Hot off the press! Glamour's beauty reporter brings you all the gossip backstage from Paris Fashion Week.
Balmain: The Luxe Gang
With clothes dripping in embellishment, who needs an overly adorned face?
Not the Balmain girl it seems, though being as naturally gorgeous as Rosie Huntington-Whiteley definitely helps.
"Minimal, minimal-minimal of the minimal is what we are doing," declares makeup artist Tom Pecheux. Which translates into super-charged skincare massaged meticulously into the skin (we spied Idealist, £41, esteelauder.co.uk and Lait-Crème Concentrate, £18.50, Embryolisse backstage) to give that 'raw, supernatural glow.'
Use Pro Conceal and Correct, £35, maccosmetics.co.uk to cover imperfections. Lashes were curled and brows brushed. The lips are rosy thanks to a light coating of lip balm, alternatively you can achieve that natural flush by "getting a french kiss," laughs Tom.
When in Paris...
Anthony Vaccarello: Sexy MinimalismRules!
Paris Fashion week went off with a bang as one of its brightest young stars Anthony Vaccarello sent his ultra confident glamazons strutting down the runway.
Makeup genius Tom Pecheux created an arresting metallic, midnight blue graphic eye against nude skin. "I first thought of a red lip, but Anthony is still a young designer and we need to keep things fresh," he says.
"The clothes are graphic, so I went for a squared off triangle shaped liner with a curve following the shape of the crease." And it works! Especially against the most gorgeously perfect non-makeupey looking skin I have ever seen. The master's trick? "I mix one drop of Advanced Night Repair from £48 esteelauder.co.uk with four drops of Double Wear Light £28.50 esteelauder.co.uk and blend it into the skin." Merci Tom!
