Win A Ticket To One of NYFW's Hottest Shows

I wish I could just hand out tickets to all of you just for reading my blog and supporting my career to the fashion show of your choice, but unfortunately, I can't pull strings like that!  However, there is a chance you can win a VIP ticket to a show this season and see what this crazy week is all about. Leica Camera, a savvy digital camera brand is giving away six tickets to New York Fashion Week's sexiest shows including Lacoste, Derek Lam, Perry Ellis, Badgley Mischka, Herve Leger and Naeem Khan.  To win all you have to do is follow @leica_camera on Twitter and Tweet about the giveaway including the brands twitter handle and the hashtags #NYFW and #MBFW.

Here's the original tweet from Leica Camera about the contest, you can simply retweet it if you'd like!  And here's some example tweets – go ahead, copy and paste – tweet and win!

• Win a @MBFashionWeek invite to @Lacoste @dereklamnyc @perryellis @BadgleyMischka, Herve Leger or Naeem Khan! #MBFW #NYFW http://bit.ly/MBFW1
• Six VIP invitations to #MBFW shows are up for grabs from @Leica_Camera! If you want to get inside the tents at #NYFW: http://bit.ly/MBFW1

Maybe I'll see you at the tents!

Go Backstage at Badgley Mischka

This was by far my favorite overall look of New York Fashion Week this season.  The talented backstage team consisted of Redken, MAC and Deborah Lippmann and the collaboration resulted in a warrior princess inspired theme.  Think Avatar.  Known for the signature ball gowns and evening wear, the two designers behind the brand, Mark Badgley and James Mischka, were introducing a new collection predominately for celebrities that is much younger. With these two looks in mind, Charlotte Tilbury lead the MAC team in contouring and highlighting, which created a look that worked for both collections.  Using a thick eyebrow brush she dragged MAC's eye shadows in Taupe, Harmony and Shadester from the top of the cheekbones up into the temples.  The swept up look helped to create the warrior effect.  On top of the cheek bones and in the bow of the lip she used MAC eye shadow in Crystal Avalanche to highlight.  MAC Lip Conditioner was used on the lips.

At home, this look can be recreated but toned down.  "The most important areas of the face for a woman to highlight would be the inner corners of the eyes, bow of the lip and upper cheekbones," she remarked.  You can use the same highlighter for all of these areas.

Since there were two collections, Redken lead stylist Peter Gray decided to change the look half way throughout the show.  The first look for the classic collection was all up. The top was loose and back-combed, sides were tightly pulled back and bottom was made up of two twists that intertwined and interlocked secured by about three hair pins.  For the warrior effect of the newer collection, as the models came back from their first walk, the pins were taken out, hair was let loose and straightened so it was half up, half down.

Deborah Lippmann used a metallic silver on the nails called Marquee Moon.