This season I was able to go backstage, and watch the preparations, for the Badgley Mischka Spring/Summer 2011 collection fashion show.

The makeup team was lead by Tom Pecheux, for MAC Cosmetics. (*I was so lucky to get to see him key several different shows, each with its own look.) The look for this show was inspired by the movie "White Mischief" and leaned towards a "daytime Studio 54" look. He used beige and gold shimmer to tone down a silver shimmer to help get a "posh girl, with a wild side" look.

The hair team was lead by stylist Peter Gray, for Moroccanoil. He created a head full of curls, with a strong side part, that was decorated with either metal "coins" or in a scarf. Seriously, these pin curls were covering the *entire* head, tightly, for quite a while thill they dried & there were loosely combed out to be full. The coins were just randomly places with bobby pins in the hair. (*Tip: if you decide to accent your hair, make sure to place the bobby pins downward, to hold the accent in place, because if you place it upwards, your accent will weigh the pin down & it will slip out.)

Nails for the show were handled by nail expert Deborah Lippmann, for Deborah Lippmann (*natch). She layered two of her colors, "Fashion" - a beige in her permanent collection, and "Glitter in the Sky" - from her upcoming Spring 2011 collection, on both the nails & toes. (*Matchy matchy is a big trend for the season, per Deborah). She also talks about how layering different polishes is really popular right now, how it really expands your nail polish wardrobe.