Tuesday, 29 March 2016

Spring/Summer 2016 make up and hair trends




Noticeably the trends kind of repeat themselves most years in fashion just with new and different twists. 

This year separated lashes, created with mascara or lashes has seemed to be a big influence on catwalks this past year. 
The hippy doll-like beauty was achieved at Louis Vuitton with an exaggerated lash look and miniature plaits woven into the models' long locks. Channel this come festival season.
Louis Vuitton SS 16 
 Slicked back hair is something again that has made more than one appearance over the fashion weeks. 

DSquared2 confirmed fashion's obsession with wet-look locks, depicting "sexy surfer girls". Layered up with L'Oreal products, hairstylist Sam McKnight ran a wide-tooth comb through the lengths to create grooves. The MAC makeup centred on dewy highlights with clear Lipglass applied to the lips and combed through the brows.
DSquared ss 16

Braids made many shows this time around, all different, some simple and some extreme, but the brands stereotypically seemed to either focus on hair or make up - something I have noticed across fashion. 

Antonio Corral Calero, Global Moroccanoil Ambassador, created these enchanting multi-braided hairstyles. The two braids at either side of the models head overlapped at the back and were secured by knotting the hair four times, with the ends left loosely hanging.
Kristin Aadnevik ss 16
Dewy and bronzed skin again made a seasonal appearance within fashion week. Healthy, glossy and fabulous
St Tropez set the 'sand-swept' trend at House of Holland, with a matte tan replacing makeup. To achieve the look Jules Heptonstall, St Tropez Tanning Expert, prepped the models' skin with two coats of Instant Tan (in Light/Medium) and added a dusty finish with their Powder Bronzer Matte product.
House of Holland SS 16

Another staple colour the brands seem to want in there looks is blue. Royal blues mainly which are normally focused around the eyes, smudged to create a more playful grunge look. 


Francois Nars, Founder and Creative Director of New York Fashion Week's big beauty player described the beauty look at Marc Jacobs as depicting "the East Village girl who's been out all night". Hungover party makeup? Easy. They key is "too much mascara", try NARS Audacious and smudges of blue eye shadow in the inner corners. The hair mirrored the trend with a grungy disheveled chignon.
Marc Jacobs SS 16 (Make-up by Nars)

Brands seem to have carried on this liner trend with using the techniques of GRAPHIC LINER and concentrating something more editorial on the eye. 

Makeup legend and Covergirl Global Creative Director Pat McGrath set a trend for deep red lips in Spring. Well, why not? "Makeup is different now, you do what you want and you're not dictated by seasons," she said backstage. Gigi Hadid demonstrated this well. Her beach waves were adorned with Tahitian-inspired wreaths for the ultimate beauty look inspired by the tropics.
Anna Sui SS 16

Another way fashion has used graphic liner is by taking inspiration from graphic art and creating a look on the eye using one one wash of messily applied shadow or cream to the lid. I personally love it. 

Inspired by abstract art, makeup maestro and Shiseido Artistic Director Dick Page painted a "smudge" on the models' eyelids at the Zero + Maria Cornejo show in New York. Using jagged brush strokes he applied a white cream pigment to the peepers. We love this look against a strong brow (although we'd add mascara!).
Zero + Maria Cornejo SS 16

Looking at certain trends for the spring and summer time featured in magazines such as vogue and cosmopolitan really helps me grasp of what is used and expected during the season. I think I am going to look into incorporating a dewy skin and a graphic eye of some description and as I think this is what most would describe my brand YSL and myself as a designer. Keeping with the brand and how they influence their collections I also want to throw something into my designs that is my own and a twist not something that perhaps has been done before. 

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