Style.com's 2011 Spring Beauty

"Marc Jacobs' seventies-ish peasant dresses, satin hot pants, and stripey Lurex knits called for hair and makeup just as retro fabulous. Enter Guido Palau's rickracked mass of soft curls, a.k.a. the "Grace Coddington frizz," and for makeup: wine-stained lips, cheek-chiseling blush, and smoldering emerald eyes courtesy of François Nars. Bleached brows gave the whole look a twenty-first-century spin."

 "Lash-line-to-brow-bone helpings of eye shadow—with little-to-no mascara—put the focus on lids. They came painted green at Oscar de la Renta, purple at Victoria Beckham, and yellow at Kenzo. Then there was Nina Ricci (left), where Pat McGrath notably went pink. So pretty."

"When the eyes weren't the center of attention, the lips were hard to miss. Why? Because more often than not, they were painted neon. James Kaliardos channeled Warhol silk screens for the popping orchid pouts at Diane von Furstenberg, while Peter Philips hand-mixed retina-burning shades of fluorescent melon, cerise, and fuchsia at Fendi (left) and Jil Sander."

"It wasn't all OTT, all the time. For the minimally minded, the clean skin, taupe-y eye shadows, and full, brushed-up brows at Proenza Schouler, 3.1 Phillip Lim, Stella McCartney, and Chloé were a warm, welcome counterpoint to the color seen elsewhere."

 

"Designer polish collaborations were big news at Jason Wu and Prabal Gurung in New York. But the hotbed for nail art still appears to be London, where manicurist extraordinaire Sophy Robson hand-painted Giles Deacon's trademark cartoon eyes onto multicolored sherbet lacquers at the designer's show, before exporting her Brit wit to Paris for some butterfly-print tattoo nail transfers at Loewe."

"Abbey Lee Kershaw's spur-of-the-moment decision to dye her hair platinum (left) at Orlando Pita's New York salon pre-shows set off a city-spanning copycat effect. Iris Strubegger turned up towheaded at Dries Van Noten, and no less than ten girls went "Balenciaga blond" in advance of Nicolas Ghesquière's street-punk show—newcomers (Britt Maren) and veterans (Kasia Struss) alike."

 

"No matter the color, hair most often came middle-parted for Spring. We saw it at Burberry Prorsum, Etro, and newcomer Michael van der Ham's shows. But leave it to Roberto Cavalli to nail the look. His glamazons rocked waist-grazing extensions with their webby chiffon gowns."

 Via. style.com