The transition into spring will be an easy one because we'll be able to use the same gray shadows and pair it with a soft pink lip. Rather than the matte, charcoal grays that are in for the fall season, the grays will have a sheer pearly finish and mixed with hints of pink. Pink lips will be in all ranges of pinks and textures and the return of the pink flush on the cheeks will be huge. Think feminine and delicate, yet sophisticated and polished. Eddie and Eric were such a pleasure and gave me some really great tips for spring beauty trends to share with the readers. My first interview was with Eddie who just so happened to be working on the stunning Rebecca, Canada's Next Top Model winner from cycle 2. Check out what he had to say about his inspirations behind the spring beauty trends!
Makeup Junkie: You are celebrating your 11th season as Artistic Director for L'Oreal Fashionweek. How do you keep the beauty looks and trends fresh and exciting year after year?
Eddie: My inspirations come from traveling and reading special books. I keep images from traveling. I see a special object and keep it in my head and think, 'Oh maybe in 3 years it will be beautiful or good'.
MJ: What inspired the colours for next season's makeup collection "Pink Into The Future"?
Eddie: I had one pearl - it was very feminine and beautiful. I liked the reflect on the pearl. How do you say - Mother of Pearl? I really like that. I thought 'This will be good in a few years to have that in my collection'. And now it's really trendy to have pearls. Then I said, 'I will come back with my pearl'. I wanted to do something very delicate for the spring. I kept one rose and decided it will be my colour for the lips. And my idea about the makeup was done. My idea about eyes was a pearly touch of pink inside and beautiful gloss with a different tone of pink inside. Skin, not shiny but glowy, beautiful, healthy looking skin.
MJ: I'm excited that pink is reemerging as the "it" colour for Spring 2008. Can you give us some tips on how women can wear pink?
Eddie: Very easy! If you have dark hair, for example, or dark skin, you can use a very pink fuchsia or dark pink like almost red. And if you have blonde hair, you can use soft lipsticks or glosses that are almost the same colour as your natural lip.
MJ: What is the must-have makeup product for next season?
Eddie: My best - I love this one! L'Oreal 's new Bare Naturale Gentle Mineral Makeup. When I discovered this in the beginning I thought 'Oh my god!'. Both foundation and powder are inside! It's very natural. You have the sunscreen also and it's very easy to use. The model you saw before I used this foundation. She will go the runway with that and her skin will give a beautiful light.
I loved watching Eddie with a brush mixing and blending colours together. He showed us his makeup table full of L'Oreal products and some of the eyeshadow palettes he used for the fashion shows. I was in makeup heaven. I also spotted many tubes of my favourite mascara L'Oreal's Voluminous mascara! He was so sweet and funny and his French accent was adorable! Be on the lookout for next season's Pink Into The Future makeup collection! Every girl has to have a little pink in her makeup bag ;)
My next interview was with Eric, who by the way looked amazing in a bold turquoise shirt! Check out his hair tips for everyday and next season!
Makeup Junkie: I read that your hair looks are inspired by the designers. How difficult is it to create a look for the designer yet have it reflect your vision of hair trends for next season?
Eric: It's all a matter of a conversation between the designers and myself. 3 weeks before Fashionweek we go to the designers and we sit with them. I take out my sketch pad and the designer takes out his and we start sketching. We just talk basically about the feel of the line. It's funny, most of the time we're heads on both of us designers and ourselves. There's just a couple of times where maybe actually we know some things are not going to look right then we'll just suggest something else or to try this. Then we come up with the finished product.
MJ: I love the ultra-feminine hair styles you created for Spring. How was the 1920's/30's influence inspired?
Eric: The inspiration for that came from the waves and the movement in the hair. Very polished, very defined and that was the inspiration for spring and summer. To bring that polished look back in again because hair has been sort of flat and very casual for the last few years. (I start laughing because that's totally my hair!) No, but there's always going to be a request for long, straight healthy beautiful looking hair, right? So, I think it was time to change it and bring back a little movement, some height, and volume again. But one thing that is really important whether you wear it long, straight, short or curly the health of the hair and the shine is the most important. It's always important to prepare the hair before the final styling with the proper shampoo, conditioner, proper weekly treatments, and then the proper styling products.
MJ: That's actually my next question. What products would you recommend to maintain your colour and healthy shiny hair?
Eric: For colour I definitely recommend the Vive Pro for colour-treated hair and the conditioner that goes with it. For extra body, shampoo and conditioner is going to give you the body. In the L'Oreal Paris Vive Pro line, there's shampoos for all kinds of hair: coloured hair, curly hair, hair that needs body, hair that needs conditioning. And for styling, Curl Power is going to be really big this season for spring and summer. It's a spray that allows your curl to bounce back and to give it that definition that's going to be in for spring and summer.
MJ: Blonde is the hot colour for next season and so is rich monotone colour. What does this mean for women and highlights?
Eric: Women and highlights? (Ali jumps in to listen closely hehe) Ok, that's a very good question. The colours are going to be more monotone and instead of an actual highlight highlight, it's more of a reflect. So, women that already have highlights in their hair, if they put a solid colour on and because of the fact there's already highlights underneath, it'll just take on a reflect. It will be a solid colour but a reflect and when the light or sun hits it you'll see different tones of colour.
Ali asks: What's the best way to cover grays? (She was in no way asking for her own benefit wink, wink)
Eric: You're too young to have gray hair! I started getting gray hairs when I was 18! So, colour, colour. But you know for people, like young people that just have 2 or 3 gray hairs and they're afraid of colouring but want to get rid of the grays anyways, I don't recommend plucking them but you can start with L'Oreal Natural Match. That's a fantastic colour if you just want to match your natural colour and hide those few grays it's perfect. It's got an aloe vera extract and it's almost like a wash because it'll blend in with your natural colour and it's not going to alter your colour at all. Now if your hair is coloured, well you have to colour it. But it's no big deal. I always say, "You brush your teeth everyday so you colour your hair every 4-6 weeks".
MJ: How can women next season take these beautiful looks from the runways and make it wearable for everyday?
Eric: Important tools to have at home: rollers, big curling iron, and good products. One product I recommend to get those big waves - we've been going through this like crazy this morning - Studio Line Hot Curl. It's a thermal activated spray so you spray this on the hair and has to be activated with either a blow dryer or curling iron or any kind of heat. This is sold in all drugstores.
I loved all the hair tips so much I wanted to grab a curling iron right there and pump some curls into my 'so-last-season' flat hair! I am pretty embarrassed to admit that I actually have committed the crime of plucking my few gray hairs out (which seem to be growing in abundance now that my 1 year old is running around!). I think it's time to keep the tweezers away from my hair and start colouring it again! Well, at least my monotone colour of black will be in for next season! I hope you enjoy the beauty tips as much as we did. I can't wait to do it all again next year!
