Seeing Red

Seeing Red

COORIE NIELSEN, Maria Grachvogel, PPQ, House of Holland, Nicole Farhi and Jonathan Saunders: the extensive list of London Fashion Week designers who have decided to showcase red lips this season. Ok, so what's new? Well, it's all in the application, with the lip colour being blurred out at the edges for a soft-focus effect.

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At Jonathan Saunders, make-up artist Lucia Pieroni worked with the MAC Cosmetics team to create beautiful "stamped on lips" that had a slight Japanese geisha influence. At PPQ make-up artist Katie Hughes chose to emphasise the peak of the cupid's bow to complement the "heart" image that was being etched onto the cheek and on the nails, but left the rest of the lips soft so they instantly became "sexy instead of being too scary and precise".

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At both Maria Grachvogel and Nicole Farhi, make-up artists Mel Arter and Petros Petrohilos respectively opted for a burgundy/brown take on red both to pick up the colours in the collection and because, explained Mel, "it's a more androgynous take on red."

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And another new-season rule? Mix and match colours to create the perfect red. At House of Holland, make-up artist Lucia Pica blended no less than five different MAC Cosmetics lip products (two lip pencils: Redd and Cherry as well as three lipsticks: Ruby Woo, Russian Red and Lady Danger) to create the ultimate colour.