February 21st, 2011, 12:56 pm |
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by Michelle
As if the orange eyeshadow thing wasn’t scary enough. At New York Fashion Week, I noticed a second eyeshadow trend—one that’s been brewing for a while now, if you’ve been paying attention. (Hint: We saw inklings of it at Chanel, Giorgio Armani and Oscar de la Renta for S/S ’11.)
What I’m talking about is not the colour but the placement of it, which is all the way around the eyes AND all the way up to the brows.
You heard me. There’s none of this timid, dainty, just-darkening-the-lash-line business or the Old Skool tone-on-tone contouring of the crease. (Even if—like me and 99 percent of the Asian population—you don’t actually possess a crease.)
Nope. The eyeshadow gods are saying “MORE!!!!” And so who are we to displease them? Here are a few of the heavy-handed looks from Vera Wang, 3.1 Phillip Lim, L’Wren Scott and Narciso Rodriguez. And surprise! They work on all eye shapes. Keep reading »
February 18th, 2011, 12:27 pm |
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by Michelle
I really like Taylor Swift, but as you know, for a while there she was really getting me down about winged eyeliner—you know, the kind that is black and on the upper lash line only and extends out at the corners.
Besides the fact that she wears it All. Of. The. Time, I think it’s because she always pairs hers with ruby-red lipstick and her side-parted curls… and it’s all so twee, I just can’t take it. Even though, as I said, I think she is great.
Happily, it has taken Chanel, a few weeks ago, and now, the great Marc Jacobs, to restore my faith in what is honestly one of the prettiest things you can do with your eye makeup. (Because the consensus from my last post was that orange eyeshadow is verrrry tricky, if not downright unflattering.)
No orange here today, folks, but I DO want to break down some of the eye-lining, and also blush placement, techniques. What can I say—I like to be servicey! Let’s start with my favourite one first. Keep reading »
Oranges, and if I’m being really honest here, browns too, are just about the most scary things I can imagine putting on my eyelids. Sure, I love a coral lip (as long as it’s a pinky one like Cargo’s Evangeline), but as evidenced by Essie’s signature nail polish colour theory, my skin tone just seems to be too cool to fully embrace the warm colours. And by cool I mean with pinky undertones—not cool as in awesome.
However, I might be wrong, because increasingly I’m hearing—from EVERYONE—that there are no more colour rules. Giorgio Armani’s Reza Zaimeche was the first one to put forth this theory in my vid last fall, and since then I’ve heard it over and over, most recently yesterday when I interviewed celebrity colourist Marie Robinson, who thinks anyone can wear any hair colour. (Exciting! I can’t wait to show you guys the video I shot with her, because she had a hundred thousand million amazing tips.)
But obviously THIS post is about makeup, and specifically, orange tones—which I assume none of us probably make a habit of wearing—and whether we actually should start. Designers at Marc by Marc Jacobs, Rodarte, Rag & Bone, Donna Karan and Thakoon certainly want us to, whether they’re pale tones or super-loud and shocking. While the look last Fashion Week, at Derek Lam, was more about a narrow strip of bright colour along the lashline, these ones are different. Let’s review: Keep reading »
