These Were the Best Beauty Looks from Fashion Forward Season 6

Season 6 of Fashion Forward showcased a variety of beauty looks that were avant-garde yet wearable. Backstage, an army of M.A.C Cosmetics makeup artists set up camp while Pastels salon curated hairstyles for the models. The outcome was a range of striking looks that featured enchanting head crowns, bloodstained lips, and a touch of gold. Click through the slides for our favorite beauty looks from this season’s Fashion Forward.

Pretty Plaits From face-framing milkmaid braids at House of Nomad to pigtails at Jelena Bin Drai and a series of intricate twists weaved into a topknot at Hussein Bazaza, plaits were the most popular hair trend on the runways this season.

Pretty Plaits Hussein Bazaza

Pretty Plaits Jelena Bin Drai

Pretty Plaits House of Nomad

Face Decals Models at Taller Marmo and Jelena Bin Drai were dipped in gold; while the gilded girls at Taller Marmo had 24K aluminum foil plastered on their face and ears, models at Jelena Bin Drai sported a wash of gold pigment on their foreheads. For Mashael Alrajhi’s Dichotomy, a vertical charcoal line reminiscent of Bedouin face tattoos was drawn down the models’ chins.

Face Decals Taller Marmo

Face Decals Jelena Bin Drai

Face Decals Mashael Alrajhi

Ornate Hair Accessories The Amato girl strutted down the runway sporting hairclips that were decorated with butterflies and dragonflies. Michael Cinco’s models donned an array of bedazzling headbands and metallic hairpieces, but it was the closing fairytale crown inspired by witchery that concluded the night in a dramatic manner and had everyone pulling out their smartphones.

Ornate Hair Accessories Michael Cinco

Ornate Hair Accessories Zaid Farouk

Ornate Hair Accessories Amato

Ornate Hair Accessories Mashael Alrajhi

Center Parting This season, the hair part moved from the sidelines and into the center at Nafsika Skourti, Lama Jouni, and Endemage.

Center Parting Nafsika Skourti

Center Parting Lama Jouni

Center Parting Endemage

Vampy Lips Bloodstained lips, the type that will go perfectly with Halloween, appeared on the runways of Hussein Bazaza and Fatema Fardan. Yousef Al-Jasmi turned the vampy pout up a notch with an inkpot black lip stain, creating an ominous effect.

Vampy Lips Hussein Bazaza

Vampy Lips Yousef Al-Jasmi

Vampy Lips Elio Abou Fayssal

Vampy Lips Fatema Fardan

Red Eyeshadow Oceanic blue pigments dominated the Spring 2016 fashion month in the eye makeup department, but scorching red was the It color during Fashion Forward. The models at Nasiba Hafiz and Elio Abou Fayssal sported crimson lids, while a rinse of red eyeshadow in the shape of a bandit mask outlined the eyes at Army of 1.

Red Eyeshadow Army of 1

Red Eyeshadow Elio Abou Fayssal

Red Eyeshadow Nasiba Hafiz