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By Lauren Chan and Poonam Kaur Billing

Gone are the days of the one-lipstick woman. This fall, red lips are trending, and now you don’t have to pick just one hue. From bold red to deep purple, it’s all about confidence in carrying a shade. Sure, you might have a preference, but there’s no need to feel limited. Switch from poppy to pomegranate from day to night—no one’s stopping you.

Go red! »

Help FASHION celebrate our 10^th annual Reader’s Choice Beauty Awards by telling us which products are your ultimate must-haves. Vote at fashionmagazine.com/beautyawards for a chance to WIN a beauty pack with your top picks!

This week, we take you inside the zipped croc Marc by Marc Jacobs purse belonging to our lovely beauty editor, Sarah Daniel. She claims that the bag was her first foray into grownup shopping, but we find that hard to believe, given her assortment of beautiful and hard-to-find products, like a sample bottle of perfume that’s got its creator’s handwritten labelling. Oh, and that book she’s reading? The recommendation came from India Hicks. No biggie.

Let’s explore! »

This week, we take you into the sophisticated looking Balenciaga Papier tote that belongs to our online editor, Randi Bergman. Inside, you’ll find a mixed bag (literally) of odd trinkets like a harmonica, a ridiculously oversized ring, and a super-bright lipstick she swears was made just for her.

Let’s explore! »

In what seems like the best news since, well, the last of M.A.C’s brilliant artist collaborations, the makeup label has teamed up with famed self-portrait photographer Cindy Sherman for a three-look collection for release in September. The artist—who has famously morphed her own visage into just about everything from a sun-worshipper to a ‘60s-era nurse to a fresh corpse—is transforming again: this time into a frowning clown with Dame Edna–hued hair; an unsatisfied, fur-donning wealthy woman; and an overgrown teenybopper with über-bright pops of over-painted colour. As unconventionally beautiful as the images might seem, the characters, with their overdone makeup and extreme expressions, aim to encourage your own sense of self transformation and exploration. You are at once the artist and the subject. Yeah, makeup can do that.

The Cindy Sherman for M·A·C collection will be available from September 29 through October 27th.

View the collection! »

Now, onto our ginger-haired photo editor extraordinaire, Nicole Stafford! Inside her creamy pink See by Chloé bag, you’ll find an oregano-scented sanitzer, brighter-than-bright lipstick and a whole lot of cab receipts.

Let’s explore! »

From the upcoming Versace for H&M collaboration to Danier’s ongoing Canadian-on-Canadian capsule collections with the likes of Mark Fast, Greta Constantine and FASHION contributor George Antonopoulos, high-low team ups are continuing to bring luxury designs to the masses. We haven’t had enough. In fact, we vote for more! Here are four mega-designers and Canadian stores that we think should get together and jump on the bandwagon post-haste.

Here are the 4 team ups we’re dreaming of »

Featured from left to right: Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream skin protectant ($25, at Shoppers Drug Mart) was used to give skin a sheen in A Single Man. Shu Uemura Essence Absolue nourishing protective oil ($68, shuuemura.com) makes damaged strands “shine like baby hair,” says Cornell. Chapstick ($3, at Shoppers Drug Mart) in “Cherry” is offers’ go-to lip tint.

Almost every season, Hollywood has a way of asserting its influence on the runways, with leading ladies from contemporary and iconic films inspiring makeup and hair at several shows. For Fall 2011 alone, makeup artist Val Garland painted a smoky eye at Sophie Theallet to evoke a modern-day Faye Dunaway in Bonnie and Clyde, while at Dsquared, she channelled Nicole Kidman in Cold Mountain. And Garland wasn’t the only one mining imdb for muses. Hairstylist Eugene Souleiman had Hailee Steinfeld in mind while he weaved what he refers to as “Amish/True Grit braids” at Kenzo.

This past weekend, the International Film Academy Indian (otherwise known as the Oscars of Bollywood) descended upon Toronto to celebrate 12 years of Indian Cinema. Seven-hundred million sets of eyes were cast on Toronto to catch a glimpse of Bollywood’s leading stars and starlets as well as of course, their chiselled cheekbones and flawless complexions. In town and responsible for much of the buzz, Mickey Contractor, M.A.C Cosmetics Director of Makeup Artistry for India and may-jah player in the Indian film industry, gave us the inside scoop by offering up his top five tips on how to get the Bollywood look in Hollywood north.

Get the Bollywood look! »

By Randi Bergman and Jordan Porter

Are you sick of putting aside your blonde ambitions? Have no fear. You can finally scratch that Seven Year Itch. Jewels, the new exhibit of Bert Stern’s iconic images of ’60s icons, including Marilyn Monroe in the last images ever taken of her, just opened in Toronto and has the icon firmly planted in our minds. Why not catch the exhibit (on until July 9, at IZZY GALLERY, 106 Yorkville Avenue, 416-922-1666) while channeling the screen star in some of the pieces we’ve spotted!

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“The makeup has a cold feeling,” said M.A.C Cosmetics Senior Artist Melissa Gibson backstage at Greta Constantine on Friday night. Fitting since, “backstage” was actually the frigid basement of the Audi dealership. With references that included Tibetan children and Tilda Swinton in Orlando, Gibson created what she called “almost a non makeup, but there’s kind of this wind burnt lower cheek.” In addition, pictures of Renaissance women that she found online as part of her research compelled her to put “some redness around the eye,” but was quick to disassociate it from the kind one develops from too much partying. “It just gives a pure look to the face.” To mimic the “really ruddy, great skin” of the Tibetan tots, Gibson mixed M.A.C Cream Colour Blush in “Premeditated” and “Movie Star Red” and deepened it with “Root”. On lids, she applied M.A.C Eye Shadow in “Coral” and “Orange”, layered it with “Sushi Flower” and softened it with M.A.C Mineralize Skin Finish to make it look more “fleshy”.  Lashes were left bare, and lips muted out with a touch of concealer.

As the winter months wane, we all seem to be looking for ways to ditch the drab and add a little something extra to our everyday look. Prepare to do just that, as M.A.C teams up with DC Comics to bring us their Wonder Woman Collection, in stores today.

True to M.A.C form, the collection is filled with bold, strong colours, while still remaining soft and feminine—a combination that perfectly sums up the cartoon icon herself.

By Gillian Pryor Rag & Bone go DIY in their latest campaign, having models Sasha Pivovarova, Lily Aldridge and Abbey Lee Kershaw to take their own pictures in the duo’s wares. [Fashionologie] Still on track to prove that she is otherworldly, Lady Gaga looks like a literal saint in M.A.C’s new ads. [Temptalia] Daphne Guinness […]

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