London Fashion Week Beauty Trends

The beauty trends exhibited at this year’s London Fashion Week were a delightful mixture of the classic, the contemporary, and the completely crazy. British darling Matthew Williamson had his models emulate the understatedly sexy power-dressing look of the nineties: hair and eyebrows were slicked down, the face warmed to perfection with a dusting of bronzer, and eyes brought out with subtle and elegant tawny shades. There was a similar look over at Diane Von Furstenburg, where the ‘traveller chic’ ensembles were complimented by muted, sandy tones on both and eyes and lips.

Durham’s resident make-up artist, Katie Service, assisted make-up legend Charlotte Tilbury during the Julien MacDonald show. Using Tilbury’s own cosmetics line, myface.cosmetics, the young models were given a fresh, nude face: cream blusher created a rosy glow, whilst a thin swipe of moisturizer down the nose produced a dewy effect. Brows were kept light and eyes were enhanced by smokey brown shading. The look, as Katie says, was very much a “healthy winter glow”.

At Paul Smith, the models showcased the classic autumn/winter combination: full, matt burgundy lips and clean black eyeliner, given an extra oomph with shockingly thick black lashes. Racing green nails offered a flash of colour, providing the look with an interesting modern edge. Hair was a legion of effortless updos, with chic chignons achieving just the right balance of sophistication and natural grace.

Meanwhile, Marc Jacob’s models harked back to the eighties, channelling their inner Cyndi Laupers with frizzy Mohawks, exaggerated eyeliner catflicks and a myriad of rainbow eye shadow colours. The award for wackiest make-up has to go to the Topshop Unique line, which sent their models out with ethereally pale skin, cranberry eye shadow and grey lip gloss. Certainly a play on the Twilight obsession sweeping the nation, but perhaps not a look to recreate for yourself come autumn!