How to get it: Makeup:
Step 1: After evening out your skin tone with foundation and sweeping on a sheer pink blush, create a shadow base by scribbling a soft black pencil eyeliner on the back of your hand, says Maybelline New York makeup artist Gato Zamora who created the look. Dab it on your lid -- from lashlines up to your creases -- using a fingertip.
Step 2: Line your top and bottom lashlines and inner rims (waterlines) with the same black pencil.
Step 4: Finish the eyes by applying black mascara to top and bottom lashes.
Step 5: Complete your look by applying sheer pink lip gloss or balm.
Nails: CND nail tech Angi Wingle created this grayish-purple hue by mixing the following CND Colours, $9: Silver Chrome and Brilliant White with tiny drops of Asphalt, Putty, Desert Suede, Eclectic Purple and Bicycle Yellow. Once mixed, apply two coats and finish with a matte top coat to get a satin-like finish.
Step 2: While hair is still wet, create a deep side part.
Step 3: Blow dry hair straight using a round brush to add soft curl to the ends.
Step 4: Spritz the top of your style with hairspray to calm any frizz or flyaways.
Step 5: Slide in a simple clip on the side opposite your part.
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Fashion show: Luca Luca
The look: Rich crimson lips and a center-parted top knot
How to get it: Makeup:
Step 1: Subtly define your eyes using brown shadow and liner. Apply the shadow to your lids, sweeping the color out past the outer corners of your eyes a bit. Line top and bottom lashlines with pencil liner (try Revlon Luxurious Color Eyeliner in Sueded Brown, $9.99 then blend the lines well for a softer finish.
Step 2: Finish the eyes by applying black mascara.
Hair:
Step 1: Create this style with second day hair for a super speedy finish. Spritz dry hair all over with light hold hairspray.
Step 2: Create a middle part and secure hair into a high ponytail.
Step 3: Roll the tail inward toward the crown of your head and secure it using bobby pins.
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Fashion show: Charlotte Ronson
The look: Side-swept hair with peek-a-boo braids
How to get it: Step 1: Working with dry hair, create a deep side part that extends it just past your ear. Clip the top portion of your hair (opposite your part) out of the way. A diagonal bottom section should remain hanging, says TRESemme celebrity stylist Jeanie Syfu who created the look.
Step 2: Apply mousse (try TRESemme Climate Control Mousse, $4.99) to the bottom section and blow dry hair as you brush it back to the opposite side. Spritz with hairspray for hold.
Step 3: Apply a tiny dab of smoothing cream (try TRESemme Anti-Frizz Secret Smoothing Creme, $4.75) to the hanging section and split it into two parts. Braid each of the two small sections toward the opposite side of your head starting just behind your ear. Secure the braids with small, clear elastics.
Step 4: Release the top section and brush a dollop of mousse through it. Twist it into a bun just above your ear. Secure it with a large hairpin. Gently blast the bun with heat from your blow dryer to warm it up and then let the bun fully cool.
Step 5: Remove the pin for a soft, wavy finish then apply a bit more smoothing cream before spritzing it with dry shampoo (try TRESemme Fresh Start Dry Shampoo, $5.49) for even more texture.
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Fashion show: Custo Barcelona
The look: Bare face paired with merlot-colored lips
How to get it: Step 1: Perfect your skin with foundation and concealer. Skip the powder so that your skin remains a bit dewy, says Zamora who created the look.
Step 2: If you have light lashes, apply just a touch of mascara to the base of them to define your eyes very subtly.
Step 3: Zamora mixed a black eyeliner pencil with red lipstick to create this lip color. To replicate it, scribble a significant amount of black eyeliner onto the back of your hand and add a red lipstick to it (try Maybelline New York Color Sensational Lipstick in Ruby Star, $7.50). Apply the mixture to your lips using a lip brush.
When you think about runway hair and makeup looks, what words come to mind?
Over-the-top? Avant guard? Wacky? Inspirational? Impossible-to-pull-off? Scary?
It's OK, you can admit that you don't find them wearable, pretty or feminine -- we won't tell the fashionistas.
But before you go and totally write off the runway as a source of inspiration for looks that are ones you can create without looking like a drag queen, we'd like to share these hair and makeup photos with you. All of these beauty looks were seen on the Fall 2011 Mercedes Benz New York Fashion Week catwalks. Yup, it's true.
So many of the looks we saw were not only gorgeous, but also ones we knew we'd be able to recreate without having to seriously water them down. What's even better? We wouldn't need a backpack full of products to create them, either.
From sexy smoky eyes, to pretty twisted updos, we gathered up all of the prettiest and most wearable looks from the runways to bring them to you. Some of the looks are perfect for evening while others are suitable for every day. Check them out and then learn step-by-step how to copy them -- exactly. Your friends will be so impressed (maybe even a little intimidated) when they compliment you on your fabulous hair or makeup -- especially when you tell them the look was seen on the runway.
