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best of beauty
February 17, 2012

Thirty Best Beauty Looks From New York Fashion Week

By Lauren Murrow

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Photo: Brian Ach/2012 Getty Images

We can’t all afford the clothes flouncing down the runway this week, but the bold lips, arty nail art, and twisted updos that complement them are much more easily attainable. We culled the shows for flashes of beauty inspiration, from the admirably wild — intricate spiral braiding at NoNoo, citrus-yellow lids at VPL, electric-blue lips at Jeremy Scott — to looks worth attempting this weekend, like Ainsley’s casually cool side-braids. Click ahead to admire the 30 top frizzled, blended, painted, and whorled runway creations from New York.

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Spiraling French braid at Nonoo.
Yellow eyes and nails at VPL. 
Butterfly blue eyes at Prabal Gurung. 
Poufed high buns at Georgine. 
Polka-dot nails at Kate Spade. 
Bold red lips at Marc by Marc Jacobs. 
Twisted updo at ThreeAsFour. 
Neon eyes at Sobotka. 
Sideswept high bun at Whit. 
Smoky eyes at Ann Yee. 
Fabric-wrapped hair at Christian Cota. 
Starry hair-bling at Rodarte.  Photo: Rabbani and Solimene Photography/2012 Getty Images
Neon blue lips at Jeremy Scott.  Photo: Craig Barritt/2012 Getty Images
Cateyes at Anna Sui. 
Reverse French braid at Ann Yee. 
Black and white French manicure at Rebecca Minkoff. 
Sculptural bun at Zac Posen. 
Loose side braids at Ainsley. 
Pink lids and plum lips at Houghton. 
Mussed updos at Katie Gallagher. 
Dramatic eyes and eighties nails at The Blonds.  Photo: Craig Barritt/2012 Getty Images
Teased ponytails with sleek, sideswept bangs at Nanette Lepore. 
Metallic nails at Behnaz Sarafpour. 
Whorled updo at Designer's Premier. 
Twenties glamour at Erickson Beamon. 
Feather-threaded braids at Laura Smalls. 
Gloriously frizzy curls at Gregory Parkinson. 
Jessica Hart's pink streaks. 
Rope braid at Rosie Natori. 
Corkscrew curls at Ruffian. 
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