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"After four weeks and three cities of natural makeup, I rejoiced at the sparkle and color at the shows this weekend in Paris. What I saw backstage was so glittery and so shiny that it was less makeup than jewelry for the face. And like any high fashion accessory, these looks were meant for drooling over\u2014not for walking out your door to get a loaf of bread.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n \\n\\n\\n\\n                   \\n\\nIt began at Dior, where at the request of designer Raf Simmons, Pat McGrath found new ways to play with gold makeup. The results of her experiments were three different eye looks: The first was a pair of \\\"brocaded gold brows,\\\" an effect McGrath achieved with\u2014get this\u2014glue topped with gold pigment and glitter. \\\"We bleached the brows first, then covered the lashes in glue to give them texture, then the pigment,\\\" she explained. The second featured gold brows paired with gold shadow all around the eyes, while the third was just the shadow. What really took it to Faberge egg territory was a last-minute step right before the models walked down the runway: Armed with a brush and a plate full of gold makeup paint (and the models all cloaked in plastic ponchos), McGrath layered the paint on top of the shadow to make the eyes look \\\"wet and molten.\\\"\\n\\n\\n\\nThe bejeweling continued the next day at Haider Ackermann, where makeup artist Stephane Marais glued chunky black glitter (MAC Pro Black Glittercraft) on top of black winged liner to add sophistication to the punk-y look. From the front row, all you could see was the twinkle of light. Up close, it looked as if lids were covered in hundreds of tiny black diamonds.\\n\\n\\n\\nIt didn't matter where you sitting at Givenchy on Sunday night, there was no missing McGrath's out-of-this-world crystal-and-sequin masks, a feat that took the makeup master and her team 12 hours to complete. Allotting four hours per masked model, the makeup artists worked two-at-a-time to first put down a layer of paint, then to hand-glue stones and sequins all over the face, including the brows, lids, and lips. A sprinkle of glitter and a piece of mesh stretched across the eyes finished the look that McGrath described as \\\"futuristic, modern tribal.\\\" The look was so amazing that it even outshone a starry front-row lineup that included Ciara, Lily Collins, and of course, Kim and Kanye.\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  __RELATED LINKS:__\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  \u2022 [Backstage Beauty Report: Golden Accents at Dries Van Noten](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2013/09/backstage-beauty-report-dries-van-noten-spring-2014.html)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  \u2022 [Backstage Beauty Report: Getting Precise at Anthony Vaccarello](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2013/09/backstage-beauty-report-anthony-vaccarello-spring-2014.html)\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n\\n  \u2022 [Backstage Beauty Report: Prettiness Overload at Dolce &amp; Gabbana](http://www.allure.com/beauty-trends/blogs/daily-beauty-reporter/2013/09/backstage-hair-makeup-dolce-and-gabbana-spring-2014.html)"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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