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Melissa, Co-Founder

Hair: Thick, medium texture, and prone to flyaways due to lots of random coarse strands; currently dark golden brown

Eyecolor: Hazel

Age: 31

Skin Tone: Medium fair with yellow undertones

Skin Type: Combination with somewhat oily t-zone and dry areas around the nose and chin which I need to be ever-vigilant about exfoliating (or the blackheads appear). I also have stubborn undereye darkness that definitely requires concealer.

Jen, Co-Founder

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Hair: Medium blonde currently

Eyecolor: Blue

Age: 31

Skin Tone: Very fair with blue undertones

Skin Type: Dry and very sensitive, recently prone to breakouts

Jamie, Reviewer

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Hair: Bright orange/red with natural golden highlights, naturally curly, currently long

Eyecolor: Green

Age: 27

Skin Tone: Very fair with blue undertones, lots of freckles!

Skin Type: Combination - oily spots in the t-zone, redness around the nose and mouth

Alissa, Reviewer

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Hair: Thin, naturally wavy but usually straightened, prone to frizz; dark brownish red with caramel highlights

Eyecolor: Blue-grey

Age: 23

Skin Tone: Fair with pink undertones and freckles

Skin Type: Oily in most places with occasional dry patches

Lisa, Reviewer

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Hair: Medium thickness, very curly and prone to frizziness. Currently, dark sable brown. I also love to have fun with wigs, extensions, hairpieces, etc.

Eyecolor: Hazel

Age: 48

Skin Tone: Medium with yellow undertones

Skin Type: Normal, beginning to change to a slightly drier complexion; it can be extra dry in winter. Hereditary dark circles and sun damage from youth as well.

NY Fashion Week: Skin Is the Focus at Jonathan Saunders

This Sunday I talked to M.A.C. Artist Victor Gordon at Tunnel, where Jonathan Saunders was showing his collection in New York for the first time. He created a simple make-up look with skin as the star, showcased by a minimalistic hairstyle from Guido Palau, Creative Consultant for Redken. Many designers and artists that I talked to this season told me that their inspiration was a strong woman, a powerful woman, and this is just one of many looks on that theme that I saw this year. Want to know how to achieve it? There's more after the jump.

The look that M.A.C. Artist Victor Gordon is applying is a very simple look where the focus is on beautiful skin. The foundation he used to achieve that look was M.A.C.'s Face + Body Foundation, a water-based, water-resistant foundation for sheer, natural color, with a little bit of concealer when extra coverage was needed. He then used a little bit of powder to blot.

With the focus on the skin, the eyes and lips needed to melt away. For that effect, he used a cream color base on the eyes, with no mascara at all. To keep the eyes from disappearing completely, the emphasis was on a very strong brow. He used a lip erase to remove and soften the lip.

One last surprise in the look: Victor used M.A.C. Strobe Cream, a facial moisturizer, as a highlighter on the cheeks to get that extra glow.

Guido Palau said that when he was creating the look for Jonathan Saunders, he wanted an expressionistic look to portray a strong woman. There's an intricacy to the clothes and he wanted his style to contrast with that and add to the sophistication in a simplistic way. He also wanted to constrast the matte fabrics in the clothes with a shinier look in the hair. The look provided a uniform for the models and the perfect backdrop for the ensembles being shown.

Redken worked gel into the hair and then pulled it into a ponytail at the nape of the neck, a little to one side. Guido finished by covering the tail with a small piece of fabric and finishing with shine for the high gloss look.

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