Wet hair and punchy colours took center stage at Missoni SS 2016
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Backstage at Fendi SS2016 savoir-faire was the watchword. Sam McKnight and Peter Philips were in charge of the beauty look and under the strict supervision of Kaiser Karl they created something eccentric yet pure made of severe faux bobs and a cartoon-like eye looks.
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Taking the inspiration from the festive mood that permeated the show, the beauty look at Cristiano Burani SS 2016 was all about fresh, glowy and flushed skin.
Makeup guru Jade, working with Clinique, said that the key player for achieving that freshness was Clinique new Smart Treatment Oil, a product he swears by (he literally used the word “addicted”), that was dabbed onto models’ cheekbones, lips and inner corner of the eyes for a “fresh and fragile look”.
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“She is a creation coming out of a destruction. A raw and undone girl, unaware about her own beauty. Bushy and feral brows and effortless skin. Naïve beauty that is childlike and honest.”
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Like an army of prairie girls, the models at Erdem SS2016 show were sporting tea-stained eyes hauntedwith a creamy, velvet finish and moist, alabaster skin that perfectly matched the ghostly, windswept hairstyle.
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We have seen plenty of blue aquatic eyeshadow down the runway this SS2016 season but, so far, the best look of all is the one showcased at Marc Jacobs. No doubt this is the most awaited backstage of NYFW and that is simply because Marc and NARS give beauty just as much thought as the collection. Back on the look, this time around the whole idea was to have party girls strolling down the catwalks looking “a little worn with too much mascara, just the right amount of colour, no foundation and dark circles under the eyes” as Dick Page said backstage.
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It is very New Yorker: glowing skin, a touch of bronzer and some gloss on lips and lids. The beauty look created by Dick Page for Micheal Kors Spring Summer 2016 was, indeed, super simple, but it had a twist of glamour, something that is essential when the initial M and K are involved.
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At Rodarte Spring/Summer 2016, everything was soft and natural, even the beauty look.
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It seems like individuality was the buzzword backstage at Zac Posen (and not only there). Weather it was to make the clothes stand out or to fight the homologation along that catwalk, what is sure is that all the girls looked at their best.
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It was a kind of organic new romanticism at 3.1 Philip Lim SS2016.
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Going countertrend on what is happening in all the other backstages at Thakoon they gave up with glossy, moisturized skin opting for something more matte.
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The beauty look at Opening Ceremony SS2016 was all about skin. To counteract the geometry of the Frank Lloyd Wright inspired collection, James Boehmer, NARS Director of Global Artistry, wanted a look that was very controlled, with moisture and condensation on the skin for a beautiful sweat-glossy finish and nude, muted lip.
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Back to the streets, back to the feelings and style of when Alexander Wang started. This was the briefing for the SS2016 beauty look, something that Diane Kendal for NARS Cosmetics, Guido Palau and manicurist Michelle Saunders translated in a row vibe: “the girls are meant to kind of look as they are, with a little bit of grooming but nothing ‘done’” as the makeup-pro said.
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To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the brand at Hervé Léger they wanted to keep things easy and young giving the models a fresh-faced tomboy look and playful hair.
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It was the first Givenchy’s NY show. It was the first in history to be open to normal people. Everyone talked about it and of course the makeup look couldn’t be nothing else than exceptional.
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A special airbrush system, black khôl, clumpy mascara and stunning beach waves were the secret weapons backstage at BCBG Max Azria SS 2016, where Val Garland, working with Temptu, and Orlando Pita for TRESemmé transformed each model in “the quintessential California girl that is effortlessly cool”.
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What else could have started off NYFW if not a major beauty look courtesy of Aaron de Mey? Think about an explosion of gold glitter and black eyeliner. Think it bold and bolder. Now, that's what they ended up doing backstage at Creatures of the Wind: using NARS CosmeticS, the makeup pro created three versions of the black eyeliner and glitter combination. Some models simply wore black liner, thers had black liner and gold glitter up to their brows, while others had a double liner in black and gold.
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