The delicate sheen at Chloé
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Radiance was a key word at Chloé, as a light layer of MAC Mixing Medium Shine was about the only thing (aside from brown mascara at the roots of lashes) applied to catwalkers’ complexions. “It almost looks like moisturizer,” said face painter Lucia Pieroni of the five-minute makeup job and strategically placed gloss glazed across lids and cheekbones. One could say the house is the epitome of glamorous nonchalance typically possessed only by Parisians, and the maquillage reflected that same attitude. “French women are always beautiful, smart, and never wear makeup,” Pieroni noted. And it’s true—the sidewalks are flooded with real-life triple threats that seem to glow from within without wearing a stitch of foundation. The undone, “two-day-old” strands by Eugene Souleiman completed the package. “Real girls don’t go out and have a hairbrush in their handbags—they just don’t,” he said. (For the record—as much as it kills my rather coiffed mother—we don’t.)
Pieroni translated Humberto Leon and Carol Lim’s vision of the future in much the same way at Kenzo. She swept that same Mixing Medium Shine across lids, but for a more “multidimensional” finish, she combined it with MAC Eye Gloss in Pearl Varnish and a fine platinum glitter. The manga-inspired updo with spiky bangs by Anthony Turner also had a brilliant sheen (courtesy of a half can of Bumble and Bumble’s Classic Hairspray lacquered over top) and nails were topped with slivers of mirrored origami paper by manicurist Naomi Yasuda. “It’s how I imagine we’ll all look—radiant and gorgeous!” Pieroni quipped. Here’s hoping the pro’s prediction comes to fruition, as I’d take perfect, glowy skin over a high-tech hovercraft any day.
The lustrous look at Kenzo
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