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Wednesday, October 08, 2014

5 Beauty Trends From Fashion Month to Try Now

5 Beauty Trends From Fashion Month to Try Now:

This is where the magic happens. Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images This is where the magic happens. Photo: Vivien Killilea/Getty Images
Once again, Fashion Month has come and gone. While you'll have to wait until spring to get your hands on the actual goods, there's nothing stopping you from testing out the many, many beauty looks that hit the runway right this second. Plus, it will cost you approximately one thousandth of a Prada coat. Win, win, win.

Beauty looks made for the runway tend to swing wildly between amped-up glamour, total absurdity and restraint, so to say that this season threw the hair and makeup playbook out the window wouldn't entirely be true. (Does that book even really exist?) And yet we did see a tidal shift toward radical realism -- sweaty hair and no makeup whatsoever -- and pure fun, as with funky little braids and inventive uses for eyeliner. There's a lot in this world that is serious. Beauty shouldn't be one of those things.

Here's our take on the top makeup and hair trends for spring 2015. Or, you know, this Saturday night.

All Natural Everything

Probably the biggest trend that emerged from Fashion Month -- championed most heavily by New York designers -- was makeup and hair looks that were normal in the extreme. Can we pin it on Beyoncé, who so famously sang, "I woke up like this"? Is #normcore to blame? Are we just tired of striving for an impossible level of perfection?

Hair ranged from looking real and unfussy (Versus Versace and Michael Kors) to sweat-drenched at Alexander Wang, Prabal Gurung and MM6 -- an unfortunate reality of the prolonged September heat in New York. Meanwhile, Marc Jacobs shut the club down with a makeup look that included nothing but lotion.

5 Beauty Trends From Fashion Month to Try Now



The mother of all no-makeup makeup at Marc Jacobs. Photo: Getty Images7 of 9


The mother of all no-makeup makeup at Marc Jacobs. Photo: Getty Images



No makeup at Marc by Marc Jacobs. Photo: Getty Images8 of 9


No makeup at Marc by Marc Jacobs. Photo: Getty Images



Minimalism at Baja East. Photo: Getty Images9 of 9


Minimalism at Baja East. Photo: Getty Images



Flat, easy hair at Michael Kors. Photo: Getty Images1 of 9


Flat, easy hair at Michael Kors. Photo: Getty Images



Sweaty hair at Prabal Gurung. Photo: Getty Images2 of 9


Sweaty hair at Prabal Gurung. Photo: Getty Images



The post gym-class look at MM6. Photo: Getty Images3 of 9


The post gym-class look at MM6. Photo: Getty Images



Damp baby hairs at Christopher Kane. Photo: Getty Images4 of 9


Damp baby hairs at Christopher Kane. Photo: Getty Images

Doll Face

Of course, the prominence of minimalist beauty looks made anything artificial all the more eye-catching, and dolls, that most unnatural of makeup inspirations, gained a lot of traction this season. (Did it have anything to do with the resurgence of doll-faced models from the '00s on the runway? Maybe everyone was just channeling their aughts nostalgia in their own way.)

Whatever the reason, doll-like makeup cropped up everywhere from Altuzarra and Rochas to Vivienne Westwood Gold Label and Moschino — the doll in question at that last one, of course, would be named Barbie.

5 Beauty Trends From Fashion Month to Try Now

Dark Shadows

A number of designers upped the drama on the runway with moody shaded eyes. At Vera Wang, the makeup team drew inspiration from the idea of wood nymphs who hadn't seen the sun in a while; Hood by Air's bruise-like red shadow recalls prolonged exposure to an icy wind. Alexander McQueen, forever the king of dark romanticism, showcased a tired eye accented with a pearly brightness at the brow, lid and inner corner.

On the lighter side of things, Rosie Assoulin added a shadow just below the brow bone for an aged look, while Alexander Wang's subtle brown shading gave the eye more depth and interest.

5 Beauty Trends From Fashion Month to Try Now



Windburned eyes at Hood by Air. Photo: Getty Images4 of 6


Windburned eyes at Hood by Air. Photo: Getty Images



Shadowed brows at Rosie Assoulin: Photo: Eliza Brooke5 of 6


Shadowed brows at Rosie Assoulin: Photo: Eliza Brooke



Dark nymphs at Vera Wang. Photo: Getty Images1 of 6


Dark nymphs at Vera Wang. Photo: Getty Images



A troubled look at Giles. Photo: Getty Images2 of 6


A troubled look at Giles. Photo: Getty Images



A lighter shadow at Alexander Wang. Photo: Getty Images3 of 6


A lighter shadow at Alexander Wang. Photo: Getty Images



Windburned eyes at Hood by Air. Photo: Getty Images4 of 6


Windburned eyes at Hood by Air. Photo: Getty Images

Offbeat Braids

The perfect partner to a bare face? Fun, weird braids. The looks ranged from insanely intricate, as at Bibhu Mohapatra, to face-framing baby braids you might have done during chemistry class (Jeremy Scott). Mara Hoffman and Suno went bigger than big, while Giamba mixed things up with a slightly uncomfortable-looking braids snaking down the models' center parts.

5 Beauty Trends From Fashion Month to Try Now



Difficulty level at Bibhu Mohapatra: Expert. Photo: Getty Images4 of 6


Difficulty level at Bibhu Mohapatra: Expert. Photo: Getty Images



Face framers at Jeremy Scott. Photo: Getty Images5 of 6


Face framers at Jeremy Scott. Photo: Getty Images



Big, lush locks at Mara Hoffman. Photo: Getty Images6 of 6


Big, lush locks at Mara Hoffman. Photo: Getty Images



A funky little center part braid at Giamba. Photo: Getty Images1 of 6


A funky little center part braid at Giamba. Photo: Getty Images



Beefed up braids at Suno. Photo: Getty Images2 of 6


Beefed up braids at Suno. Photo: Getty Images



A sneaky little braid at Vera Wang. Photo: Getty Images3 of 6


A sneaky little braid at Vera Wang. Photo: Getty Images



Difficulty level at Bibhu Mohapatra: Expert. Photo: Getty Images4 of 6


Difficulty level at Bibhu Mohapatra: Expert. Photo: Getty Images

Odd Lines

Forget cat eye liner. This season quite a few makeup artists got inventive with the application of liners, streaking them flat under the eye (Just Cavalli), in a swoop at the crease (Giamba) and down the lip (Dries van Noten did so in gold). At Prada, brow pencil got a rethinking; rather than rocking the filled-in brows that Cara Delevingne popularized, the beauty team traced a thin line across the top of the arch.

5 Beauty Trends From Fashion Month to Try Now

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