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It’s the time of year where the weird and wonderful in beauty is vigorously encouraged! Paris Haute Couture Fashion Week sees a fabulous display of the latest designs for Autumn with dizzying arrays of fantasy inspired makeup and hair.

There was a predominant focus on clear skin and barely there makeup at this year’s fashion week. The beauty looks were generally elegant and simple with the rare runway pulling out a show-stopping style!

Couturing brings you their favourite beauty looks from Paris Haute Couture.

Jean Paul Gaultier: 

This runway was all about releasing the animal within! Jean Paul Gaultier stood out for its exaggerated hair styles with four different up-do’s created by Odile Gilbert. Style one saw  models’ hair fashioned into the “Chintilly Chignon”, designed to resemble a “tall, swirly mound of whipped cream”. The second look incorporated long hair extensions wound around sparkly rollers for an almost sci-fi style. Other models’ hair was wound into an extremely high topknot bun whilst the most exciting look saw animal leopard prints painted onto hair!

Jean Paul Gaultier didn’t disappoint with their makeup either, as artist Lloyd Simmons channelled the early seventies for inspiration! The focus was on cat like eyes using thick black liner, white liner top open eyes and brown eyeshadows.

Valentino

The beauty look at Valentino was feminine and beautiful with echoes of fairytale princesses. Makeup was soft and natural with dewy skin, pretty pink blush swept onto the apples of cheeks and petal pink eyeshadow and lipstick. Models’s hair cemented the fairytale princess look as it was swept into a chignon with a centre part and finished with a delicate headband braid.

Armani

Flappers from the Great Gatsby era were centre stage at Armani. Elegance and sophisticated glamour oozed off the runway as both the hair and makeup were flawless! Linda Cantello created the 20’s inspired look focusing on luminous skin, silvery lids, no mascara and deep pink lipstick. The hair was styled into a faux bob, with the fringe slightly waved for an extra glamourous look.

Chanel

The look was somewhat masculine at Chanel. Hair was pulled back harshly off the face and fashioned into a pompadour and sleek ponytail. Eyebrows were thick and bushy with little arch and cheekbones were emphasised with rosy pink blush. Makeup artist, Peter Philips, kept the eyes subdued with no mascara and finished the look with a splash of soft pink lipstick.

Dior

It was all about working the pout on the Dior runway this year! Artist, Pat McGrath, created a metallic, reflective lip using bronze, lilac and dark rose shades that looked truly magical glistening under the bright lights. The lips had a wet finish and were mesmerising to see! The rest of the makeup was kept fairly simple with bold brows, gold flecks in the inner rim of eyes and light eyeshadow. The hair was tightly slicked back into a bun and wet with glitter

Elie Saab:

The beauty at Elie Saab was graceful and incredibly wearable. The hair was pulled back into an elegant chignon with the fringe swept across the forehead to the side. The makeup injected some modernity to the look with black and metallic shading the eyes. Thick black mascara was piled onto lashes as well as a flick of black eyeliner to make the eyes stand out. The rest of the makeup was kept simple and finished with a subtle rosy pink lip.