Work The Line

Work The Line

EYE liner is to autumn/winter what bright lips are to summer. It's a comforting fail-safe that we all reach for in the winter months to add a sultry spin to our make-up look - and already in the first few days of New York Fashion Week, we have seen the classic use of eye liner being given an autumn/winter 2012-13 update.

Take for example the aerodynamic double swish at Altuzarra by MAC's lead make-up artist for the show, Tom Pecheux, placed as such for a "grunge punk couture" feel. Francelle Daly worked with NARS Cosmetics backstage at 3.1 Philip Lim to create another double whammy of eye liner, but this time one in black and one in hot pink. At Carolina Herrera, MAC make-up artist Diane Kendal dedicated time to tracing a fine line along the upper lashes to define them in such a way that they would look like they are coated in mascara.

So too at Karen Walker, where Clinique global colour artist Jenna Mennard noted the detail and thought which had gone into the fine line traced above the lashes, which was straight across without a winged tip and that stopped at the corner of the eye so as to not be tied into referencing a particular era - making the girls immediately cool and modern.

And then onto Marc Jacobs, the show that sets the standard in beauty trends, where the focus was (take a guess...) a smudged line of black kohl under the lower lashes for a romantic and decadent feel. Simple but so effective. Get in line.