Vogue India July 2016

196 VOGUE INDIA J ULY 2016 http://www.vogue.in

While most of the make-

up looks of the decade lie

dead and buried (with good

reason),SHABANA PATKER-

VAHIbraves a visit to her

teens and returns crushing

on the resurgent, revamped

‘new ’90s’ beauty trends that

have taken 2016 by storm

SPOTLIGHT

the

return of

the ’90s

ergy of the ’70s. Sure, it had its high-

lights: the Big Six—the most beautiful

women on the planet who were elevat-

ed to supermodel status; the ‘Rachel’

haircut that every girl and her friends

wanted; and nothing got between the

world’s most famous waif and her

Calvins—but as far as beauty looks

went, most remained in cringe-worthy

territory. So when a few of the trends

hit their second wind on the spring/

summer 2016 runways, more than a

few (full) eyebrows were raised.

Thankfully, in their resurrected,

restrained version, I’ve actually man-

aged to lay the ghosts of my teenage

past and enjoy a few of the trends in

my thirties.

I was a pre-teen (tween if you will) in

the ’90s, which was really not the

best decade to be discovering my

beauty chops in. I longed to sport pin-

thin arches (thank god my mother

hid the tweezers!), frosted lavender

lips and two-tone hair. It’s under-

standable: I was a huge Spice Girls

fan. Unfortunately, the ‘grown-ups’

of the era were sporting severely

crimped hair, fountain heads (that I

wore as a toddler) and lips that looked

like they’d been forced to ingest

schoolyard mud pies—so I couldn’t be

faulted for my inspiration!

As far as beauty’s stellar decades go,

the ’90s did not match up to the femi-

nine charm of the ’60s or the wild en-

THE

BRICKLAYER’S

LIP

The mud brown,

highly metallic (almost

radioactive) lip that

was sported religiously

through the decade

got a refreshing matte

makeover for 2016. In

its new avatar (championed largely

by Jenner, whose Lip Pouts sell out

in under three minutes), it’s worn with

voluminous lashes, a sleek middle part

and a full brow.

MODERN MUSE

The iconic British Vogue cover of

January 1990, featuring supermodels

Cindy Crawford, Christy

Turlington, Linda Evangelista,

Naomi Campbell and Tatjana

Patitz, shot by Peter Lindbergh

L’Oréal Paris

Infallible

Lipstick,

Resilient Raisin,

1,050

’90s ICON

M.A.C

Lipstick,

Tabla,

1,450

Kylie Jenner

Cindy Crawford