The pros have a few tricks up their sleeves.
Behind the scenes at September's New York Fashion Week,
hair and makeup experts were hard at work prepping and priming the
industry's most celebrated models for their latest walks down the
runways.
From Christian Siriano to Marc Jacobs, Fenty x Puma to
Anna Sui, fashion's beauties transformed into all kinds of characters in
the name of fashion.
However, with limited time and years of
experience, beauty teams around the Big Apple relied on some tricks of
their trade to make their work as swift and seamless as possible.
Lucky
for you, sources went behind the scenes to find out exactly what those
tricks are and how we can use them to pull of this season's set of
looks. Without further ado...
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Faux Freckles Start the Same Place as Your Brows
Freckles were having a major moment at Grey Jason Wu,
but if you're not naturally blessed with them, not to fret! As
Maybelline lead makeup artist
Grace Lee told E! News, you can use a
brow precise micro pencil—one
you would use to fill in your brows—and randomly dot the skin,
concentrating on the nose area and top part of the cheeks where the sun
typically hits for a natural, youthful look.
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Mix Your Way to Dewy Skin
Looking for that natural, all-over glow without looking
like a disco ball? Reach for your moisturizer! According to Lee, you can
mix
strobing liquid with your moisturizer for a subtle luminescence. You can also apply it to your legs for the same effect.
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A Mistake-Proof Technique for Blush
Behind the scenes at Alice + Olivia, Maybelline global
makeup artist Erin Parsons was sending some models out to the show with a
flush. However, if blush intimidates you, don't worry. Parsons swept
her brush across a
palette of shades and
tapped off the excess to achieve the tone she was looking for, noting
she often will mix blush colors. If the color is ultimately not to your
liking, Parsons advised using your foundation brush with some concealer
or foundation on top to dull any area that is too bright.
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Powder Your Way to Thick Hair
While getting models in the '70s spirit with loose
flat-iron waves, hairstylists backstage at Alice + Olivia added colored
powder to the ladies' hairlines for a fuller, polished effect. According
to TRESemme Global Stylist
Justine Marjan, use an
eyebrow powder because those colors typically are ashier than eye shadow
colors, and thus, will match your hair better, like brow powders from
Anastasia Beverly Hills and Kelly Baker Brows. Pro tip: Marjan advised
going one shade darker than your hair for dimension and depth.
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Blotting Papers Are Your Friend
The theme of Kate Spade's beauty look? Shine! Makeup
artists applied oil with a brush to the skin with minimal foundation for
a reflective, glossy and ultimately fresh look. For anyone who wants to
embrace their shine without feeling too greasy by the end of the day,
MAC senior makeup artists Fatima Thomas and Tiffany Johnston recommended
using blot films to remove excess oil, but still keep that glow. For an
alternate product, they suggested trying
Mac Prep + Prime Skin Refined Zone Treatment. The product minimizes pores and takes away shine without looking like powder when worn underneath foundation or on its own.
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Your Best Tools Are Your Hands
Though there were makeup brushes galore backstage at the
shows, many makeup artists turned to some of their best tools: their
hands. They used the top of their hands, palms and fingertips for
practically everything from blending powders and mixing foundations to
dabbing lipstick on models' pouts for a blotted and blurred effect.
Remember—you always have a few makeup tools already on hand.
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Coat Your Lashes With a Different Kind of Brush
While most of us are familiar with a mascara wand, some
may be surprised to see a fan brush used for coating lashes with
mascara. Backstage at Christian Siriano, E.L.F. makeup artists were
spotted using a fan brush to paint over the lashes after they were
combed through with a wand. The result? A falsie effect without the
falsies.
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Lash Glue Can Give You a Hand
CND Nails Creative Ambassador Miss Pop sent top models like
Gigi Hadid and
Joan Smalls
down Jeremy Scott's runway with electric matte nails finished off with a
comet effect of glitter along the fingers using spirit gum. While you
might be a little shy about rocking the bold finger art—or just don't
want glitter stuck to you all day—Miss Pop suggested another easy way to
amp up your nail look using something that's probably already in your
makeup bag: eyelash glue. You can use eyelash glue to decorate your
fingers with studs or other embellishments. It's a commitment-free
alternative when you still want to jazz up your fingers.
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