Alabaster Skin Beauty Trend

How To Apply The Alabaster Skin Beauty Trend – AW12

Creamy, alabaster skin was the order of the day at Dolce & Gabbana’s show as make-up maestro Pat McGrath focussed on feathery light foundation application to fake porcelain-perfect skin.

With just a light dusting of powder to ensure the base didn’t budge during the show, the only other make-up spotted on skin was a rose blusher worked onto cheek apples, a coat of mascara on top lashes and a pale sun kissed shimmer painted onto peepers.

Take notes from the show and apply your base methodically - work foundation onto skin with the warmth of your finger tips and apply concealer around eye contours for a flawless finish.

It’s no secret that we’re huge fans of Liz Earle’s eponymous make-up line. From a skin tint to long-lasting lipsticks, the range is teeming with botanical ingredients and boasts countless beauty benefits.

Scoring a place in our beauty bag for its stay-all-day formula, the brand’s latest launch – its signature lightweight liquid foundation – glides on to skin with ease, effortlessly covering flaws in its wake.

While we’re hooked on the foundation, we’re keeping our eyes peeled for Liz Earle’s primer launch. Supremely weightless, it fills in enlarged pores and fine lines to create the perfect canvas for foundation. Try applying it straight onto skin during the day to wick away oil and erase midday shine.

An essential tool for creating a flawless finish, with its super soft bristles, we were sold as soon as we stumbled across Japonesque’s bestselling brush.

Unlike other base brushes, the tapered edge makes applying foundation around the eyes and nose effortless while smoothing foundation evenly across skin to reduce the appearance of pores.

Perfect for providing full coverage in areas for concern or creating a sheer finish, this brush is sure to be a beauty bag staple this season.

If you’re searching for a flawless finish, foundation is your skin’s best friend and nowhere was that more evident than at Ralph Lauren’s autumn winter 2012 show.

With foundation lightly stroked onto faces for a soft-focus finish, the models’ alabaster skin made way for wind bitten cheeks.

Adding a subtle shot of glamour to the natural finish, lips were frosted with a pale pink balm and peepers given cat eye flicks with kohl in sable shades.

Concerned about fine lines but still want to create picture-perfect alabaster skin? Origins’ newest foundation is a stellar beauty buy.

Packed with anti-ageing ingredients, such Anogeissus tree bark, a natural would-healer, the skin-smoothing foundation is incredibly hydrating and fills in fine lines to visibly correct skin.

When stroked across skin with a brush, the oil-free base blends beautifully with your natural skin tone and thanks to the dose of SPF it’ll help shield skin from the sun.

If your skin is in need of a helping hand but you don’t want to wear a full face of foundation, Clinique’s new concealer is a smart beauty buy.

Packed with pigment to block out even the boldest of blemishes, only a minimal amount of product is needed to fake a flawless finish, so you can focus solely on flaws if you want to go foundation-free.

Apply directly from the pot and blend outwards until the colour is as seamless as skin or paint it on with the brand’s concealer brush to maximise the flaw-fixing pigments.

Backstage at Chloe’s autumn winter 2012 show the onus was firmly fixed on creating a imperceptible finish that let skin’s natural nuances shine through.

Tinted moisturiser was melted in to skin to let a hint of shine show, proving that powder shouldn’t always score a place in your beauty bag.

Although the Chloe girl was decidedly natural, there’s no excuse to let your beauty standards slip. Brows were brushed and groomed to perfection while locks were lightly coiffed into waves and curls. Follow suit with gorgeously groomed tresses to give your nearly-natural, alabaster skin an extra shot of polish.

Already huge fans of Laura Mercier’s traditional tube tinted moisturiser, we were excited to see the brand’s latest complexion-perfecting launch.

Hitting beauty counters at the beginning of September, the new tinted moisturiser boasts all the blemish-blurring benefits of its sister product but in a fuss-free compact.

Enriched with SPF 20 and Vitamins C and E, renowned for their skin-saving properties, the creamy formula provides sheer, buildable coverage which is pigmented enough to stay put all day.

Foolproof to use, apply the with finger tips to the outer parts of your face and blend towards your nose or for full control and buildable coverage, circle it onto skin with a sponge.

If you’ve ever battled to find the perfect shade of concealer to match your skin tone or you’ve dismissed cover-up for being too cakey, you’ll welcome Perricone MD’s latest launch.

Boasting the same shade-matching technology that made its No Foundation Foundation such a hit with the beauty brigade, the brand’s new No Concealer Concealer instantly hydrates skin while delivering flawless coverage without the powdery look associated with other cover-ups.

Effortlessly camouflaging flaws and diffusing dark circles, the creamy mineral based concealer is packed with Vitamin C Ester designed to brighten skin for wide-awake eyes and Neuropeptides to boost skin’s elasticity.

For a porcelain-perfect complexion, warm the concealer between your thumb and finger tips before carefully patting around eye contours to disguise eye bags or blot onto flaws with a brush to conceal dark spots and blemishes.

If you haven’t been blessed with photo-ready skin, fear not. As the make-up maestros perfecting the models’ skin at Alberta Feretti proved, a flawless finish is well within reach if you pick the right products.

With skin prepped to perfection with day moisturiser and primer, there was minimal need to fix flaws with foundation meaning a light layer was enough to create an even base.

Groomed brows framed peepers which were misted with earthy, sun kissed shadows while lips were were painted beige without the merest hit of shine.

To augment the nearly-natural look, glossy coloured locks were split into chic centre partings and slicked back into low loose buns.

If you’re keen to fake a natural finish but still want your skin to shine through, Stila’s innovative Perfect & Correct foundation and Brighten & Correct Concealer are a clever combination.

Infused with the brand’s multi-mineral complex – a blend of zinc, magnesium and potassium – the foundation provides lightweight sheer, buildable coverage and is packed with hydrating emollients to prevent caking and creasing.

For an airbrushed finish, dot the lightweight liquid onto skin, focussing on areas that demand the most attention and blend outwards with a foundation brush before topping up with the new light reflecting concealer for extra coverage.

Combining two shades – one for brightening and the other for concealing – when stroked onto skin and blended with fingertips, the creamy corrector will brighten and illuminate the eye area and camouflage flaws.

With all that time spent crafting picture-perfect alabaster skin, investing in a product to help your make-up stay put is a must. Step in Illamasqua’s pore-perfecting loose powder.

Finely milled so it’s almost undetectable on skin, the matt formula instantly fixes your make up to keep foundation in place for hours.

Buff it onto skin with the puff that’s provided or dust it over skin with the biggest brush in your beauty bag first thing and top up when your face is in need of a lift during the day.

Backstage at Margaret Howell, the make-up artists’ barely-there approach meant skin was enviably dewy and flaw-free.

With peepers devoid of mascara and eyeliner for a natural-looking gaze, the rest of the face was similarly make-up free.

To nail the look, forget foundation; day creams, tinted moisturisers and BB creams are what your beauty bag needs.

Score similarly natural finish skin by prepping with a day cream and primer first. Keep your make-up application feather light by focussing solely on creating coverage with a concealer where you need it most; focus colour around the nose and the thin skin surrounding your eyes.

To nail the lightweight look, Bobbi Brown’s new BB cream is a winner. Available in five shades – from pale porcelain to a deep, tan tone the cream has been packed with emollients and light reflecting pearls to boost luminosity and give skin a natural glow.

We’re hooked on the soft, whipped texture provides buildable coverage and blends seamlessly into skin to give a sheer wash of colour and conceal flaws without leaving skin feeling sticky, heavy or clogged. A stellar choice if you usually find traditional foundations too cakey or thick.

When used over the time, the formula’s Scutellaria extract and natural peptide Argirelline promise to boost collagen production and reduce dark spots to diminish the appearance of fine lines, brighten your complexion and even reduce unsightly enlarged pores.

While there are a myriad of foundations on the market that promise to perfect skin, with its skin-smoothing technology, NARS’ Face Prep will maximise their beauty boosting properties.

With its matte finish, the cream instantly resurfaces skin to create a more even appearance and give your foundation something to stick to help in the battle to score photo-ready skin.

If you like this look, check out the rest of our Beauty Trends or for more of this season’s must-have beauty buys, check out our 10 Best Galleries.

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