If you want to get a head start on all the latest beauty, hair and fashion trends for autumn/winter, we're asking the top beauty and fashion editors, bloggers, buyers, makeup and hair artists, stylists and industry experts, to share their pick of the hottest trends for the new season.
First, we have Amy Lawrenson –
ELLE UK Web Assistant and beauty addict – sharing her top beauty buys for autumn's high voltage, dramatic look. Here's her exclusive blog for us:
Next season’s beauty trends are all about drama.
Oh, Karl. First we find out you own a whopping
70 iPods, and then I see that
Chanel has joined the iPhone revolution and added a Chanel app to the App Store?.
You're trying to give me a very pleasant heart attack, clearly.
Yes, it seems that the seminal fashion house is also a geeky house, which cares about your mobile sartorial needs.
I'm sure Audrey Hepburn would approve of
City Chic's classy look. She spotted some of her favorite celebs wearing Chanel cap-toe shoes and wanted a pair of her own. Alas, money was tight so she opted to buy these Chanel-inspired pumps.
Last night at the
Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2 premiere, actress Amber Tamblyn looked sweetly fresh-faced. The makeup simply accentuates her beautiful skin and soft, smiling eyes — exactly what "natural-looking makeup" is supposed to do.
To find out which products Chanel makeup artist Kara Yoshimoto Bua used to create this look, .
As fashion begins to return to the world of elegance and glamour we see the emergence of fringe detailing. This delicate addition to tops, dresses and accessories adds texture and movement. It featured on the catwalk at
Chanel and Jaeger but also at
Gareth Pugh where (never one to do things by halves) he used actual hair.
The busy bees in Chanel's laboratories have been very busy with their Précision skincare range. A few new cleansers and face toners are aimed at removing dirt, grease, makeup and all of the other environmental pollutants and impurities that wreak havoc on your skin during the course of the day.
Chanel has decided to incorporate phytoremediation — the process of using plants to help absorb pollutants into this new line of cleansers and toners. The main ingredient is tulip tree extract, a waxy substance that promises to trap the unwanted particles and filter them out.
Per usual,
the Fall runways were awash with dark, moody, and jewel-tone colors. However, some designers went against the grain and embraced the icy-cold colors of Fall. Winter white, mellow gray, and arctic blue are intense, cool, and collected.
Fab Flash: Anna Mouglalis to Star in Another Coco Chanel Biopic
I am getting quite confused by the number of documentaries about Coco Chanel's life. Coco avant Chanel starring Audrey Tautou is currently being filmed but before that is even complete, plans for another film based on the life of Gabriella 'Coco' Chanel have been revealed.
I am getting quite confused by the number of documentaries about Coco Chanel's life.
Coco avant Chanel starring Audrey Tautou is currently being filmed but before that is even complete, plans for another film based on the life of Gabriella 'Coco' Chanel have been revealed.
The Secret Story of Chanel and Stravinsky (Chanel et Stravinsky, l'Histoire Secrete) will star Chanel muse Anna Mouglalis (pictured) as Coco.
Two fabulous ladies, one gorgeous Chanel couture dress. Can you believe Cate Blanchett first wore this 2006 Chanel Fall couture dress in 2006 at the London premiere of
Volver.
Socialite Daphne Guinness recently resurrected the same dress and wore it at the
Chanel couture collection show.
