Day 5: M.A.C Autumn/Winter Make-Up Trends 2008

BADGLEY MISCHKA

Tom Pecheux used a fabulous French expression for this new multi-layered colored eye that goes from brow to lid; “degrade.” It went from burgundy to brown to golden bronze with the golden pigment just above the pupils. In fact, it was rose pink, a new M·A·C Pigment for fall, without a name so far. “Then I put a bit of green in the corners of the eye – just for fun!” he added. The mouths were beige and glossy – all rather late seventies Patti Hansen, Lauren Hutton. Time to dig up your old Vogue covers

MONIQUE LHUILLIER

Monique’s models had that full-court, all-color eye socket look going, too – courtesy of Val Garland. This one was pigment painted in a heavy gray blue – a molding of three hues; inky blue, purple and burgundy. “It’s quite reflective,” said Val. “Quite liquidy.” The rest of the face was neutral bare, with a sheer vino lip. A dramatic look to equal the dark dramatic gowns and cocktail dresses in ML’s fall collection.

RODARTE

Kate and Laura Mulleavy’s clothes are frothy couture like confections – complicated concoctions that are always colorful and textural wonderlands. To balance the drama and visual fierceness, James Kaliardos did a frosted winter lip, playing with sheer layers of matte and sheen throughout the plains of the face – working with light and texture, just like the clothes.

J. MENDEL

Gilles Mendel’s girls are chic, svelte, smart, social – and rich. They love diamonds and fur and feathers and silk. So Gucci Westman wisely kept their faces matte and clean, with caramel cheek and lip tones, and bronze pigment on the lids with just a touch of gray. This girl is so posh she probably wakes up looking like this – sophisticated – and – well – rich!

BEHNAZ SARAFPOUR

Okay, Tuesday was the day of the colored eye socket. Gucci Westman did it wildly different at Behnaz – she did two-thirds of the models in a gray pigmented eye from lid to brow, but did the other one third in either lime green or fuchsia purple – we’re talking lid to lash. The colors reflected the colors in the clothing – and she even used the respective colors to “flock” the lashes instead of contrasting with dark mascara. It was a case of pop art meets op-tical art!

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