BACKSTAGE BEAUTY.(highlighters in makeup)(hairstyle trends)(Brief Article)

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Highlighted Skin

Silver and white highlighter were the makeup artists' secret weapons

at the fall shows. They credit the glimmering stuff with brighter-looking eyes and healthier-looking skin. When used with little other makeup, as Pat McGrath did at DKNY, highlighter conveyed the freshness that looks like "no makeup at all," she said. * By rubbing sheer silver cream highlighter on the bridge of the nose, the forehead, and the cheekbones, Miranda Joyce at Prada emphasized the models' bone structure. * For just a hint of light around the eyes, highlighter was confined to a dot of silver on the inner corners at Miu Miu. At Emanuel Ungaro, Val Garland brushed pinkish silver shadow over the lids. * Highlighter warning: A little is good; a lot is not, as demonstrated at the space-agey Alexander McQueen show, where Garland covered the models' faces with translucent white ...