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"Designer Faces: Oscar de la Renta Spring 2012\\nThe voluminous gowns and floaty fabrics at Oscar de la Renta were perfectly complemented by dewy, luminous makeup and romantically frizzy hair.\\n\\\"The clothes are very colorful in the collection, so we're keeping the makeup romantic and letting the clothes do what they do,\\\" said makeup artist Gucci Westman backstage. \\\"We are emphasizing the pureness of the models' skin by using creamy textures and a peaches-and-cream color palette for a look that has the quality of Pre-Raphaelite paintings.\\\"\\n\\\"This is the essence of how we all do our makeup in real life, using subtle color to emphasize our best features,\\\" Westman said. Interestingly enough, Westman started with the features rather than foundation, which she applied after the shadow and blush to \\\"keep everything really soft. It also means you end up using less product on the skin.\\\"\\nUsing her fingers to avoid any harsh lines, Westman tapped on both shadow and blush with her fingers. For the eyes, she used a mixture of the two lightest colors in the [Revlon Illuminance Cr\u00E8me Shadow in Not Just Nudes](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/2010/revlon-illuminance-creme-shadow-palette-not-just-nudes) over the lids, while the two darker shades in the palette went in the crease and under the lower lash line. Then Westman went over the lids with a shimmery white powder and over the crease with a dark chocolate brown powder\u2014[Revlon Luxurious Color Matte Eye Shadow in Rich Sable](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/2011/revlon-matte-eye-shadow-rich-sable) to be exact. A tiny bit of mascara was applied just to the top lashes.\\nUsing the new __Revlon Lipgloss Palette in Bordeaux in the Snow,__ Westman applied the shimmery white shade in the inner corners of the eyes and along the tops of the cheekbones for a highlighted effect, which added a high-shine quality to the skin\u2014especially under the bright lights of the runway. Then she tapped a peachy pink cream blush along the models' cheekbones, giving them a light flush on their cheeks. The sheer cream formulas helped add to the dewy quality of the overall look.\\n\\\"I wanted the lips to have a very peach tone,\\\" Westman said. She lined the models' mouths with [Revlon ColorStay Lipliner in Natural,](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/2011/revlon-colorstay-lipliner-natural) a peachy beige shade, and topped it off with the highly covetable __Revlon lipstick in Fashion's Night Pout\u2014__the peachy pink shade Westman created just for last season's Fashion's Night Out.\\nAmidst all the soft, romantic hair and makeup, nails took on a more gothic vibe. Manicurists painted on two coats of [Chanel Le Vernis in Vamp](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/makeup/2012/chanel-vernis-nail-polish-vamp) to the models' fingers and toes to serve as a striking but subtle counterpoint.\\n\\\"The inspiration is all Oscar,\\\" hairstylist Orlando Pita said backstage. \\\"The story goes that someone came into Oscar's office with this very textured hair, and Oscar felt it was perfect for the collection. Then mood boards were created with images of Pre-Raphaelite paintings, photos of Stevie Nicks, and stills from the movie *The Eyes of Laura Mars,* starring Faye Dunaway, where some of the actresses had this type of hair.\\\"\\nPita used a complicated setting technique using large U-shaped pins to create the over-the-top crimped-out texture. He divided the hair into about ten sections, spritzed each one with hair spray, and zigzagged it around the pin, starting at the roots and continuing to the ends. Orlando clamped down on each section with a [T3 SinglePass Professional Straightening and Styling Iron,](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/hair/2010/t3-singlepass-duality-flat-iron) and models then hung out or had their makeup done while their hair set. \\\"They don't hurt at all,\\\" said model Hailey Clauson.\\nAn hour before the show, Orlando and his team began furiously unraveling each section and brushing them out with a [Mason Pearson Hair Brush.](http://www.allure.com/beauty-products/hair/2010/mason-pearson-hair-brush) A middle part was made right at the hairline and two sections from either side tied off into a tiny little ponytail at the back of the head and hidden under the rest of the hair. \\\"This texture can become very witchy-looking, so by getting it out of the face, it looks lighter, prettier, and it will flow back nicely on the runway,\\\" Pita said.\\nThe hair and makeup looked just as gorgeous as the dresses that came down the runway, with the big windows flooding the space with light\u2014and making the models' skin look extra glow-y. Several big names were in attendance, including Valentino, Barbara Walters, Justin Timberlake, and Nicki Minaj.\\n\\n\\n\\nThe hair and makeup went on to get rave reviews\u2014including from the models themselves. \\\"I love this type of look\u2014dewy, taupe-y, and natural, with peaches-and-cream tones. It's just so soft and sensual,\\\" said Karlie Kloss. \\\"I'm definitely leaving without taking it off.\\\""^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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