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28 Spring Beauty Looks You Can Wear Now

These hair, makeup and nail trends are already on our radar
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Nail Trend: Monet-Inspired Watercolors
Watercolor nail art may seem complicated, but you can easily get the look with a sponge and the ability to completely disregard perfectionism -- messy is good. At Tracy Reese (top left), Sally Hansen celebrity manicurist Tracylee used three custom shades to create a pebble-like effect. She painted the nails, and then wiped most of it off with a brush. Meanwhile, at Opening Ceremony (top right), CND manicurists dropped acetone remover on top of still-wet polish to give it a marbleized look. At Nanette Lepore (bottom right), manicurist Julie Kandalec used Essie Mint Candy Apple and dabbed the color with a sponge. And at Rebecca Minkoff, manicurist Michelle Saunders applied a top coat while the Essie colors underneath were still wet. This dragged and blended the shades, making it look like a bleeding watercolor.

According to the New York Fashion Week runways, the two biggest beauty trends for spring 2015 are basically invisible: bare makeup (some makeup artists went so far as to call it "grooming" the face) and undone, not-quite-wavy but not-quite-straight hair.

You can get ready in five minutes and be perfectly on-trend. It's great … except it's boring as hell. So we reread our notes (from more than 30 shows) and sifted through hundreds of recaps from hair, makeup and nail experts detailing other Fashion Week beauty trends. And, miraculously, we were able to find a few that involved a pop of color or glimmer of creative genius. These spring beauty trends may not be the biggest, but they'll be so much more fun to recreate.
BY DAWN DAVIS | SEP 16, 2014 | SHARES
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