Before your imagination runs wild and you picture naked models cavorting down the runways for New York Fashion Week Fall ‘09, we’re talking makeup, not fashion! That’s right, another huge trend for a fresh Fall face is a move to the opposite side of the color spectrum we usually see for the colder months (think deep purple, blue, crimson, black, grey etc..), into a nude lip with strikingly strong & confident eyes, or barely there eyes with a slash of color on lips. Noteworthy runway shows that made great use of the new trend? Balenciaga managed to pull off both the nude eye & lip but for everyday, make sure you play up one feature and don’t strip back to completely neutral or you’ll look washed out rather than edgy & sophisticated; Lanvin kept it ladylike with pale skin, an elegantly crafted eye and bright lips; Yigal Azrouel tapped into a darkly glamorous and slightly tough look with strong eyes and a nude lip (green side note: the hair for the show was created by Aveda and Odile Gilbert). Whichever way you play it, getting nude is the hot new thing to do! Writer :: Emma Pezzack, Photo credit :: Marcio Madeira