Beauty challenge - the bleached brow

A few posts back I blogged about the clear, stick on fake toenails at Prada, a runway trend that was unique and – for some – clever, but one that I didn’t think would really take on in the “real” world of wanting to look glamorous, sexy or at very least, rather pretty. Another trend that has been popping up on the runway with increasing regularity of late that is in a similar vein is the bleached brow, which lends an alien-like haughtiness to even the most commercial of catwalk girls. Aaron De Mey is the latest makeup artist to employ the technique, sending nothing but big old forehead out onto the runway at Givenchy recently, as seen here on IMG’s Bianca Balti. However the extremely talented De Mey added a touch of voluptuousness to the otherwise severe look by employing a simple lip plumping technique that would make Angelina proud. It doesn’t require a syringe full of what the doctor ordered however, just a brown liner traced lightly around the outer corners of models’ lips, with a touch of caramel colour added to fill in the centres and give the illusion of a fuller pout. The flamboyant Stéphane Marais used a similar technique at Zac Posen, using a gray liner and pink gloss. Instant humanity – added to a rather unwwordly look.