YSL autumn/winter 2010-11, photographed by James Cochrane

BEAUTY TREND: FACE
AUTUMN/WINTER 2010-11

Tickled Pink

Flashes of pink and peach accented an otherwise predominantly black, grey and nude collection for Stella McCartney in Paris yesterday morning. This acted as an appropriate introduction for the washes of colour that were to be seen later on in the day, at Emanuel Ungaro, Yves Saint Laurent and Kenzo, all of whom came over all girlie using fruity palettes of cerise and apricot for their beauty look. The Ungaro collection was a bright and eclectic one, so the face was relatively pared-down in comparison, with the only accent on the face being a sophisticated flush of pink on the centre of the lips and the apples of the cheeks. At YSL, however, the collection was mostly black with just a few notes of pink, green and blue in the final few looks, so designer Stefano Pilati used the models' faces to breathe some freshness into the collection with rosebud eyes and raspberry lips. At Kenzo, make-up artist Tom Pecheux was peachy keen on the colour he described as a "dry mustard", or off-orange, which he used on the eyes, temples and lips. In a season that has, by-and-large, paid homage to gothic and minimlistic beauty, it is refreshing to see some colours that are normally associated with summer being given the autumn/winter treatment.