Influences from my travels and updates on SS2012 Runway !!!

I am back from many weeks of what feels like a crazy journey,I wanted to blog about my trips but alas sadly I did not have internet always and now I am excited to be here to share with you some thoughts on Spring Summer make-up,influences from my travels and more....

I began my journey in the Philippines on a small island off Cebu,the water was completely calm and the light made the skies almost lavender at times,the peace and tranquility of the place almost began my thoughts for make-up for Spring Summer 2012.

From here I returned to New York just in time for fashion week ,and here I noticed that most of SS2012 make-up was very minimal,loved the Marc Jacobs eye which became slightly droopy from the big lashes and thick liner .

                                                  

                                                                 
       PRABAL
  Prabals collection was amazing very different, loving the dark wine stained mouth ,I never feel that works with the lighter feeling of Spring Summer but this time I really like it and the collection was flawless....

After New York,I went off to Paris to work,shooting the collections for a client and taking in some shows and of course a few parties.The weather was amazing and again even amongst the madness of fashion week again I was loving the subtle colours and amazed by some of the collections such as Mcqueens where again the make-up was so simple ,slightly pale face and nude lip,but the fantastic headpieces which came down as a mask in some cases gave the most ethereal feeling of just enough drama and mystery without overdoing ......

Of course always the creative juices flow more heavily in Paris and yet I really enjoyed the elegance of how simple alot of hair and make-up was working with the designs,another one of my faves was Preen,where the hair, off to one side and make-up dewy , peaches and sorbets worked so well.....................

Some of my other favourite collections where the make-up was minimal and nude  in tones were Lanvin and of course Balenciaga,Issey Miyake ,and Isabel Marant........

LANVIN

                                                                  ISABEL MARANT

                                                                 ISSEY MIYAKE

                                                                  BALENCIAGA

Zac Posen's elegance of the almost 60's like eyeliner with lashes again,was just slightly edged off with an orange lip which gave it a difference and just looked beyond paired with his amazing dresses and gowns ,elegant chic and very cool!!!!

                                                  

And then there is the always the  reliable Gareth Pugh and Rick Owens whose style just takes fashion to the unexpected and therefore allows the hair and make-up to do the same ,although this time not quite as shocking as other seasons ,it seems the theme this season was less is more,but here we see a white eye for Gareth and a paler face and orange red lip for Owens ,but the main attraction for make-up this season would go to Vivienne Westwood,where the incomparable Val Garland went almost space aged with a metallic feel paired with pinks and blue and I was backstage after the show and took a picture of one of the many make-up looks for the show.........

Gareth Pugh

                                                           
                                                           Rick Owens
                                                                

 

                                                   VIVIENNE WESTWOOD