The film, Blue Lagoon was the reference given to the backstage beauty teams. The result? A pretty smattering of freckles across the nose and cheeks, achieved by dotting on Mac Brow Pencil in various colours.
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Antonio Marras SS17
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These graphic eyes might look tricky, but it's actually really simple. Make-up artist, Tom Pecheux cut up sponges into sngled shapes, dipped them in white and black paints and stamped them onto the eyes.
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Versace SS17
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Adding a pop of silver onto just the inner corners of eyes is going to be our next season go-to. Thanking you kindly, Versace.
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Marco De Vincenzo
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Every girl that walked the Marco De Vincenzo catwalk wore a different shade of bold matte lipstick (all Mac Retro Matte). 'There's a different between when a lip is painted on and when it looks like it belongs to a woman,' Terry Barber told us, as he slightly blurred the edges to look slightly lived in.
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Giamba SS17
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Val Garland applied specs of silver glitter in unconventional places, from these circular designs on the forehead, to brow lines and even over the tops of ears. Festival inspo aplenty.
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Etro SS17
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Mark Carrasquillo steered clear of 'face arcitecture' (otherwise known as contouring) and opted for a fresh, flushed look instead using MAC Blusher in Fleeting Romance.
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Ermanno Scervino SS17
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Brushed up brows, healthy-looking blush and highlights in all the right places.
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Sportmax SS17
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Sunshine eyes? Hell yes. And even moreso with a layer of gloss over the top.
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Prada SS17
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Laboriously laboured over skin, meticulously brushed up brows, a wiggle of brown mascara in the roots of lashes - all the things that make for a well-groomed but equally natural make-up look. 'You have to take extra care with no make-up make-up,' Pat McGrath told us backstage; 'we're spending around 30 minutes on each model.'
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Moschino SS17
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Jeremy Scott wanted all of the girls to look like Barbie versions of Linda Evangelista in the 90's. Cue killer contouring, bold, elgongated brows, false lashes and MAC lipstick in Spice.
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Moschino SS17
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The Moschino SS17 motto: more is definitely more.
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Emilio Pucci SS17
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The final make-up look wasn't decided on until less than an hour before the show. But the end result was well worth the wait. Tom Pecheux used Mac paints to create these freeform strokes of colour across the eyes.
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Emilio Pucci SS17
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Rather than sticking to just one shade, Tom mixed it up depending on what suited the girls and their outfits.
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Fendi SS17
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Fendi's glitter lips and geometric eyeliner flicks make us want to go out, out.
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Fendi SS17
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Skin was kept quite minimal (no contour, blush or megawatt highlighting).
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Georgio Armani SS17
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'It's the first time Mr Armani has requested "sexy" make-up,' Linda Cantello told us backstage. So obviously some sort of smoky eye was a given. But this midnight blue creation (which was custom blended by Linda) is pretty special.
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Georgio Armani SS17
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And if you're admiring the skin finish, that's courtesy of the new Giorgio Armani Power Fabric high-coverage foundation, out Jan.