Ease characterized many of the best beauty looks this season. The Spring ’15 woman was bold enough to fake a pierced brow or put on a serious statement lip, but would never break out the blow-dryer, preferring to embrace her natural texture instead. Pat McGrath summed up the new mood: “This isn’t a girl who sat in front of a mirror making sure every ounce of her is perfect.”
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Photos, Backstage: Michelle Morosi / Indigitalimages.com (3); Still lifes: Paul
Power Pouts
Seen At: Carolina Herrera, Topshop Unique, Burberry Prorsum, Moschino, Dolce
Gabbana, Missoni
The Look: Lipstick in varying hues made a triumphant return for Spring ’15, but with a more rebellious spirit. Blurred edges replaced strict liner at Missoni and Topshop Unique, and wine-stained lips were fingerprinted with matte lipstick at Dolce
Gabbana. “A stamped-on red mouth that’s perfect and hard is slightly old-fashioned,” said makeup pro Lucia Pieroni, who diffused the outline of lips with a cotton swab at Missoni. “You don’t know where the line starts and stops, so it makes lips look fuller.”
From top: MAC Cosmetics Lipstick in Relentlessly Red, $16; maccosmetics.com. Dolce
Gabbana Dolce Matte Lipstick in Dolce Desire, $37; available in March at saks.com. Estée Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick in Impassioned, $30; esteelauder.com. Dolce
Gabbana Classic Cream Lipstick in Amethyst, $33; saks.com. Maybelline New York Color Sensational Creamy Mattes in Faint for Fuchsia, $7.50; maybelline.com. Burberry Lip Cover in Ruby, $33; us.burberry.com.