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MAC Fashion Week F/W ‘10 Facechart Recap

krissy — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 15:08:45 +0000

Our friends over at MAC Cosmetics sent this over – thought I would share. Tons of latest trends from MAC through Fashion Week ! Enjoy !

M·A·C COSMETICS’ BIGGEST SEASON EVER: FALL/WINTER 2010 FASHION WEEKS

This Fall/Winter 2010 season marked the 15^th Anniversary of M·A·C Cosmetics involvement in New York Fashion Week and our impact in London, Paris and Milan was bigger than ever before! M·A·C Cosmetics supported nearly 200 shows during the Fall/Winter 2010 Collections. M·A·C continued as the official sponsor of London Fashion week, had a strong presence in Milan and Paris, and hosted shows, events and presentations at M·A·C & Milk and throughout New York.

Fall/Winter 2010 was an inventive and inspiring season for beauty. This season, Makeup Artists asked the question: “What is luxurious makeup?” The answer was not opulence, but, rather, a sense of individual enhancement based in reality. Lyne Desnoyers, Director of Makeup Artistry for M·A·C, called it “flirting with luxury on a contemporary face.”

A few memorable products that created the latest trends include:

M·A·C Opulash This new mascara with a supersized brush produced plush, extravagant lashes on the runway. Adding dramatic volume and curl, it formed lush lashes – bigger, badder, more opulent eyes. Opulash was key in such shows as DSquared², Blumarine, Max Mara and Chado Ralph Rucci.

M·A·C Prolongwear SPF 10 Foundation: Creamy and lightweight, this yet-to-be-introduced foundation was a hit! Providing ample playtime and easy blending, it also demonstrated 15-hours of wearability and garnered raves backstage at Chado Ralph Rucci, PORTS 1961 and Timo Weiland.

M·A·C Eye Kohl in Smolder A backstage essential, Smolder Eye Kohl lined lids throughout all four cities. Its creamy texture and versatility allowed for smudged, smokey looks as well as dramatic, etched dark definition. It framed eyes at such shows as L.A.M.B., Zac Posen, Tadashi Shoji and Vivienne Westwood Gold Label.

M·A·C Lip Pencil in Cherry: Forget subtlety – this season, bold, bright lips were front and center. Lip Pencil in Cherry was the crucial ingredient, forming, priming and making colour come forward. Paired most often with Lady Danger and Russian Red Lipsticks, it was seen at DSquared², Doo.Ri, Donna Karan and Moschino.

Please click on the links below to access key Fall/Winter ‘10 daily recaps where you can find key artists’ inspirations and products used for select shows. Also attached is the “Comprehensive List of Shows,” which breaks down all the shows M·A·C supported this season. Please find the complete Fall/Winter ’10 over all recap below as well detailing four trends that spanned all four cities!!

***Links will be live until Apr. 7^th. ***

We hope these are helpful for your backstage stories!

Learn a little about love

krissy — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 15:35:25 +0000

I love to watch french films, one of my favorite one is Angel-A (2005), directed by Luc Besson. Every scene in this movie was significant and I would recommend it to everyone. The whole movie is in black and white, and take place in Paris. Today as I was surfing on one of my favorite blogs Le Love Image I came across this clip posted from the movie that I had to share with you. In this scene the main characters André is being taught by Angel A how to love the man he sees in the mirror.

Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel

krissy — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:40:45 +0000

(19 August 1883 – 10 January 1971)

I have always been intrigued by Coco Chanel. I’ve watched a few documentaries on Fashion Television and when I heard there was a movie Coco avant Chanel, I knew I had to go see it. I was delighted about the movie, for how much I learned and I how much I felt as though I really connected with Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Channel. Watching her evolve into the brand that we now know as Coco Chanel was amazing. The cast was amazing too and I loved the fact that the movie was in french (with english subtitles) which allowed it to stay true to form. Audrey Tautou, who I loved in Amelie, did a great delivery with the role of Coco Chanel. I even think she resembled her a bit. I don’t like blogs that ruin movies for others so I will only say that the movie really showed how Gabrielle got started and the perils she went through to achieve a timeless fashion brand. Her story shows true resilliance, through many broken heel moments.

After watching the movie, I was off on my own research to find out more. I was really impressed at the longevity of such a timeless brand. It left me with something to think about as it relates to the fashion world, as it relates to me and my endeavours and how I always strive to create something that is lasting and timeless. That is why I am always amazed at the history behind powerful fashion brands or powerful brands period. Somehow they manage to create a niche and carve a mark in history that is never forgotten. That is impressive. The brand was all about expensive simplicity for women’s clothing. I don’t even want to think about where women’s fashion would be if she didn’t push the boundaries. I also feel that that is the main reason why the brand is still so strong. Simplicity in luxury is what women want. To feel beautiful but not over the top. Coco Chanel left such a lasting mark in the fashion world that she was the first person in the industry to be named “Time Magazine’s 100 Most Influential People of the 20th Century”.

What struck me the most is although she faced many hardships, being an orphan and facing more hurdles in her later years, she persevered through it all, determined to make it despite it all. Although the times are different, I think her story is a story that many successful woman can relate to.

Here are some goodies below I put together for you, enjoy ! If you haven’t seen the movie yet, go see it and let me know what you think. If you have seen it, what do you think ?

Here is the trailer to the movie Coco avant Chanel

Here is a clip of Vogue inside Chanel’s Paris apartment

Sexy *SH – Christian Louboutin X Piper Heidsieck

krissy — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 15:17:01 +0000

You learn something new everyday. Today I learned that in the 1800’s in France it was common for people to drink champagne from a woman’s shoe. Louboutin wants to bring that essence back and to do so they have partnered up with Piper Heidsieck to make a box set called “Le Rituel” to commemorate that era. In the box set there will be a bottle of champagne and a glass shoe designed by Christian Louboutin. I would love to get my hand on one of these box sets, what a collectors items. This box set will be sold exclusively at Colette in Paris, available October 26th.

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