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by Heather Bouzan |
March 05, 2009
Local beauty experts weigh in on the season's trends
There’s a line in The Devil Wears Prada (yes, it’s been on cable
lately) where malevolent editrix Miranda Priestly snipes at a lowly
fashionista for her misguided edit meeting contribution. “Florals? For
spring? Groundbreaking.” The more we thought about it, though, the more
we realized that we certainly didn’t just trudge through a miserable
New England winter only to pile on more neutrals come March 20th. So
what if we’ve seen it before? Bring on the color.
That sentiment in mind, we caught up with three local experts for their
take on the warm-weather beauty trends for spring ’09. Dani Wagener,
atelier artist at Shu Uemura, refuses to succumb blindly to every
makeup fad that passes her counter, but she does identify two of the
upcoming season’s key stories: the super-glossy lip and bright pops of
color. Coinciding nicely is the brand’s launch of its Gloss Unlimited
Pink Collection, featuring five shimmery new lip shades. Explains
Wagener, “It’s just a nice sheer, high-shine pop of color, which I
think is really pretty and a great way to incorporate some of the
trends. The trends will be so extreme, where they’re doing such bright
color; I think if you choose to focus on one feature and add a pop of
color, that can be really pretty and not too over-thetop.”
Lauren Genatossio, owner of Southie beauty outpost Sarra, concurs.
“Huge on the runway was color on the eyes, color on the cheeks, color
on the lips — but not together. When you’re doing color for spring,
[I’d suggest] going with one thing: doing a really bold lip and then
keeping everything else very clean, very simple. I saw a lot of color
on the lip, whether it was bright pink or a violety pink, or even a
tangeriney orange. And then, a really sleek, black liquid liner [on the
eyes]. I think women will always love that look.” As an alternative,
Genatossio even dares to dabble in smoky eyes rendered in bright hues
like plum and hot pink....
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