Milan Fashion Week was set against a fitting backdrop: the sun was shining brightly for the spring/summer '12 shows. Milan fashion is known for being a bit more racy and the beauty world is no different. Here's the top trends from Milan, perfect for balmy summer nights...
More shows than we can mention here sent models down the catwalks with sooty, sultry, smokey eyes. But each eye has a twist on traditional charcoal. At Moschino Tom Pecheux smudged a kohl pencil on eyelids, between the lashes and under the lash line for a lived-in feel; he applied mascara at the root to 'create intensity not length'. At Iceberg Charlotte Tilbury intensified her smokey eye with two layers of kohl pencil followed by MAC Cream Colour Base in airforce blue and lashings of gloss. While Hannah Murray ramped up the glamour at Just Cavalli with a mix of deep blue liner thickly applied around the eye, cream shadow in a bronze on the lid with pink and gold glitter padded on top for a full-on effect.
More shows than we can mention here sent models down the catwalks with sooty, sultry, smokey eyes. But each eye has a twist on traditional charcoal. At Moschino Tom Pecheux smudged a kohl pencil on eyelids, between the lashes and under the lash line for a lived-in feel; he applied mascara at the root to 'create intensity not length'. At Iceberg Charlotte Tilbury intensified her smokey eye with two layers of kohl pencil followed by MAC Cream Colour Base in airforce blue and lashings of gloss. While Hannah Murray ramped up the glamour at Just Cavalli with a mix of deep blue liner thickly applied around the eye, cream shadow in a bronze on the lid with pink and gold glitter padded on top for a full-on effect.
More shows than we can mention here sent models down the catwalks with sooty, sultry, smokey eyes. But each eye has a twist on traditional charcoal. At Moschino Tom Pecheux smudged a kohl pencil on eyelids, between the lashes and under the lash line for a lived-in feel; he applied mascara at the root to 'create intensity not length'. At Iceberg Charlotte Tilbury intensified her smokey eye with two layers of kohl pencil followed by MAC Cream Colour Base in airforce blue and lashings of gloss. While Hannah Murray ramped up the glamour at Just Cavalli with a mix of deep blue liner thickly applied around the eye, cream shadow in a bronze on the lid with pink and gold glitter padded on top for a full-on effect.
Hannah Murray championed a trend all of her own in Milan. 'Pink just feels fresh for spring/summer' Hannah told ELLEuk.com, 'you just have to make sure it's tough' she added. At C'N'C Costume National Hannah gave models a rose gold hue with MAC Metal X Cream Shadow in Sheer Rose washed over the eyelids, topped with the same shadow in Gold fusion on the centre. MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel was applied to cheek bones, while an opaque powdery pink gloss was padded onto lips. Sportmax had a similar feel, but here lips were a frosted pink. 'It's like women on the slopes in the seventies with bad frosted lipstick, but it seems to work!' said Hannah. What makes these sugary sweet looks work is the boyish, brushed up brows and the light use of mascara. At Just Cavalli Hannah <
Hannah Murray championed a trend all of her own in Milan. 'Pink just feels fresh for spring/summer' Hannah told ELLEuk.com, 'you just have to make sure it's tough' she added. At C'N'C Costume National Hannah gave models a rose gold hue with MAC Metal X Cream Shadow in Sheer Rose washed over the eyelids, topped with the same shadow in Gold fusion on the centre. MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel was applied to cheek bones, while an opaque powdery pink gloss was padded onto lips. Sportmax had a similar feel, but here lips were a frosted pink. 'It's like women on the slopes in the seventies with bad frosted lipstick, but it seems to work!' said Hannah. What makes these sugary sweet looks work is the boyish, brushed up brows and the light use of mascara. At Just Cavalli Hannah <
Hannah Murray championed a trend all of her own in Milan. 'Pink just feels fresh for spring/summer' Hannah told ELLEuk.com, 'you just have to make sure it's tough' she added. At C'N'C Costume National Hannah gave models a rose gold hue with MAC Metal X Cream Shadow in Sheer Rose washed over the eyelids, topped with the same shadow in Gold fusion on the centre. MAC Lustre Drops in Pink Rebel was applied to cheek bones, while an opaque powdery pink gloss was padded onto lips. Sportmax had a similar feel, but here lips were a frosted pink. 'It's like women on the slopes in the seventies with bad frosted lipstick, but it seems to work!' said Hannah. What makes these sugary sweet looks work is the boyish, brushed up brows and the light use of mascara. At Just Cavalli Hannah <
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