We saw every hair texture at Fashion Week -- from wet and scraggly to intentionally frizzy. And the curls at Badgley Mischka were one of our favorites -- as well as some of the biggest. Hairstylist Peter Gray used Moroccanoil products to get the look, first setting the curls and then brushing them out. He finished the look off by "sculpting" a smooth wavy section around the face.
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The Real Way
Badgley Mischka-caliber curls are tricky for everyday life. (You can forget about going to the movies -- they'll drive the person behind you crazy.) This Lincoln Center visitor showed off a more subdued, polished version that still gets the point across. Remember, a little frizz serum goes a long way.
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The Look: Bright, Winged Eyeliner
After so many shows featured natural-looking makeup, the look CoverGirl global creative director Pat McGrath created at Anna Sui was groundbreaking. We practically ran to the drugstore to pick up the CoverGirl Liquiline Blast Eyeliner in Blue Boom, $9, she used � but then we put it on. Unfortunately, not everyone can make this one work.
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The Real Way
This show-goer gets it right -- she plays up her eyes but keeps the rest of her face natural. The exaggerated eyeliner shape is much more subtle in a neutral tone.
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The Look: Red Lip and a Bare Face
Backstage at the Victoria Beckham show, makeup artist Diane Kendal focused on beautiful skin, defined brows, and a strong red lip. The result was great -- unless you're a mascara addict. It left the eyes completely naked.
Even though Fashion Week showcases a season that's more than six months away (everything we saw this month is for fall 2012), it's seriously tempting to try the hairstyles and makeup looks now. And so many of the women we spotted on the street -- whether they were going to the shows or not -- were doing just that. From bold lip colors to big hairstyles, they were test-driving the trends mere minutes after they appeared on the catwalk.
It made us think way back to Alexander Wang's spring 2010 collection -- aka the most blatant example of a runway beauty look immediately making a cameo in real life. The models paraded down the catwalk wearing long, rope-like side braids, and the very next day half the women at Fashion Week were wearing their hair the same way.
While most of what we saw this season wasn't quite so obvious, we appreciate the way these women interpreted the hair and makeup even more. Instead of copying everything exactly -- and risk being mistaken for models who got lost looking for the backstage entrance -- they gave it their own unique spins. So even though the street beauty looks aren't exact replicas of the runway, we think they're even more inspiring -- and a whole lot easier to wear.
