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Louis Vuitton Spring/Summer 2012
Girl Power is back, but not as you know it.

Forget the ‘90s buzzword’s association with bold face paint and garish fashion – we are talking to you, Spice Girls – this Summer designers all over the world want us to embrace simple and soft feminine beauty.

Fabulously girly makeup featuring fluttery lashes, blushed cheeks and glossy lips were spotted on the Spring/Summer 2012 catwalks from Paris to New York.

Models at Derek Lam sashayed down the catwalk with a luxe, barely-there concoction of gently winged eyes and perfectly separated lashes. Raspberry lips shone in the limelight with a subtle slick of clear gloss.

Louis Vuitton went all out in the glamour stakes with dewy skin, a healthy flush and sugary glossed lips in pink. A feline flick of black eyeliner and voluminous false eyelashes finished the perfectly preened look. Soft swept-back up dos adorned with sparkling diamond headbands added to the Upper East Side princess vibe.

Lanvin showed us how to work the look at night-time with a smouldering but softer version of the traditional smoky eye. Brown eye shadow replaced the usual greys and blacks for a subtler effect and was complemented by a rose-tinted lip and glossed skin.

To achieve the look at home, prep skin with Boots No7 Airbrush Away primer for a glowing complexion. Create va-va-voom lashes with Benefit’s Magic Ink Jet-Black Liquid Liner and They’re Real! Beyond mascara.

Finish off with a flush of Max Factor Miracle Touch Creamy Blush in Soft Candy and Maybelline Moisture Extreme lipstick in Windsor Rose. © Cover Media

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