Strong brows.

Red lips.

Gorgeous hair.

Divine gowns.

And Paolo Roversi.

Simply stunning.

Liu Wen shot by Paolo Roversi for Vogue China September 2010.

Ali Stevens looking divine in the August edition of Flair shot by Eric Guillemain. I love the shadows on her face and how they emphasise the gloss on her lids. The gloss makes the grey smokey eye much more wearable and suitable for daytime. Her brows are also pretty gorgeous too, a beautiful, strong shape (best done with an angled brush and powder).

ps. The nails are definitely Particuliere by Chanel. LOVE THEM!

I love colour. And her crazy brows to match her outfit are pretty great I reckon!

Ieva Laguna shot by Will Davidson for Russh #34.

I would expect no less from Vogue Japan. Japanese makeup artists and products are known for being beautiful, delicate and precise. The gorgeous full lashes, bleached brows, modernised rococo hair and slightly bitten lip make for a divine, serene scene.

Judith Bedard shot by Takuya Uchiyama for Vogue Nippon Beauty.

Maddie Welch shot by Benny Horne for Russh March/April 2010.

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The girls at Vera Wang were given an unstructured, somewhat messy hair-do with dominant brows to compliment the beautifully romantic clothes. The makeup look was so clean and pretty with only a touch of mascara and some darker brows drawn on. As the brows are quite full and smooth (ie not angular nor rounded) it gives the face a really womanly feel. It’s so easy to do, just get a brow pencil in a shade darker than your hair or a powder in a shade darker and use an angle brush (MAC #236) to apply the colour and play! It really is quite amazing what different brow shapes do for your face!

Marc Jacobs is at it again! Yesterday he showed his signature line and today it’s his younger, less expensive line, Marc by Marc Jacobs. I love it! It’s so much fun and a great take on Spring.

The makeup is so perfectly youthful. A quick dusting of pink on the cheeks (a great one for this look would be Desire by Nars – so very pink pink pink!) and raspberry lips in a cute and quirky shape. Get the shape by drawing on and colouring in lips with a pencil (focus on creating a dramatic cupids bow), adding lipstick and using concealer to hide the parts of your lips that arent now raspberry!

And Rodarte. *ahhhh* I always sigh a thousand sighs over their collections. The Mulleavy sisters’ collections are always so fantastical and otherworldly. It excites me so much! I just read on Style.com that they studied Art History too… I guess there’s still hope for me to become an amazing designer too! haha!

I love how their shows are always so visually stimulating and detailed. From the black grit on the runway and the dry ice, to the netting over the messy hair and the body armour (art), it all really brings the clothing to life.

The makeup is not the most transferable to reality, but who cares! Just observe and enjoy!

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(all pics from http://www.style.com/fashionshows/)

This look here at Rebecca Taylor isn’t anything new, but i really wanted to tell you about my current favourite lipcolour, which of course happens to be orange. For the past few seasons everyone has been using MAC lipstick in Morange, but the MAC Cream Colour Base in Orange Alarm is actually where it’s at. It just has this awesome staying power and because of the intensity makes your teeth look really white. Bonus! ps. How cute are those sunnies?

The next look here is at DKNY. Go on.. try some new mascara colours! YSL just brought out a mascara in “Sublime Grey”. Grey! People! Grey Mascara! (Refer to previous post about my favourite colours and the excitement will make sense..)

And very excitedly, IT-boy Alexander Wang’s collection. It was very athletic (hence the old timey Gridiron helmet – i think?), very tonal and very chic. The hair.. I looovvvee the hair, so easy to work into real life. The makeup however, didnt really do it for me. It just synced in nicely with the collection (which is totally fine and makes the show all about the clothes) as opposed to lifting the collection. My favourite thing on the face though, was the attention to detail on the brows. Very cute!

Til tomorrow! xx

(all pics from http://nymag.com/fashion/)

I’m sure this will be the first post of many on this man and his work… How awesome is this cover?!

Whoa.

It’s the October 4, 1990 issue of US Rolling Stone shot by Matthew Rolston. “The Women of Twin Peaks”. It’s so perfectly 90s; the brows, the lips, the voluminous hair and the body suits. Time to get out those large barrel curling tongs!

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