Differing from my summary posts of the Autumn/Winter 2014-15 collections, my beauty post will focus on Spring/Summer 2014. These are the looks that are relevant and on trend right now.
Natural wonders
Seen at Giles, Emilio Pucci, Christopher Kane, Giambattista Valli, Alexander Wang.
The natural look is seen every season but it really stood out as a trend this season. At Giles (top), Lucia Pieroni's inspiration was nineties supermodels, glowing skin, mascara free eyes, and rosebud lips. Bare lashes were seen again at Emilio Pucci (middle), with makeup artist Lisa Butler describing the inspiration behind the look as "a strong girl who is naturally beautiful and doesn't need makeup". The makeup itself looked slightly heavier than some of the other natural looks, this is due to the use of a foundation shade slightly darker than the model's skin tone to give the skin a healthy glow. The makeup at Alexander Wang (bottom) was very raw and minimalistic. Diane Kendal simply moisturised the face then used concealer where absolutely necessary, and hair stylist Guido Palau created messy undone matte hair.
Blue is the warmest colour
Seen at Marc by Marc Jacobs, Miu Miu, Anna Sui, David Koma, Prada.
Blue eyeshadow has been brought out of the eighties and into the 21st century, updated with different colours and techniques. The most striking blue of this season was seen at Marc by Marc Jacobs (top), makeup artist Dick Page used a block of highly-pigmented vibrant blue across the lids, keeping the rest of the face fairly minimal. At Miu Miu (middle), the colours were more subtle palette of pastels blues, accentuated with lilac and lemon hues. Pat McGrath really experimented at Prada (bottom) by applying the eye makeup with a spray-gun style tool. The look looked slightly messy which perfectly complimented the offbeat collection.
All lined up
Seen at Just Cavalli, Erdem, Missoni, Rodarte, Stella McCartney.
An easy trend to replicate is the slightly rough around the edges eyeliner trend. Terry Barber created an edgy, messy look full of attitude for Just Cavalli (top), he described the Just Cavalli girl as "an effortless 'urban' who likes her makeup in a lived in way... she finds perfection trashy". This look can be easily recreated with a kohl liner applied in an almond shape around the eye, slightly smudged, and then left to further smudge and fade as the day goes on. The eyeliner was slightly more polished at Missoni (middle) with Lucia Pieroni creating a graphic lined eye applied right into the inner corners of the eye. At Stella McCartney (bottom) eyeliner was applied all around the eye and flicked out at the corners for a rebellious heavy look contrasting with natural skin.
Straight Edge
Seen at Elie Saab, Chloé, Helmut Lang, Proenza Schouler, Ralf Lauren.
Preppy and street, or sleek and sophisticated, poker-straight hair is the hair style of the season. At Elie Saab (top) Eugene Souleiman created the sleek hair swept back by a golden hairband, he described the look as "expensive but not vulgar". The neat, smooth hair created by Paul Hanlon at Helmet Lang (middle) was tucked behind the models eyes and secured in a low ponytail, this polished hairstyle was perfectly offset by the slouchy clothes of the collection. Paul Hanlon was inspired by Californian skaters for the simple straight hair at Proenza Schouler (bottom), the hairstyle was edged-up a little more with a slightly off-centre parting and a slightly less polished look than seen in other shows.
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