Designer Faces: The Hair and Makeup Look at the Spring 2011 Versace Show

Designer Faces: The Hair and Makeup Look at the Spring 2011 Versace Show: allure.com

The combination of darkened brows and sleek buns looked strong and bold—just like the clothes in Donatella Versace's latest collection.

They're ultra-beautiful girls," makeup artist Pat McGrath told us backstage about the look. "We wanted them to look perfect and grown up."
McGrath said there was "lots of perfecting" when it came to the skin, which meant foundation applied all over, concealer where necessary, and highlighter on the brow bones, cupid's bow, between the eyebrows, at the inner corners of the eyes, and on the cheekbones.

The eyebrows were the main focus of the look. "We're doing lots of grooming and tweezing and perfecting," McGrath said. That meant combing them with spooly wands and stiff toothbrush-like brushes, plucking stray hairs, and filling them in with powders and pencil.

For the rest of the makeup, McGrath contoured the eyes with a taupe powder shadow, swiped brown mascara on the top lashes, and lined the inner rims of the eyes with a beige liner. She applied blush at the apples of the cheeks, the temples, and the chin, and simply patted balm on the lips.