The Best Fall 2023 Beauty Trends

Colorful Lashes

Blue and green mascara, bright pink shadow—the 1960s-inspired makeup at Anna Sui was all about embracing vivid hues.

Colorful Lashes

At Prada, Pat McGrath created the feathery look on models including Gigi Hadid using custom cut and colored faux lashes.

Colorful Lashes

At Victoria Beckham, lashes were painted with shades of pink, yellow, and white.

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Pat McGrath Labs Dark Star Mascara in Aquamarine

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This bright Pat McGrath mascara comes in blue, aquamarine, and hot pink.

Wednesday Full of Woe

The Wednesday effect showed its influence at Rodarte, where the black lipstick and kohl eye makeup were just as memorable as the romantic-goth clothes.

Wednesday Full of Woe

Ditto at Luar, where models wore deep, lined lips and custom cut MAC lashes.

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Wednesday Full of Woe

Piercings galore and sharp black liner was the look backstage at Valentino, designed by the legendary Pat McGrath.

Wednesday Full of Woe

Makeup artist Peter Philips described the deconstructed smoky eyes backstage at Christian Dior's fall show as almost "melancholy."

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Sephora Collection Cream Lip Stain Liquid Lipstick

This matte liquid lip color lasts all day, and is transfer-proof—especially key for a color like this.

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Blush Draping

The trend has been all over TikTok lately, but real ones know draping has been around for decades. At Marrissa Wilson, models wore the high-placed blush look, inspired “by the warm embrace of music and moodiness of jazz clubs of yesteryear," according to Nick Lujan, Director of Artistry and Education at Kevyn Aucoin.

Blush Draping

The rosy-cheeked look made an appearance at the Alice + Olivia presentation, too.

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Benefit Cosmetics Wanderful World Silky-Soft Powder Blush

Powder blush such as Benefit's cult classic formulas are best for getting the diffused effect with this look.

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Ombrés and Auras

Visible lip liner went to new levels at Kim Shui, courtesy of MAC Cosmetics makeup artist Romero Jennings, who used several products to created an ombré effect.

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MAC Lip Pencil in Nightmoth

MAC's Nightmoth lip pencil will help achieve that dark outer liner.

Ombrés and Auras

Meanwhile on nails, key nail artist Holly Falcone went for an iridescent pearl look at Sandy Liang.

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Orly Breathable Polish in Crystal Healing

This iridescent polish is exactly what was used backstage at Sandy Liang.

Ethereal Glimmer

It isn't uncommon for a little sparkle to make an appearance on the runway. But at Erdem, models' hairlines were sprinkled with hundreds of gems.

Ethereal Glimmer

Then at Altuzarra, an artistic swipe of gold across each eye, cheek, and temple nodded to the collection's mythological inspiration.

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Ethereal Glimmer

At Thom Browne, the fairytale/outer space theme was brought to life via an over-the-top gilded makeup look by Isamaya Ffrench for MAC.

Ethereal Glimmer

At Chanel, eyes were surrounded by a wash of shimmery metallic silver shadow that looked almost angelic.

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