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30 of The Best Beauty Moments of Spring 2017 Fashion Month
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Skater Chic
At designer Maria Grazia Chiuri’s inaugural Christian Dior show, super stylist Guido Palau sent the models out with totally rad ‘dos — a sleek top knot in the front, slightly loose and anchored by three to four cornrows in the back.
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Pretty in Pink
What’s the perfect accent to shimmery pink lips? Why street-savvy pearl lip piercings as seen on the cool girls at RiRi’s Fenty x Puma show.
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Wet Appeal
Guido Palau employed a ton of Redken gel to create the slick-parted hair at Givenchy.
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Pony Up
At Chanel, legendary hairstylist Sam McKnight punched up the catwalkers’ side ponytails with colorful hair elastics dangling with bright logo charms.
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The Splashy Set
Models at Balmain looked liked they came straight from Helmut Newton’s pool with slicked-back wet hair and smudgy eyes.
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Nailing It
Huge crystal globs anchored the base of the red talons at Balenciaga.
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The Age of Excess
At Kenzo, the glossy crimson lips and clouds of MAC rouge lipstick that highlighted models’ eyes gave us a taste of the decadence of nightlife glamour of the late 70s and 80s.
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Pattern Play
Alex Box, MAC’s lead makeup artist at Issey Miyake, contoured the models’ faces with icy circular stamps. Hairstylist James Pecis countered the look with loop ponytails with a graphically asymmetric shape.
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Red Alert
Redheads in all their variations stormed down the Sonia Rykiel runway as a tribute to the house’s namesake.
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Boho Plaits
At Roberto Cavalli, Eugene Souleiman adorned the long, center-parted hair with a duo of skinny braids.
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Framing It
Oversized glittery spectacles weren’t the only things to frame the faces of the Gucci beauties. Makeup artist Yadim bleached the models’ brows before painting them in pastel hues of pink, peach, lavender, yellow or white.
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Bang Up Job
At Versace, the incomparable Pat McGrath highlighted the inner corner of eyes with a bit of silver glimmer, while Guido Palau snipped in new fringes for a select few.
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Topping It
Head-turning toppers of faux fruit, flora and jewels sat atop the ‘dos at Dolce & Gabbana.
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Artfully Done
At Max Mara, makeup maestro Tom Pecheux accented fresh skin with painterly strokes of color.
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Wigging Out
Moschino’s life-size “dolls” wore curled bob wigs with an itty-bitty fringe.
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Bobbing It
At Prada, Guido Palau sheared a bevy of the manes backstage into chin-grazing bobs.
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All Tied Up
At Erdem, hairstylist Anthony Turner casually tied grosgrain ribbons at the side of the models’ hair to accessorize their messy braided buns.
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Flower Power
Beauty maverick Val Garland added a dash of poetic whimsy with pressed dried wildflowers applied to models' faces and collarbones at Preen by Thornton Bregazzi. Cult stylist Eugene Souleiman complemented the look with teeny braids woven into their mussed-up tresses.
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Popping Pouts
Neon lips of pink, orange and red popped against fresh-looking faces at Mary Katrantzou.
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Dreading It
Guido Palau, who was inspired by club kids, ravers and Harajuku girls, topped off models' hair at Marc Jacobs with handmade woolen locs in a kaleidoscope of colors. Controversy brewed when the hair guru failed to also acknowledge their Rastafarian roots.
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Remains of the Day
At Rodarte, hair wizard Odile Gilbert utilized unused bits of lace, tulle and fabric from the collection to adorn the girls’ tresses.
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Sparkly Spouts
Pat McGrath heightened the drama of the moody pouts at DKNY with dazzling shimmer.
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Ear Takes
At Proenza Schouler, Diane Kendal highlighted some of the ears in sunny shades of yellow or white as a perfect backdrop for the collection's show-stopping earrings.
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Grease Work
At Hood By Air, the glossing trend was pushed to the limits by enveloping the faces of the models with a hefty heap of Vaseline.
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Girl Play
Miss Pop for OPI used the top of a pencil eraser to achieve the perfectly round dots on the geometric talons at Jeremy Scott, while über stylist Eugene Souleiman sent the girls out in an array of jagged, bowl-cut wigs that paired nicely with Kabuki’s MAC jewel-toned eyes.
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Bun Wraps
At Lela Rose, lead hairstylist James Pecis for Awapuhi Wild Ginger by John Paul Mitchell Systems wrapped the models’ buns asymmetrically for a 50s retro style.
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Catch the Waves
Guido Palau bleached the hair at Alexander Wang for rad, messy surfer waves.
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Day Glow
Yadim’s fluorescent orange-red lip by Maybelline at Jason Wu gave a jaunty, fresh twist to classic glamour.
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Garden Party
Inspired by the garden-friendly designs at Alice + Olivia, CND’s Jan Arnold topped nails with intricate leafing.
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Plum Visions
At Anna Sui, Pat McGrath set the lips and eyes with a deep port stain.
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