FASHION MAGAZINE BEAUTY PANEL: Tom Pecheux for Altuzarra Spring 2015

A satin finish face, soft lips, and long lashes. Tom Pecheux's look for Altuzarra Spring 2015 tops my favourites. It's natural, a little romantic but with a haunting "pshycho doll" oddness to it with the false lashes. 

For the face, I used a light-medium coverage foundation with a satin finish to achieve natural-yet-perfected skin, contoured my face (quite a bit more heavily than I'm used to) to mimic a model-esque cheekbone, and added a touch of pink blush for a doll-like glow. 

I cut a wispy pair of false lashes into quarters and applied the longest pieces just slightly off-centre from the pupil towards the outer edges of the eyes. To blend my natural lashes and the falsies, I applied a lengthening mascara. Then, I applied mascara to my lower lash line, limiting my use to the centre of the lashes only. 

Lastly, for the lips, I blended my foundation overtop in order to ease a slight overdrawing of the lip line with a light pink lipstick. 

And there you have it. A re-creation of Tom Pecheux for Altuzarra Spring 2015. This isn't a look for everyday but certainly a unique twist on a natural look for the runway. 

Products Used: 

// eyes

- Make Up For Ever Artist Shadow in I-514*

- KISS Ever EZ Lashes*

- Make Up For Ever Smoky Stretch Mascara*

// lips

- Annabelle Twist Up Lipstick in Bubble

// face

- Guerlain Meteorites Baby Glow Sheer Makeup*

- Rimmel Stay Blushed in Pop of Pink*

- Make Up For Ever Sculpting Kit*

Do you follow fashion week (Paris, NY, Milan, Toronto, etc.) beauty trends? What was your favourite look this year? 

Press samples featured and denoted with an asterisk (*). 

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GIVEAWAY: Fashion Magazine 13th Readers' Choice Beauty Awards

Yep, it's awards season. And not just the movie/TV show type of awards. There's BEAUTY awards too! More than 8,000 Readers of FASHION Magazine weighed in on their favourites of 2014 in the categories of body, face, fragrance, hair, makeup and nails for FASHION's 13th Readers' Choice Beauty Awards. Check out the winners here. 

I asked Sarah Daniel (FASHION's Beauty Editor) a few questions about this year's winners. 

SL: What beauty and fashion trends do you think influenced this year's winners?

SD: This was the first year we included a brow category, so that’s definitely been a runway beauty trend that influenced the awards.  

SL: What do you think are the best beauty innovations from this year's winners?

SD: Conair Curl Secret is by far the biggest breakthrough in the hair tool category. Mascara is a big area for beauty innovation, with wands becoming more and more elaborate and technical. Lancôme has won every single year since we started the beauty awards, which says a lot considering there is so much competition in the category.  

SL: You're stuck on a dessert island. Choose one product from each of the 6 categories to take with you. SD: This is a tough one! I would definitely stock up on sunscreen, so I’d bring Ombrelle for face and body, dry shampoo—both Redken and Tresemmé—Maybelline’s mascara, M.A.C’s Pro Longwear Concealer, and Burt’s Bees Lip Balm.

SL: Best budget buy? One product that's absolutely worth the splurge?

SD: If you’re into self tanning, St. Tropez products are worth the splurge. Maybelline’s Lasting Drama Gel eyeliner is a great drugstore buy that rivals pricier gel liners.  

FASHION has been kind enough to partner up with fun size beauty  to host a giveaway! The prize? A huge gift basket valued $500+ worth of this year's winning beauty products. Here's what's inside... 

AVEENO® Daily Moisturizing Lotion • AVEENO® Intense Relief Hand Cream • AVEENO® POSITIVELY RADIANT® Daily Moisturizer SPF 15 • Olay® Regenerist Eye Lifting Serum • OMBRELLE Ultra Fluid Face • OPI Big Apple Red Nail Lacquer • PANTENE® Moisture Renewal Hydrating Conditioner • PANTENE® Moisture Renewal Nourishing Shampoo • Revlon® Just Bitten KissableTM Balm Stain• ST. TROPEZ Self Tan Bronzing Mousse • St. Ives® Fresh Skin Exfoliating Scrub •  St. Ives® Smoothing Apricot Exfoliating Body Wash • The Body Shop® Mango Shower Gel • The Body Shop® Satsuma Body Sorbet • The Body Shop® Shea Body Scrub • TRESemmé Fresh Start Volumizing Dry Shampoo • TRESemmé TRES Two Extra Hold Hair Spray • Benefit Cosmetics Gimme Brow • Bioré® Self-Heating One Minute Mask • COVERGIRL® Clean Glow Blush in Roses • COVERGIRL® Clean Pressed Powder Normal Skin • COVERGIRL® Jumbo Gloss Balm • COVERGIRL® Ready Set Gorgeous Concealer • COVERGIRL® TruBLEND Liquid Foundation • COVERGIRL® truMAGIC Sunkisser • COVERGIRL® Eye Enhancers 4-Kit Shadow in Sheerly Nudes • Dove Deep Moisture Body Wash • Gillette Venus® EmbraceTM • HUGO BOSS Boss Bottled • JERGENS® Natural Glow® + FIRMING Daily Moisturizer • LANCÔME® Hypnôse Drama Mascara • MAYBELLINE New York Define-A-Brow® Eyebrow Pencil • MAYBELLINE New York Maybelline Dream Fresh BB 8-in-1 Beauty Balm • MAYBELLINE New York Eye Studio® Lasting DramaTM Gel Eyeliner • MAYBELLINE New York Volum’ Express® The RocketTM  • Moroccanoil® Treatment • NEUTROGENA® All-in-One Cleansing Wipes • NEUTROGENA® ULTRA SHEER® Dry-Touch Sunscreen • Olay® Daily Facial Cloths – Sensitive • Olay® Regenerist Daily Regenerating Serum • PLUS the February Issue of FASHION

If you're interested in these goodies (who wouldn't be?), enter below! Best of luck: 

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This is not a sponsored post. Prize provided in collaboration with FASHION Magazine :) 

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