New York Fashion Week has come to an end, and it is now time to turn to London for the last leg of Fashion Week (save the best until last- don’t you agree?)
However, before we bombard social media with our favourites from LFW, let’s take a moment to reflect on the beauty looks from New York.
The beauty trends at New York Fashion Week have stressed the importance of emphasising the eye area, and so our beauty in Autumn Winter 2015 will see a surge of big bold lashes, and bright eyed babes. NYFW has hinted that the eye are the key focal point for our beauty trends for the upcoming season; from contouring the eye area, blending various eyeshades to enliven your eyes, getting rid of false eyelashes and turning to our beauty staple – eyeliner- and using it in a different way in order to make our eyes look bigger, from gothic glam shading to delicate frosting on the eyelashes.
Here are the top three ways to make the eyes the focal feature for next season (although slightly out-there and a tad bonkers).
The models at the Carmen Marc Valvo show sported the ‘Kewpie Doll’ eye, courtesy of MAC make up, reminiscent of the sixties style icon Twiggy. The Kewpie doll look featured short vertical lines drawn from the edge of the eyelid upwards, to give the illusion of longer and fuller eyelashes. The effect was great volume and simple effort. This beauty trend takes our beloved make up bag staple and uses it in a way that we have not experimented with yet – but next season we will certainly do so. For those who find false eyelashes quite troublesome, this is your perfect solution. For those who don’t have the steadiest hand when it comes to stencilling fine lines – do not worry! This look isn’t meant to achieve dead straight vertical lines as no eyelash is perfectly straight – in fact the curve, or a slight wave is more realistic.
The beauty trends that were the ones to watch at the Caroline Herrera show, included a unique and delicate look; models sporting silver flecked eyelashes, which just added a touch of sparkle and the glisten to their eyes. This trend is fitting for the autumn winter season as this beauty trend reflects the frost and cold outside in the winter months. The subtle silver flecks create a delicate finish as if a snowflake has momentarily been caught on your eyelashes, so if opting for this beauty trend, do not overdo the silver flecks- less is indeed more! This trend aims to bring attention to the eye area in a subtle and unique way. The best tip is not to overload your mascara nor the silver, you must use a sleek of mascara and a light dusting of the silver, whether powder or minute slithers of shimmery sheets/ gold leafing equivalent dispersed lightly across the lashes. This is a minimalist look, preferably no other make-up is required other than the glimmering detail of your lashes, so keep the rest soft and nude to enhance the natural finish. As quoted in How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days this is the return of “frosting”, so ladies, fashionista’s, beauty fanatics, ‘Frost yourself!’
Lastly, this bold look is definitely for the brave, and although it isn’t necessarily the most wearable beauty look, it is a beauty trend none the less. Models for DKNY confidently sported simplistic eye make up, with a singular black line circling their eye. Similarly, but on a slightly lesser scale Ardeam beauty mirrored a similar look. The surge and the return of the black eye pencil, used in multiple ways proves that it is the beauty item to be experimented with over the upcoming season. Although Ardeam and DKNY’s almost spectacle – like circles look almost comical, it still works to emphasise and enlarge the eyes. DKNY’s beauty style accentuated the eye by using black kohl eyeliner, regardless of skin tone, which was pencilled closely under the lower eyelid and roughly sketched outwards, almost framing the eye socket. Donna Karen’s collection included bold colours, high hemlines creating a simplistic, bold, almost abstract and cubist shaping reflected in the beauty too.Well it sure did have us oogling at the models!
Words by Maisie Bovingdon @BovingdonMaisie
Edited by Araminta Pender, Beauty Editorial Assistant @mintypender
