For Rodarte’s Spring/Summer 2010 Runway Show last week during Fashion Week in NYC, MAC Cosmetic’s Senior Artist Chantel Miller took makeup art to new heights.

Black is the new Black, even when it comes to beauty. MAC’s new all black collection is literally all black, including eyeliner, lipstick, and nailpolish…

Beauty collaborations have been a bit boring lately (Christian Siriano for Vicky Secret for example), but this one looks a bit edgy. Loving the fuchsia looking lipstick, and the bright blue eye pencils.

Super colorful and fun, the new Mac collection gives us plenty to choose from. Check out the entire collection here.

With colors like Dry Martini (a perfect fatigue green) and Cool Reserve (a chalky, dirty gray-lavender) this collection will surely sell out as soon as it hits shelves Aug 27th.

Here’s MAC’s latest limited edition collection, Naked Honey – three aspects of golden warmth and sun-made sweetness for the body, layered with two decidedly different honeycomb-derived fragrances – celebrating the secret lives of Queen Bees. Comes with complementary shades of High-Light Powder, Eye Shadow and Lipglass are all the buzz for summer.

I was feeling a little SEX AND THE CITY: with Fashion Week wrapped up in NYC. So today I re-picked up one of my “keeper” magazine, the June 2008 issue of Vogue with Sarah Jessica Parker on the cover and a spread featuring her and Chris Noth.

GALLERY: SJP and Chris Noth for Vogue

SJP’s makeup was flawless, the locations were beautiful, as were her designer dresses; some of my favorites; the Nina Ricci emerald green silk-satin dress, the Versace chiffon dress and the Chanel boucle’ suit, the Lanvin hat and Philip Crangi for Vera Wang cuff bracelet were all so lavish and girlie regal…and how can I forget about those Christian Louboutin pumps!

In the movie, she wore two amazing wedding dresses that was such a WOW factor for me. The elegant Vera Wang wedding dress and the Dior Haute Couture jacket and skirt were just breath taking.

So for all of you SJP/Carrie fans, I have a treat for you. Below you will find a video of behind the scene footage from the VOGUE Magazine shoot as well as a makeup list that Makeup Artist Judy Chin used on SJP for the movie.

Face
Tarte Smooth Operator SPF 20: Liquid Foundation
TheBalm BalmShelter Tinted Moisturizer SPF 18
Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage

Cheeks
Shiseido Accentuating Color Stick in Rosy Flush
NARS Multiples in Cannes, Copacabana, and Palm Beach

Eyes
MAC Paint Pots in Constructivist, Bare Study, and Moss Scape
Paula Dorf Eye Colors in Hussy, Twilight, and Hypnotic
MAC Fluidline Gel Liner
MAC Powerpoint Eye Pencil
Laura Mercier Kohl Pencils

Brows
Shu Uemura Eyebrow Pencil
Paula Dorf Brow Tint

Lips
Laura Mercier Lip Balm

I am so excited to share the M.A.C. cosmetics mini makeup movie from their Hello Kitty line. Hopefully, you haven’t seen it yet because I wanted to share it with you  first. Let me warn you now, it’s not the typical or traditional beauty commercial where you will see lots of hair blowing, cool outfits, fake lashes, mascara or lip gloss floating in the air or being pushed by the hottest celebrity and/or model.

It’s so very opposite… Imagine a twisted Alice In Wonderland (fluffy in pink), The Wizard Of Oz (S&M house of horrors) meets Hello Kitty (male bondage dancers with large cat heads) and it’s 4 minutes long. Take a look and let me know what you think about it.

Designer Tibi selected Makeup Artist Makky from M.A.C. cosmetics and Hairstylist Kevin Ryan of Rsession to create an ‘almost pop art meets eighties look’ for her Fall 2009 show. I loved the makeup and hair… this is what I love about Fashion Week.

Get this makeup look:

MAC’s new turquoise shade for fall blended with true blue MAC Eye Shadow in Electric Eel on the top lid and squared off at the ends, with a cobalt blue shade beneath the lower lash lines. For concentrated color, use MAC Paint Pot in Painterly underneath. Lips were downplayed in MAC Hello Kitty Tinted Lip Balm in Pink Fish

I was excited to see what MISS FAB Kimora Lee Simmons herself was going to come up with for her show at Fashion Week. This creative FAB girl’s inspiration was The New First Lady, Michelle Obama, for both hair and makeup. James Laliardos, the Creative Director of the makeup team, aimed for a classic beauty, keeping with what we love about Kimora…FABULOSITY!

Laliardos create a contoured face using a nude sculpting foundation and applying nude shadow into the eye crease to add definition. The lids were topped with a pinkish-gold for some sparkle and cocoa shadow on the brow bone to subtly separate the lid from the brow bone. Individual lashes were applied to make them semi-sexy on the top lashes, and black mascara in MAC Zoom Black for the bottom lash. A hint of gold glitter on the inside corner of the eye for radiance and a light coating of glitter across the lids to catch the runway lights. On the cheeks peach, pink or fuchsia blush was used depending on the model’s complexion for the most part he used MAC Pink Swoon blush at the top of the cheekbones. MAC Lip glass in Partial to Pink, a creamy lip gloss with a pale pink sheen completed the look.

Hair stylist Odie Gilbert turned up the volume by teasing the hair and pinning it in place for a WOW factor. Lots of tease spray, and curly extensions were added for extra volume.

GET THE LOOK – MAKEUP:

MAC Studio Sculpt SPF 15 Foundation

MAC Pro Beauty Powder/Loose in Drizzle Gold

MAC Eye shadow in Soba

MAC Pro Lip glass in Partial to Pink

MAC Pro Zoom Lash Mascara in Zoom Black

The look for Carolina Herrera’s  show on Monday was Beth Porter (ladylike) meets Shane McCutcheon (rough)…a look that had me head over heels in love. Makeup Artist Diane Kendal used makeup from M.A.C. Cosmetics at the show. With strict direction from Herrera herself, the designer wanted models to have a more luminous look. Kendal lined the models eyes with a nude shimmer pencil on the bottom inside of the eyelid. On the brow bone and cheeks, Kendal used a white pearlized pigment ( this technique allowed the light to pick up the shimmer when models walked down the runway). Foundation was applied very lightly, used more like a tinted moisturizer than a blemish coverup. To warm up the cheeks, Kendal used the M.A.C. Mineralize blush in peach and finished the look by using the popular “Twig” color M.A.C. lipstick and Dazzle Glass berry lip-gloss.

 Working with T3, Hairstylist Orlando Pita was also given direct instructions by Herrera to style the hair as if models had rolled out of bed and done it themselves. To show off the neckline detail of her collection, Herrera instructed Pita that all hair was to sit high and simple above the neck. To achieve this look, Pita blew out hair with a T3 blow-dryer and T3’s Plump. He sprayed the hair with T3’s Renew dry conditioner and then  finger-combed hair back to create a little volume with T3’s Control hairspray. The hair was tucked up and in,  adding visible copper hairpins. Pita pinned small bronze flowers throughout the hair. The flowers were also used on the handbags and shoes for the show. 

M.A.C.’s new Hello Kitty collection acrtually consists of two collections—Hello Kitty Colour, and “the more high-end” Hello Kitty Kouture. Product includes “Fashion Mews” lipstick ($14), and something called Dazzleglass ($28) that comes with a Swarovski crystal-embellished pendant.

Fergie struts her stuff  for the VIVA GLAM fold with Special Edition Lipglass, although it seems like this should be an add for the purple eyeshadow.

One of the most popular cult makeup lines ever, MAC Cosmetics introduced their Barbie collection in 2007. It was very successful generating $9 million dollars in retail sales. The limited edition MAC x Barbie doll was just as fabulous as any trendy girl and came with a makeup case and a glam modern look. She retailed at $239.99. Don’t get me wrong, I am a makeup addict…I love being a makeup artist but this is one MAC item I couldn’t image buying.

One of the few things I like about winter is the ability to dress in very dark colors without looking like you hate the world. Black, deep purple and dark red have always been my favorites for the months of snowfall (not that I don’t wear black every day, regardless of the season). And as clothing gets darker and heavier, so does winter makeup. Black cherry lips have been popping up everywhere. M.A.C. shows it worn with electric yellow eyeshadow to brighten up the face. Christina Aguilera looked pin-up pretty wearing it in the most glamorous way at the American Music Awards. I always think I don’t look good in red lipstick, but this is a color I really want to try this season.

I picked up this month’s Paper magazine and was pleasantly surprised to see Julianne Moore on the cover. Not only is she a highly talented actress, but she defies Hollywood by maintaining her personal style. I thought the title, “Karma Chameleon,” was perfect for the spread, shot by Marilyn Minter. Her dewey, M.A.C.-glittered cheeks complement her luminous red hair and sharp green eyes. It’s refreshing to see things straying from the boring-magazine-cover norm.

You know you hate it. It’s the worse attempt at unscripted I’ve ever seen. Wow.