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Milan Fashion Week Spring 2010 MAC Makeup Face Charts

Here are MAC Makeup Face Charts from Milan Fashion Week Spring 2010. Get a sneak peek to the makeup looks created backstage in Milan for fashion designers: Just Cavalli, Moschino Cheap & Chic, CNC Costume National, Alberta Ferretti, and Bluemarine.

Designer: Just Cavalli
MAC Lead artist: Maxine Leonard
Inspiration: “The look is Rock ‘n’ Roll to reflect the connection. The girls look a bit like they did their makeup themselves and had a great night out.”-Maxine Leonard

Designer: Moschino Cheap & Chic
MAC Lead Artist: Sam Bryant
Inspiration: “The look is super pretty rosy pink girls on acid.” – Sam Bryant

MAC Style Black: Q&A With Terry Barber MAC Senior Artist

MAC Style Black: Q&A With Terry Barber MAC Senior Artist.

Q: IS “GOTH” back? or “NEW GOTH”? What’s it all about now?
A: Yes, but it’s the way Tim Burton would treat Goth, more dark-romantic, a bit of street-urchin Victoriana, but not a ghoul, a bit Ska – those are the elements of Goth now. Think punk-inspired but not punk– more punk couture. In a way it’s very Picasso-esque: raw, drawing lines around the eye with spontaneity and naivety, more home-made, distressed, lived-in looks. Black is also looking a lot more air-brushed like YSL models in the ‘80s; that famous Helmut Newton picture of the woman in the smoking jacket under the Paris street lamp – that’s a part of it too.

Q: ‘Style Black’ is so iconic. From ‘80s Steven Sprouse to the Mudd Club to The Factory to Neo-Goth Gareth Pugh – it’s a very storied idea. What elements of the new ‘Style Black’ make it modern? Is there a different technique or product you use?
A: Well back then, it was about stealing your sister’s eyeliner and really a black pencil and talc for the skin was about all you could afford. Everybody aspired to be underground didn’t they? They still do. In all those places, the way men would put a bit of kohl in the eye and not pay attention to it, let it run…. that was the spirit. Now it’s Kate Moss coming FROM a party, with a glass of champagne in one hand and a cigarette in the other, as opposed to the try hard, red-carpet GOING TO a party scene. Style Black could turn up anywhere, but its real soul is in an irreverent look of a cool, undone girl. For technique, after greasepaint stick, add a bit of gloss to the eye and let it go…. that’s now.

MAC Style Black

MAC Style Black: From towering ink-jet beehive and eyeliner to Steven “80s” sprouse-in-the-house kohl and fringe, to street-smart London new goth, black is simply beyond!

The ever-overlapping worlds of Fashion and Art may choose to revel in a Technicolour dream or a day-glo fantasy from time to time, but deep down, as Amy Winehouse likes to say in her wicked, wobbly way, it’s always “Back to Black.”

We first saw it in Milan for Jil Sander, in the spectacular living sculptures Raf Simmons chiseled from supple, constructed ebony curves and seams, each with an occasional fiery ruffle and flourish. We loved it at Calvin Klein, in boxy structures that echoed artist Richard Serra’s epic shapes in their steely, outright boldness, eyelashes like the black widow spiders of sculptor Louise Bourgeois’ sexy, sinister giant tarantulas….She mates, and she kills! And we were bouncing like black espresso beans at the New Goth youthquake we saw stomping down the runway at Gareth Pugh in London – the black market equivalent of a boot-leg Clash LP, all slick black vinyl and cool indignation. Quite simply the most intriguing new take on what “Goth” can be in the New Century, the Modern Black-o-Sphere.

MAC Style Black: MAC Young Punk Eye Shadow

I love these three products from the NEW MAC Style Black makeup collection: Young Punk Eye Shadow, Glimmerglass Blackfire, and Greasepaint Stick! They are the perfect black purple shade, or eggplant. Great color to add to your fall makeup bag!

Images below were taken for Talking Makeup’s Twitter!


From left: Young Punk Eye Shadow, Glimmerglass Blackfire, and Greasepaint Stick

The MAC Greasepaint Stick is an amazing eye liner! If you are looking for The eye liner you might want to give this one a go. It has a bit of a thick point, yet super easy to apply and to get that perfect line on top of lids, or even bottom lids. And the pigment is to die for. It’s super dark purple with black. This MAC eye liner takes the black eye liner into a whole new level.

MAC Tone: Grey Eye Shadow x4: MAC F/W 09-NEW

Hi Guys! Hope all is great!!

Here is a photo I took with my Blackberry for Talking Makeup’s Twitter: www.twitter.com/TalkingMakeup of MAC Tone: Grey Eye Shadow x4 from the NEW MAC F/W 09 makeup collection.

I often take images of some of the hottest new makeup, skincare, and hair care products on Twitter, so make sure to follow me!:) 

MAC F/W 09

MAC Trend F/W ’09

MAC Trend F/W ’09 is available from September 17, 2009 and October 2009. As designers deepen their fascination with all things architectural, from Raf Simon’s structural dresses for Jil Sander to the futuristic, constructed ‘pod’ shoes that we saw at Balenciaga, so too goes the modern face.

The shapes and steely colours in this collection are an expression of the trend, an ode to the Strength of a Woman, rendered with true architectural precision. The geometry of eyes in graphic, graphite tones of grey with the beguiling blue sheen of an elegant grid of sky-reflecting windows on a stunning concrete skyscraper, Trend F/W ’09 is a living tower of power Lips are dark or seductively nude. The fragrance? Asphalt Flower, a limited-life scent as bold and urbane as the Modern Metropolis.

MAC Trend F/W ’09 the makeup collection:

Fragrance:
Asphalt Flower: Glossy violet and iris petals cast an ebonized sheen over dark clouds of vanilla and patchouli. Like a shimmering lace veil this scent caresses and envelops of glamour and drama. Top Note: Violet, Ylang Mid: Iris, Heliotrope Dry: Olibanum, Patchouli, Vanilla. Suggested Retail Price $20.00 U.S./$24.00 CDN

London Fashion Week Spring 2010 MAC Makeup Trends

London Fashion Week Spring 2010 began not long after NY Fashion Week just ended. And Milan Fashion Week is on its way as we speak. Needless to say, it is a busy time for fashion and beauty!

Talking Makeup is excited to bring to you some of the MAC makeup trends seen backstage during London Fashion Week Spring 2010, just in case, you are looking for a makeup inspiration.

Which MAC makeup looks are your favorites?

“The collection gives a nod to Spanish flamenco dancing, so the look was inspired by those vintage Spanish postcards with layers of texture, embroidery and glitter.”–Hannah Murray
Designer: Danielle Scott

“She’s a girl that’s escaped into the desert – a bit disheveled, weather beaten but in a beautiful way.”–Mel Arter
Designer: Mark Fast

How To: MAC Makeup Look at Luca Luca New York Fashion Week Fall 09

New York Fashion Week Fall 2009 Report: MAC makeup look at Luca Luca New Fashion Week Fall 09 is a look that I also love for this season and for any season. These red lips can pick-up any tired face and transform it from looking normal to a bigger than life beauty.

“It’s a romantic, glamorous feminine look – sculpted and shaped, timeless and classic.” – James Kaliardos

How to get Mac makeup look at Luca Luca New York Fashion Week Fall 2009:

Eyes: Lemon Chiffon Shadestick placed along the iner corners of the eyes. Soba eye shadow blended into the crease of the eyelids and along the lower lashline. Pro reflects pearl buffed along eyelids and along the ridge of the tear ducts. Omega and coquete eye shadows combed through the brows for definition. Black prolash applied to curled top lashes.

MAC Double Dazzle Swatches

Here are Talking Makeup’s swatches for MAC Double Dazzle makeup collection.

MAC Double Dazzle in Extra Amps, MAC Double Dazzle in Stop! Look, and MAC Double Dazzle in Utterly Posh.

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MAC Makeup Face Charts: Ruffian’s Fall/Winter 2009 Collection

New York Fashion Week Fall 2009 Report: MAC makeup face charts from Ruffian fashion show by artist James Kaliardos.

The look is inspired by Carolyn Bessette, it’s young and confident.” James kaliardos

Eyes: Light sweep sculpting powder – blended down from the Crease over the eyelids. Dazzleblack mascara delicately swept onto the top lashes.

Face: Studio Sculpt SPF15 Foundation – applied to the face as a base.Light sweep and accentuate sculpting powder – countouring the Cheek bones and temples in an angular shape. Emphasize sculpting powder –  blended into cheek bones for highlight. Loose prep+prime powder – brushed on to set the face.

Lip: Cherry lip pencil – applied first to fill in the lips. Ruffian Red Lipstick – created by MAC in celebration of Ruffian’s fall/winter 09 collection. This lipstick was painted onto The lips with a soft diffused edge.