September 17, 2012
I’m so excited to have been on the WPIX 11 Morning news on Friday, September 14th with report Lisa Mateo talking spring 2013 beauty trends! Click on the above image or here to get the lowdown on hair, nails, and makeup in my Fashion Pulse Daily morning news debut!
-Julia DiNardo
September 15, 2012
The Show: Narciso Rodriguez Spring 2013
The Beauty in a Nutshell: It was all about the no frills, extremely natural girl at Narciso. Deborah Lippmann used her Smooth Operator four-way buffer to shape, exfoliate, and buff nails, for a short, rounded, natural nail, finishing off with a dab of cuticle oil and working in some hand cream. Lippmann’s tips to getting down the art of buffing is to touch the nail only once with the fabric, and be conscious to not put any pressure on the tip. Dick Page for Shiseido used natural, neutral shades and worked brows by brushing them downward to find the natural line.
I asked Page how to know what kind of base layer worked best for each individual’s skin (foundation, powder, tinted moisturizer, BB Cream), and he said “if you can quickly apply it in a bathroom or on a plane and it looks perfect in those condition and lighting, then you know it’s for you!” Paul Hanlon worked the hair to a perfect simplicity, mastering a center-part, securing with a dash of By Byron Spirulina Hairspray.
The Show: Jenny Packham
The Beauty in a Nutshell: With the ladies of The Rat Pack as inspiration for the beauty, Gina Edwards for Essie created a gorgeous mani that is sooo easy to do at home; create a French manicure, then just layer one coat of shimmer on top! Edwards used Essie’s opaque white shade, “Waltz,” “Marshmallow” on the tips, and Luxe Effects Shimmer on top. Talia Shobrook for Laura Mercier used various shades of blue to create “jewel-like” eyes, mixing Laura Mercier Eye Pencil in Midnight Bleu, Kohl Eye Pencil in Black Turquoise, and Baked Eye Colour in Lagoon with five coats of mascara while making a soft coral lip with combining Creme Lip Colour in Tangerine and Lip Pencil in Baby Lips.
Jeanie Syfu for TRESemmé created my favorite hair look of the season by starting with Climate Control Mousse by creating a deep side part on the left side, back brushing, smoothing and sweeping the hair over the forehead to twist hair sections inward and finishing on the side with a sleek ponytail, flat ironing the ends.
The Show: Betsey Johnson Spring 2013
The Beauty in a Nuthsell: With the inspiration as Betsey herself, Aveda lead hairstylist Jon Reyman crimped, backcombed and tousled the models tresses, securing hair into place with Aveda’s Control Force Hairspray, a process that took upwards of 40 minutes per model. Meanwhile, Gina Edwards for Kiss/Broadway Nails matched the press-on nails to fiery red, glittered shade of the lips. She used a medium length nail, and recommends swiping some alcohol on the nailbeds to optimize decal sticking power when using artificial nails.
Gato for Maybelline created a hybrid look between a pin-up girl and a female superhero, using the Master Precise Liquid Ink Pen Eyeliner in Black to draw on the eyebrows, with “thousands of layers” of the Falsies Flared Mascara on the lashes, a combo of 24HR Color Tattoo in the lids, with Color Sensational Lip Color in Very Cherry on the lips with a layer or red glitter painted over top.
The Show: Whitney Eve Spring 2013
The Beauty in a Nutshell: Sunshine Outing for Zoya did both fingers and toes (in all blue), with the fingers rotating shades with stripes down the side. no top coat was used so that the stripe could dry without smearing, and the white polish was intended to match the white bobby pins intentionally styled and left in for the show.
Marc Mena for Garnier created a “polished tomboy” aesthetic by working in the Garnier Fructis Flexible Control Anti-Humidity HairSpray and the XXL Thickening Mousse for a smooth yet voluminous-enough folded ponytail look, using a small curling iron to zig-zag and actually kink the hair. He finished the look by wrapping and tying elastics for the folded up ponytail finish. Dominic Cruz for Kryolan worked with neutral tones, creating a dewy, fresh look with shades of taupe and smoke combined with full brows and finishing up with soft gloss on the lips.
-Julia DiNardo
September 13, 2012
Here’s a roundup of the favorite beauty looks for hair, makeup, and nails that I saw around town for New York Fasion Week Spring 2013 collections! Some you can translate literally, others, you may want to steal one or two ideas for spring, or downplay the looks to a “less is more” aesthetic.
The Show: Zac Posen Spring 2013
The Beauty in a Nutshell: Several days prior, some of the models’ hair was dyed/tweaked with Precision Foam Hair Colour solely to enhance their natural shades by Harry Josh, John Frieda’s International Creative Consultant. “Its the return to solid hair color,” Josh declared. At the show, John Frieda Creative Consultant Luigi Murenu created a ’40s inspired wave with a one-inch curling iron and keeping it shiny and sealed with Frizz-Ease Mousse.
Kabuki of MAC Cosmetics was inspired by Lena Horne, using false lashes on the outs of the eyes for a bit of glam and a thinly drawn triangle shape at the outer edge of the eye. Michelle Saunders for Essie used for different natural shades, Glamour Purse, Not Just a Pretty Face, Brooch the Subject, and A Crewed Interest, to perfectly match the models skin tones, telling me that A Crewed Interest is my perfect match!
The Show: 3.1 Phillip Lim
The Beauty in a Nutshell: Francelle Daly for NARS Cosmetics created a “modern rocker eye” for girls that were “in a band at Coachella,” inspired by gals such as Florence Welch of Florench + the Machine and Grimes with bold lashes (up to 10 coats!). Michelle Saunders of Essie created a “retro edge” nail; a half and half look with Chinchilly (one of my absolute favorites), and Brooch the subject, painting the nail vertically down. Hair was super duper brushed and teased for a slept in, don’t give a care, look.
The Show: Chris Benz Spring 2013
The Beauty in a Nutshell: “Mousse makes the hair VERY easy to work with,” declared Nick Irwin for Catwalk by TIGI backstage at Chris Benz. He used a “tangerine size” amount of Catwalk by TIGI Mousse and using Tiny Tim as the reference, created several different parts of the look, however each unit is simple: 1) a three strand braid 2) braids, let out and then finished with flat-ironed edges 3) a nun at the top 4) headbands on some models.
Daniel Martin for Lancôme worked a hybrid of a “nymph, fairy look with a slight Japanese horror movie edge it,” with cream pigmented eyeshadows (Color Design Infinite in Perpetual Pink, cheek and eye blush, clear mascara, white liner on the insides of the eyes, and the gorgeous new Balm in Love coral electric sheer lipstick shade on the lips. Anna Maria for Lancôme used the Lancôme Vernis in Love Nail Lacquer Beige Dentelle on fingers. My favorite takeaway: – the lip shade- the coolest sheer I’ve seen!
-Julia DiNardo
September 13, 2012
The Theme: Inspired by the 1966 cult French film “Qui etes vous Polly Magoo?” (Who are You, Polly Magoo?)
The Keys: Tina Turnbow for NYX Cosmetics, Simcha Whitehill for Color Club, Sarah Potempa for Sarah Potempa and Beauty.com
The Color Palette: Ultra dramatic black and white elongated eye, metallic nails, with textured hair.
The Execution: Turnbow took inspiration from the 1960s, in particular model Penelope Tree, to create a black and white expressive, dramatic, butterfly shape. She kept the skin clean and dewy, with the eyes as the focal point (using this ultra cool, The Curve NYX Cosmetics Liner) and added a coral hued lip. When asked how the makeup can compliment, and not compete with the statement jewelry, Turnbow replied, “makeup is the accessory of the face; they can be separate accents.”
When it comes to nails, Color Club nail lead Ms. Whitehill demonstarted how to dab and swipe the top, bottom, and underside of a nail with a metallic hue for a bit of extra shine. Sarah Potempa demo’ed the hairstyle, which started with a hairbrush sprayed with hairspray in order to tease the hair, using the prep-a-comb tool she created to also tease without breaking the strands, and creating either a high pony tail or using her BeachWaver tool to rotate and create perfect waves.
[Gorgeous Erickson Beamon jewels spotted backstage]
–Julia DiNardo
