Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Backstage Beauty: Pretty, Wearable Makeup at the Missoni Spring 2011 Show

"A gorgeous, natural, sexy girl": That's how makeup artist Lucia Pieroni described the makeup at the Missoni show yesterday in Milan. And we couldn't agree more: The softly smoky eyes looked sensual, but not over-the-top, since the darkness was contained around the lash lines. For anyone who has yet to master smoky eyes, try this easy method Pieroni used backstage at the show:

1) Draw black eyeliner all around the eyes, then along the inner rim of the lower lash lines, and blend it out. 2) Apply a gray-brown powder shadow (Pieroni used M.A.C. Smut shadow at Missoni) on top of the liner, and smudge.3) Curl your lashes—and you're good to go.
Pieroni paired the sultry eyes with gentle bronzer on the cheeks, highlighter on the cheekbones, and nude lipstick (after dabbing concealer on the mouth to cancel out any redness, she patted on a peachy-nude lipstick, M.A.C. in Freckletone, with her fingers). And a quick hair note: Like the hair at Dolce & Gabbana, Marni, and Proenza Schouler, the Missoni hairstyle was supposed to look like it was coming undone. "It’s like the girls have been in the desert, like the winds have been going at her—the hair looks like it’s been done by nature," said hairstylist Eugene Souleiman. "We don't want the hair to look like it's done in a salon." Mission accomplished.

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