London seemed to be having a bit of a love affair with the gloss for Fall. Christpher Kane, Jonathan Saunders, and Giles all showed various degrees of glowy skin, which I love. Erdem and David Koma had a very structured eye paired with a pale mouth. Brows were nice and full at Burberry, Aquascutum, and Mary Katrantzou. My new fave Brit designer Holly Fulton, kept the focus on the mouth with a glossy blackened plum colour. All in all London gave us a very lovely looking AW11.

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Spring skin is perfectly dewy and flawless pretty much across the board. A few bright lips here and there seems to be a continuation from last spring’s trend. It wouldn’t be London without something crazy-massive amounts of glitter at Giles! So fabulous.

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The last show I worked during LFW SS 10 was Jonathan Saunders. Keyed by Lucia Peroni, the girls had a slightly pale look to their skin, bleached brows, and blood red lips just in the centre of the mouth. Eyes were very slightly shaded with MAC Kid eyeshadow, and Shroom eyeshadow was used to highlight the tops of the cheekbones. To create skin that was bright and pale at the same time, we used a few pumps of MAC Strobe Liquid. Wet look hair with a deep side part completed the beautiful yet eery look.

There was an absence of brows on the Fall runways. Shows like Givenchy, Giorgio Armani, and Matthew Williamson featured a make up look that did not require eyebrows. What I like about this look is that it’s ethereal and edgy all at the same time. Now executing this no brow look, can make for a slightly more chaotic backstage environment, which was the case at Jonathan Saunders Spring show. All the girls that showed up with their natural brows, had to then be bleached out. After the show about 15 models swarmed the make up team as we mixed up dye to put their brows back to the way they were! Based on that, I think this is one trend that will remain on the runway.

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New to the scene and already making a name for herself is Ranya Mordanova. She’s already been dubbed as a “rising star” and one of the “top ten newcomers” by several industry insiders. Since debuting in New York this February, Ranya’s managed to score editorials in French Vogue, W and V magazine as well as a lucrative ad campaign with Givenchy. And that’s just to name a few!

During London Fashion week in September, I worked with Ranya at Christopher Kane and Jonathan Saunders. Intense eyes, severe bowl cut, poreless pale skin, and the most adorable pout. A guarantee that she stands out in a crowd.

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I have just returned from my favourite city that was celebrating twenty five years of fashion week-London was amazing! In contrast to New York, London is known for it’s edgier more hard hitting street style both on and off the runway. The make up for Spring Summer 2010 was not really about looking tan and perfect but more about creating a statement. Burberry has been revived from it’s stuffy old English history to be youthful and fresh. At Jonathan Saunders we perfected and slightly paled out the skin so the models looked almost waxy. Virtually every girl had her eyebrows bleached to non existence. Lips were toned down with concealer except the very inner part which had bright red and deep currant coloured liners applied to the mouth, very “new moon” style. What’s a London runway without colour? Marios Schwab, Luella, and Richard Nicholl had variations on colour from soft to bright. Erdem gave us long lush lashes. Now Milan is in full swing get ready for heavy doses of glamour.

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