| Douglas Does NY Fashion Week |
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| ABOVE: Mary Douglas |
| ABOVE: Owen Bruce/Courtesy of The Wall Group |
Posted: Monday March 23, 2009
From ‘80s club looks to bold red lips, we get the exclusive details.
Mary Douglas,
one of The Wall Group’s emerging talents, worked the Mercedes-Benz
Fashion Week Fall 2009 collections from Feb. 13-20 for designers Derek
Lam, Michael Kors, Brian Reyes, Isaac Mizrahi and Ralph Lauren. Here
she gives Make-Up Artist magazine an exclusive insider’s lookat the make-up created for the different fashion shows. Douglas has
worked for cosmetics brands including Yves Saint Laurent, M.A.C. and
Stila, and her work has appeared in magazines such as Marie Claire and in ads for Jimmy Choo, among others.
 Derek Lam
This
show was all about luxury, with leathers, furs, silks and very rich
materials. Throughout the season, there was an underlying ‘80s-‘90s
club theme with textiles, colors, hair and make-up to match. The focus
was relatively simple ... it was all about the eyes. A smoky lavender
shimmer was applied heavily all around the eye, all the way up to the
brow bone. Once that base was there, we removed some of the grey right
at the top lash line, where liner would normally go. In its place, we
added a stripe of tomato-red shadow and coated it with gold glitter. We
finished the look with a bit of beige gloss. Shiseido sponsored Lam’s
make-up look.
Photo: Don Ashby/Courtesy of style.com
Michael Kors
The
Kors show had a Tough Luxe theme. The collection featured a lot of grey
and black, but we didn’t lack color; there was a lot of it, in electric
hues. The make-up had that tough ‘80s club vibe. With beautiful matte
skin, we had a hard, smoky eye in black and gunmetal grey shades of
Shiseido’s Lingerie, Slate and Tar, which will all be new for fall. The
eyes were balanced with Almond Pink (a golden-beige contour for the
cheeks) and a beige-mauve lip. Shiseido sponsored the Kors make-up look.
Photo: Patrick McMullan/Courtesy of nymag.com
 Brian Reyes
Marble
inspired the dramatic eye look at Brian Reyes. Givenchy’s Le Makeup
team used a kohl black liner to create a strong base for this
‘80s-inspired eye. The lid was lightened with a beautiful beige shade,
and khaki green was used to accentuate the outer crease. Givenchy’s
Phenomen’Eyes Mascara created major lashes.
Photo: Patrick McMullan/Courtesy of nymag.com
Isaac Mizrahi
The
Mizrahi collection had an easy sense of fun and luxury. There was
liberal use of colors and textures; the make-up was chic and powerful.
The theme was “Smile,” and what makes a woman feel more confident and
happy than when she wears gorgeous red lipstick? To create the look,
the skin was clean and matte, with bare eyes and cheeks. The focus was
on the powerful lip color—a bright ruby-red lip color by Shiseido:
Perfect Rouge Lipstick RD 415 (Valentine), topped off with Make Up For
Ever Pure Pigments in Carmine to set it and give it an extreme matte
texture.
Photo: Marcio Madeira/Courtesy of style.com
 Ralph Lauren
As
always, Ralph Lauren’s collections signify refinement and luxury. But
the make-up is usually clean and natural, elegantly unfussy and not the
least bit trendy. For this look, we used a simple coating of mascara
for the eyes. We warmed up the face with M.A.C. Sculpting Powder in
Bone Beige, M.A.C. Powder Blush in Fleur Power and M.A.C.
Iridescent/Loose Powder in Silver Dusk as a highlight. For the lips, we
used a sketching of pink nude liner with a topping of Smith’s Rosebud
Salve.
Photo: Don Ashby/Courtesy of style.com
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