Wedding Guest Beauty

For the final installment of wedding beauty looks inspired by Fashion Week Fall 2010 RTW, I’m showing you two ideas for a wedding guest. They aren’t meant to be worn together however, they are just both pretty ideas to vamp up your makeup.

First is Chanel Iman’s red pout at Dsquared2 (which showed at Milan Fashion Week).

Now Chanel is rocking both intense smoky eyes and a fierce red lip in this photo, but for the purposes of this post, ignore the eyes and focus on the lips. What I like the most about this look, is the crispness of her lipstick lines: there is definitely lip liner at work here.

To get this look, outline lips in Nars Velvet Matte Lip Pencil in Dragon Girl ($24, sephora.com), outlining your lips with pencil first, prevents the lipstick from smudging or running which is super important when your lip color is bold red. Then color in your entire lips using the pencil, which prevents you from having harsh colored lines on the edges of your lips, provides a good basis for the lipstick you will apply on top of it and if the lipstick wears off, you’ll still have color below.

When you are finished coloring your lips in with the pencil, apply red lipstick over it. Try Dolce and Gabbana Classic Cream Lipstick in Fire ($30, saksfifthavenue.com), I am obsessed with their lipsticks and I promise that you’ll love them.

The second look that I think would be cute for a wedding guest is the dramatic, gorgeous eyes at Lanvin.

I think the gold shadow is what really makes this look special. To get it smudge Laura Mercier Eye Shadow in Gold Dust ($22, sephora.com) into your upper lids and along the inner corners of your eyes. Then apply a fine line of black shadow below your eyes. Try Dior Ultra-Smoothing High Impact Eyeshadow in Flash Black ($28, sephora.com) which has great shimmer. To get the thick lashes you could try black mascara (my favorite is Dior) or you could really up the ante with falsies. Try Laura Mercier Faux Lashes ($18, sephora.com) which look very natural.

Ok, that’s all I got. What do you think of the suggestions?

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Bridesmaid Beauty

I recently posted a bridal beauty look featuring new trends from New York Fashion Week Fall 2010 RTW, I had a lot of fun putting together that post so I decided to do two more fashion week-inspired beauty looks. This one is a bridesmaid look and tomorrow I’ll post a wedding attendee look.

The first look is a very intense, messy eye on Siri Tollerod at Zac Posen.

This is obviously a very strong look for a wedding party member but I love dramatic eyes, so I think that a toned down version could actually be beautiful for a bridesmaid.

To get this look, use Stila Smudge Pot in Black Cat and Grey ($20 each, sephora.com). I like this product because it works as both a gel liner and an eye shadow. For a less rock n roll version I would apply the grey in the inner corners of your eye and the black just on the outer third of your eye. Lots of black mascara will finish this look, try Dior DiorShow Iconic Mascara in Noir ($27, sephora.com).

Since the eyes are such a bold look, the rest of the makeup should be kept light and natural. I liked the makeup at Thakoon because it just looked like a pretty flush.

To achieve a similar color, try Guerlain Terracotta Bronzing Powder in 3 ($46, sephora.com).

Finally for hair, I LOVE the look on Magdalena Frackowiak at Ralph Lauren.


Magdalena was the first model that I ever interviewed backstage at Fashion Week back in 2008. This is a super simple, relaxed look. To get it apply serum to damp hair, try John Frieda Frizz-Ease Extra- Strength Formula Hair Serum ($9, walmart.com). After blow-drying hair, add gentle waves using a wide-barrel curling iron, like the T3 Twirl ($119, sephora.com).

What do you think of the look? Any fall makeup trends that you are excited about?

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