By Bella Blissett
It may have been 25 degrees and a perfect sunny day outside in Manhattan, but after days of super subtle sculpting, minimal eyes and barely-there lips, NYFW was threatening to become a bit of a wash out in terms of the kind of colour we expect from a spring/summer season.Yet the hyper natural brigade hadn't reckoned with Tom Pecheux, who took the signature smoky black eye and injected some much needed heat into the look with a neon pink liner.
First he used black eye shadow to define the lower lash line and add depth to the socket in a sexy, smudgy, blown-out shape. So far, so standard. Then came the twist: Dipping a Q-tip in make up remover, he swiped it along the base of the upper lashes to leave a product-free space - like the negatives from a camera roll. He then used an ultra fine eyeliner brush to fill in the gap with the day glow pink shade from a still top secret new SS13 MAC lip palette.Just one coat of mascara top and bottom was enough to add an accent to lashes.With the blockade on brights broken, it seems a slick of neon is all it takes to let colour do the SS13 talking.
