FOR THE most
pari, the make-
up and hair at
the spring col-

__ -tections both at
home and abroad were as.
ciean and fresh as the fash-

‘ions that floated down the
runways,

In fact, “clean, naked, fresh and
effortless” was the catchphrase . °
used by renowned makeup artist
Jamie Hanson when communicat-
ing his vision of spring to his team
backstage at the Toronto Ready-to-
Wear Collections last September.

~ Using soft, neutral colors from
the Canadian-based M.A.C. cos-
metics fine, Hanson presented a
look that was youthful and dewy-
eyed.

The mood for the collections
was set at the first show, when the

models at Brian Bailey padded
‘down the runway in bamboo and
"velvet flip-flops, high-collared fin-*
gertip-length linen Jackets and cig-
arette pants to, the strains of
‘Mozart’ s Requiem.

Emitting a pale, rosy glow, the- .

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carried throtighout just about every
show.

When hair wasn’t bobbed, it
was long and centre-parted.
Created by Ingrid Reinhart and her

‘team of stylists from Reinhart

McMillan, the look was clean,
shiny and product-free.

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STYLE NOTES

- ‘With flushed cheeks, lips
: glossed with beige and hyper- |
- defined lashes, the models resur- °

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Radley’s show attired as Buddhist
monks, in black linen mandarin-
collared fit-and-flare robes worn
over cigarette pants, primitive
crosses of animal bone strung on
leather thongs hanging to the hip.

Hair and makeup was reminis-
cent of the ’30s at Jodi Weisleder,
with Marcelle waves and centre-
parted French rolls accenting the
transplanted American designer’s
Depression-era bias-cut dresses in
cinnamon, navy and sage mille-
fleur-patterned georgette.

To play up Weisleder’s bead-
fringed sarongs, vests and shift
dresses in spicy paprika, Hanson
kept the eyes pale, frosted lips with
bronze and dotted a circle of
bronzer on the apple of each cheek.

At bad-boy designer Loucas’
show, the look again was clean and
bare: natural, glossed lips, glowing
cheeks, minimal eye makeup, glim-
mering browbone and a soft brow.

At Toronto’s “other” collec-
tions, the Designers at the Legion
event, hair and makeup wandered
down the same minimalist path.

This time created by makeup
artists Carole Nelson and Simone
Otis of The Artist Group and the
hair stylists at Civello, the look for
spring was spare and bare.

“Rather than a uniform, matte
look we’re seeing a variety in
foundation colors and textures,
from very sheer to very matte, and
that’s new for the public,” said
Otis.

She added, “it’s the new sheer
foundations that allow the texture
of the skin to show through,” and
provide the neutral base that allows

_ the artists to make the eyes the .

focus. Smudged and smoky for

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smocks: “We wanted to say some
thing about the designers’ perso’
alities,” said Otis: And at the same |
time, highlight the individual mod-
els* features. .;

For the cheeks, “the blush.
comes from withia, using natural ;

~ color in the face,” Otis explained

Warm and cool colors are mixed ':
with a brown base and applied wi

.a brush to the apple of the chee

For a do-it-yourself spring
makeup makeover, Otis recom- ~,

_mends Clinique’s concealer stick °°

“for coverups, L'Oreal’s Hydra
Perfect foundation for'a sheer base,

|. M.A.C.’s Prism blush for the

cheeks, Estee Lauder’s Compact
Disc eyeshadows, which were used
‘exclusively for the Jax show, Wet

& Wild’s lip gloss, which was used ws

“in the Comrays show, and. -

- ‘Shiseido’s lip- tone lip liners G1,

- G2 arid G7. :
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‘ful with frosty or’shiny shadows —

‘it’s a high-fashion look,” she cau-

‘tions, adding that. M.A.C.'s semi-
’ frosted colors-work better. ~~

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