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Basic Geometry This fall, it’s hip to be square.
PHOTOGRAPHY, CARLYLE ROUTH. HAIR AND MAKEUP, ANNA NENOIU/TRESEMMÉ HAIR CARE/ M.A.C COSMETICS/P1M.CA. MANICURE, RITA REMARK/ESSIE CANADA
BY ANDREA KARR
After seasons of over-the-top polish hues and pattern-crowded manis, fall’s direction for nails is a breath of simplicity. Case in point: the nail art by Rita Remark, lead nail artist for Essie Canada, at the Wes Gordon fashion show in New York. She chose charcoal and amethyst polishes to match Gordon’s palette of grey separates and purple floral dresses, and created the matte backdrop with simple square accents as an edgy yet feminine statement. “Subtle geometry is a big trend this season,” she says, as is texture blocking, where polishes of contrasting textures (such as matte and metallic) are layered together. “It’s one of those things you might not notice from afar, but then the light catches it.” Remark’s square design is super easy for beginner nail artistes to mimic.
OCTOBER 2015 | CANADIANLIVING.COM
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