Chanel Couture Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 - the hair, the makeup

Chanel Couture Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 July 7 2015 Grand Palais, Paris

For the Chanel Couture Autumn/Winter 2015/2016 collection, staged on July 7 2015 at the Grand Palais in Paris, makeup artist Tom Pecheux created a very pale and contoured look. Eyebrows are highly defined. Lips are matte and match cheeks in a deep red pink or a more subdued rosewood colour. Hairstylist Sam McKnight created angular, dark brown wigs designed to accentuate cheek bones. Models' own hair looked shorn underneath, a strong, dramatic beauty showcasing an exquisite couture collection by Karl Lagerfeld for Chanel.

CHANEL Autumn/Winter 2015 Couture Collection – the makeup:

Skin prepared with CHANEL HYDRA BEAUTY products range
All products by CHANEL
THE COMPLEXION

VITALUMIERE AQUA Ultra-Light Skin Perfecting Makeup SPF15
ECLAT LUMIERE Highlighter Face Pen
CORRECATEUR PERFECTION Long Lasting Concealer
POUDRE UNIVERSELLE LIBRE Natural Finish Loose Powder
LES BEIGES Healthy Glow Sheer Colour SPF15

THE EYES

LE SOURCIL DE CHANEL Perfect Brows “Brun” (N°20)
LE VOLUME ULTRA-NOIR DE CHANEL “Noir Khôl” (N°90) (Launching 21st August 2015)

THE CHEEKS

ROUGE COCO Ultra Hydrating Lip Colour “Coco” (N°416)
JOUES CONTRASTE “Frivole” * Powder Blush (N°76) 

THE LIPS

LE CRAYON LEVRES Precision Lip Definer  “Rouge Profond” (N°57)
ROUGE ALLURE VELVET Luminous Matte Lip Colour “La Bouleversante” N°51 – 2015 Fall Collection  (Launching 21st August 2015)

THE NAILS  

LA BASE – 2015 Fall Collection (Launching 21st August 2015)
LE VERNIS “Beige Pur” (N°659)

LE VERNIS “Black Satin” (N°219)
LE TOP COAT – 2015 Fall Collection (Launching 21st August 2015)  

*Available only in certain markets

Prada Spring/Summer 2015 Backstage Beauty Shot

Prada Spring/Summer 2015 Makeup by Pat McGrath Hair by Guido Palau

For Prada Spring/Summer 2015, Prada Beauty focuses on the eyes and the eyebrows. For the Prada Spring/Summer 2015 runway show, makeup artist Pat McGrath presented a look that is, "almost like an hallucination", she says, describing this minimalist and neutral beauty. Hair stylist Guido created a ponytail for the show, with sideburns to create something "boyish" - DC

Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2015 Menswear Collection Photo and Film

Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2015 Menswear Collection Backstage Photo

After his untimely death on 11 February 2010, Alexander McQueen’s company owner Gucci confirmed the clothing brand would continue. On 27 May 2010, Sarah Burton, Alexander McQueen's design assistant since 1996, was announced as Creative Director and Chief Designer at Alexander McQueen, with a plan to launch a men's underwear collection. Sarah Burton launched her first menswear collection during the Alexander McQueen ‘Pomp and Circumstance’ runway show held in June 2010 in Milan, Italy and in September 2010, Burton presented her first womenswear collection for the McQueen label in Paris.

For the forthcoming season, Autumn/Winter 2015, the Alexander McQueen menswear collection was showcased during London Men’s Fashion Week held in January 2015. The Winter wool men’s clothing has a wartime look. Military style coats and jackets in khaki, black, grey and midnight blue, some in pinstripe, are tailored to fit, a McQueen label signature. Completed with knitwear and quilting and designer leather details, trousers are three/quarter length, cropped – these trousers look odd.

The label presents an unusual view of male beauty. See a brief backstage film of the Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2015 menswear runway show here -   

https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gu4hV-3XJQU

Casting Director Jess Hallett. Long may Alexander McQueen’s outstanding legacy continue.

Yves Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2015 Beauty Trend Black Eye Liner

Yves Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2015 Make-up by Aaron de Mey

Designer Hedi Slimane for Yves Saint Laurent, Spring/Summer 2015. Snakeskin print shirts and snakeskin leather bags with chains for straps; black leather motorbike jackets and biker girl rock chick neck scarves; green leather; sequinned lapels; florals; cherries and star prints on dresses and skirts; leather shorts, platform shoes, Seventies hats. Hair, wispy and worn long, by Didier Malige. Makeup by Aaron de Mey as he trend sets lined, black upper eyelids applied to a nude face for the forthcoming season.

See a 2 minute video of the Yves Saint Laurent Spring/Summer 2015 show here.

Burberry Autumn/Winter 2014 Runway Shades Nail Polish

Burberry Ink Blue No.425

Burberry Camel No.109

Burberry Rose Pink No.400

“This season, Twitter has announced the launch of its 'buy' button will coincide with the Burberry Prorsum show, and will offer followers the chance to purchase exclusive nail polish colours straight from the catwalk” - i-D Magazine online Friday 12 September 2014. Article - 'Will tech and fashion decide each other's future?'

“Discover saturated hues direct from the Prorsum runway, intense, highly pigmented tones reflecting the British weather and landscape and subtle hues of nude inspired by the trench coat, the most iconic of all Burberry garments” - Burberry site/Nails online £15

Eau Thermale Avene TriAcneal - an advanced, technological skincare product - fades residual marks, anti-acne

Eau Thermale Avene TriAcneal 

First and foremost, do not use the following product if you are pregnant. Eau Thermale Avene TriAcneal is a highly potent treatment formulated to prevent blemishes and fade residual marks in adult and adolescent acne prone skin. Described as an adapted 'dermo-cosmetic' - a dermatology-based cosmetic, this advanced skincare is a synergy of three active ingredients - Efectiose, Retinaldehyde and Glycolic Acid. Efectiose is Avene’s patented anti-inflammatory. It mimics the skin’s own naturally occurring anti-inflammatory sugars, it mixes with the skin’s own sebum and reduces the swelling and redness of pimples. Retinaldehyde prevents the thickening of the skin and the formation of spot-provoking blackheads and whiteheads and it is antibacterial. Retinaldehyde is involved also in the synthesis of collagen and elastin fibres which fill and refine pores and reduce residual marks or post-acne scarring. Glycolic Acid, the third active ingredient, has a mild, non-irritating, exfoliating or skin peeling effect, which ‘decongests’ and smoothes the skin. Glycolic Acid, an Alpha-Hydroxy-Acid or AHA, extracted from natural sources sugarcane, pineapple, cantaloupe melon or grapes, eradicates acne-causing dairy spots and closes open pores, reducing the possibility of further breakouts. This trio of active ingredients forms a very powerful product. The Avene Thermal Spring Water contained in all Avene products is clinically proven to have soothing and anti-irritating dermatological effects on sensitive skin in particular.

I found when I first applied the Eau Thermale Avene TriAcneal my skin tingled sensitively. This indicates the product is working but it is suggested in this case you apply the product less frequently. At first I made the mistake of applying the product to my entire face overnight. It tended to redden areas that are already healthy, smooth and acne free. You should apply Eau Thermale Avene TriAcneal minimally to trouble spots only, oily patches that are congested or areas post-acne for effective and efficient results.

The condition of my skin was smoothed and refined from the first application with open pores obviously tightened overnight, the beginning of a very exact and potent, non-drying correcting treatment. Until recently, decongesting beauty treatments containing glycolic acid were available only at beauty salons, an expensive, supervised treatment overseen by skincare specialists. Even at reduced potency, Eau Thermale Avene TriAcneal is a super strength emulsion with long term, clearly visible beneficial effects on the appearance of the skin with improved tone and texture, fewer blemishes and a complexion relieved of after-acne residual marks. The residual marks on my skin continue to fade and acne is under control. Eau Thermale Avene TriAcneal is an advanced, technological skincare product. Apply minimally at night after cleansing. Always remove this product in the morning and wear a daytime Sun Protection Factor as Glycolic Acid causes skin sensitivity to sunlight. £23 for 30ml. Available to buy from Boots stores and independent pharmacies.

YSL Black Opium Fragrance Launch TV Advert September 17 2014

Yves Saint Laurent Compact Vogue 1971

 See the YSL Black Opium TV Advert  

featuring Model: Edie Campbell

 Director: Daniel Wolfe

. Read 

Opium brief history

The biggest fashion labels more recently ally with the biggest beauty brands for maximum exposure - Autumn/Winter 2014 trends in makeup

Chanel Fall/Winter 2014 Ready-to-Wear Collection
Makeup by Tom Pecheux
Hair by Sam McKnight

As seen first on the international runways, beauty looks are conceptualized and applied by leading makeup artists to complement the designer collections – Giorgio Armani, Tom Ford, Prada, Gucci, Versace, Valentino, Marc Jacobs or Burberry Prorsum. Trends in makeup happen twice yearly, seasonally in Spring/Summer and Autumn/Winter, like clothing. Beauty products, makeup and skincare, are released and become available in step with the fashion industry. The biggest fashion labels more recently ally with the biggest beauty brands for maximum exposure. Beauty is visible - the designer lipstick, the moisturiser, the perfume, the nail varnish. The beauty adverts are everywhere, they’re trans-media. Beauty is idealized, framed and packaged, an update or advance on what happened before. Beauty is fashion’s most lucrative, accessible and affordable market. Particular to women, even during recession, beauty sales are gigantic. In Britain alone, the beauty industry is worth £16.1 billion a year.  

The billion pound market leaders are the names you know. L’Oreal (especially for lipstick – in my opinion, exceptional) and Max Factor; the classic American brand Estee Lauder (including its newer sister brand Origins) and the Canadian Elizabeth Arden; Maybelline (by now there is no other volumising mascara), and Europeans Givenchy, Chanel and YSL Beauty, all three designer clothing collection related. The Topshop range of makeup, and there is an accompanying scheduled runway show, is one of the best - blusher in Topshop pink, especially the Blush Stick, and Topshop pink lipsticks like ‘Brighton Rock’.

Trends revolve the beauty industry. The season’s forthcoming trends for Autumn/Winter 2014 include pink nudes in lipstick. Pink nude colours are by now a new classic. Metallics in clothing are reflected in the makeup - metallic colour eye shadows especially in blue and colour liners are here to suit the clothing. The focus this season is on the eyes and includes extra-length false eyelashes. A more neutral makeup is here also with the appearance of other eye shadow colours in shades of taupe - a grey or brown tan. In hairstyles, there are braids and sweeping fringes frame the face. In the adverts for the forthcoming Autumn/Winter 2014, we will see the new beauty product, its formula, the innovation, the colours, the application and the effect as perfected in the genius hands of backstage makeup artists, skincare included.