids seen on the runway …
Moment: Givenchy sequinned Gisele
In an era where we aspire to effortlessness, it seems fitting that one of the most stand-out, unique beauty looks from spring 2012 was also one of the simplest. The eyes of Givenchy’s models were kept understated bar for the dot of a metallic sequin. Who better to show how it was done than supermodel Gisele. If you want to recreate the sequin dotted eye …
Makeup inspired by macarons
Just as fashion trends exist, so too do food trends exist. Seldom do the two meet, however. That’s all set to change in 2012, however, with Parisian pastry maker and creator of the double-decker macaron Ladurée turning its hand to makeup.
Beauty how to: starry night eyes
It's the beauty of Van Gogh's starry night reflected in your eyes. The edges of pitch black night illuminated into deep blue and shimmering purple by the celestial stars... As seen on the Rodarte spring 2012 runway, this look works for cool days or warm nights. Follow the beauty how to guide to create it yourself.
Burnt beauty
Trends in colour, clothing and cosmetics are closely interrelated. The reason for this is obvious: a direction in one is complimented by a correlating direction in another. That’s not to say that themes and styles can’t be mixed up and contrasted – that’s all part of the fun of fashion. But exploring ideas like which beauty looks will support – or indeed fulfil – the …
Beauty how to: soft coral lips
Perfectly fitting for a vintage belle, soft coral lips are the crowning glory to flawless skin, peachy blushing cheeks, and bare eyes frosted with white liner. Read on for our full beauty how-to.
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