Debbie Harry’s Punk Braid, Blue Eyeshadow, and Bright Lips: Your Saturday Night Beauty Inspiration — vogue.com

If the spring 2015 fashion shows were all about bare skin and undone waves, let this fall be one last exercise in the art of more-is-more hair and makeup. The combination of statement eyes, lips, and cheeks can certainly translate to over the top, but as today’s Saturday night beauty lesson proves, it’s all in the execution. Take Debbie Harry, photographed in New York in 1978, her signature platinum dye job and exposed roots giving a punk finish to an otherwise neat French braid. Powder blue eye shadow is subverted with a rimming of black eyeliner. Cheeks are contoured in pink, not beige, and lips looks as if they were swiped with red as a rebellious afterthought. If you feel that you’ve applied too much, make like Debbie and kiss it all off. It’s one way to leave your mark.

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