At the Givenchy show at Paris Fashion Week, makeup artist Pat McGrath proved her love for all things sparkly isn't going anywhere. The intricate face masks were made out of Swarovski crystals, sequins and netting, and took 12 hours and over 40 sets of hands to apply. Is it just me, or does a swarm of 40 assistants manhandling your face for 12 hours sound like one of Dante's circles of hell? Still, after a month full of slicked-back hair and those perfect "natural" makeup looks, isn't it nice to see something with a little more pizazz?

In fashionland -- at least when it comes to models -- the saying, "good things come in small packages" is regarded as law. So the fact that designer Eden Miller debuted the first plus size fashion line to show at New York Fashion Week ever is no minor thing. And, at Total Beauty, we haven't stopped talking about it. Sadly, even with all the hype surrounding the show, we noticed there wasn't a whole lot of coverage detailing the pieces that Miller sent down the runway. A first step is good, but there's clearly still progress to be made in accepting plus size lines as part of the fashion world.

Twinsies! The models at Jen Kao's show in New York City drew hair inspiration from the sleek and straight-haired Afghan Hounds that strutted alongside them on the runway. Bumble and Bumble hairstylist James Pecis took the models' hair to new lengths with 24-inch extensions. We'd call it an homage to Crystal Gayle, except our guess is that no one in modeling land is old enough to know who the '70s country singer is. Jen Kao's line was appropriately named Hound & Hare. Does this mean retailers will finally stop selling all those weird cat sweaters?

This summer, supermodels Iman and Naomi Cambell joined the Diversity Coalition to campaign for more diversity on the runway. Iman pointed a finger at brands that don't use black models and urged her Twitter followers to boycott and speak out against those fashion labels. "If you engage the social media, trust me, it will hurt them in their pockets," she told Vogue UK. "If you take it out there, they will feel the uproar." Then in September, Naomi Campbell called out Céline who "has never had a colored person showing in their collection. Ever." Once again, come on, fashion world. Since when do the pale and pasty have a monopoly on beauty?

In a brilliant move, women's clothing line Honor placed glass water bottles as favors on all of the chairs at their New York show. Great idea, right? Keep guests hydrated. Zero calories. Pretty, delicate bottles. What could possibly go wrong? Looks like no one considered that fashionistas would be teetering about in heels, their bulky handbags swaying to and fro, as they squeezed by one another to get to their seats. After the bottles started shattering to the floor everywhere, the show's PR rep had to hire someone on the spot to go around cleaning up the puddles and glass shards that littered the show. And just as one mess was cleaned up, the sound of another bottle crashing to the floor summoned the worker to clear the next casualty. Kind of makes you appreciate your day job just a little bit better now, doesn't it?