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With nail trends erring on the side of nominal after a Spring show circuit that made nude varnishes the polish protocol of the season, we're trying to adopt a less-is-more mentality with our manicures. There are certain things that we'll never part with, of course, namely classic shades of cherry red and deep shades of aubergine and bordeaux. But there are simpler ways to add a touch of excitement to tips without going overboard, and YSL just came out with a great one. As part of its Northern Lights holiday collection, the brand's creative director of makeup, Lloyd Simmonds, has created a brand-new bottle of La Laque Couture. No. 33 Première Neige is actually a clear topcoat, rather than a pure pigment polish, that is flecked with micronized violet, midnight blue, and emerald shimmer in homage to the lunar highlights of the Aurora Borealis. It can be applied over any base-even shades of nude, if you'd like. We've become accustomed to wearing it on a clean nail, though, so that what
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Courtesy of Maq Pro When charged with the kind of daunting task that he was given last night at Jean Paul Gaultier, makeup artist Stephane Marais brings his usual product arsenal with him-as well as a few additions. "It's like Ben Nye" the makeup artist explained, name-dropping the popular American professional line when describing Maq Pro, a similarly conceived company based in Paris. "MAC Pro?" we asked, perplexed, knowing full well that a fairly large, internationally recognized face-painting operation already exists with that name. "Maq Pro with a Q. They make a lot of colors," Marais elaborated of the brand founded by the famous French cinema makeup artist Michel Deruelle. Handing us its Fond de Teint complexion correcting stick, Marais explained that he planned to take a little artistic liberty with at least one model in Gaultier's eighties tribute band. "I'm going to give her skin a blue-black tint," he said, motioning to a tearsheet of Jean Paul Goude's 1981 Blue-Black in Black on By Style.com
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