There's always a certain point during Fashion Week when I get really burnt out on following all the runway coverage. It's not because I'm not fascinated by the shows, its that I start feeling glum about the fact that I'll never be able to own any of the incredible clothes. It is at this point that I turn my attention to the beauty trends. Hair and makeup are just as important as the clothes when presenting a collection, but generally don't come with a £2,000 price tag in a size you can't fit into. And they can often be imitated at home. So without further ado, let's talk SS11 beauty trends!

Orange Lips

Looks like next Spring, orange is king (Orange doesn't rhyme with anything so we'll just have to make do with that). From the orange-on-orange seperates at Prada to PPQ's pumpkin-coloured mini dresses, orange is everywhere on the runways...including models' lips. And its not a shy peach or a muted coral, it's balls-out traffic cone orange at Fendi and Ohne Titel, neon at Les Copains and a glossy persimmon at Vena Cava.

To achieve the look at home, Lime Crime Cosmetics has you covered with a buttery orange-sherbert lipstick called "Cosmopop" and a matte tangerine shade called "My Beautiful Rocket". Purchase online at Lime Crime or at Space NK in the UK. For a more apricot shade, go for Illamasqua's "Perilous" (buy here).

Check back at Beauty Confessional for more beauty trends straight from the runway, including more orange, next time on the eyes!

by Emma Freed

This year, amongst all the flurry and excitement of London Fashion Week, a dark shadow loomed over the tents. A critical figure in the British design world was missing. On Monday the 20th of September, right in the middle of fashion week, a gathering of family, friends and fellow designers met at Saint Paul's Cathedral in London to remember a young legend, a true artist; the late Lee Alexander McQueen. Bjork covered "Gloomy Sunday" for the star-studded audience which included McQueen's friends and muses Kate Moss and Daphne Guinness, and American Vogue's Anna Wintour addressed the crowd.
After the 40-year old designer took his own life in February, the fashion world was in shock and the future of the label was put in question. Since then the designing duties have been passed on to the very capable Sarah Burton, who had long worked with McQueen, and the brand lived on. This Spring Summer 2011 season will be the first full women's collection with Burton as head designer. The fashion world holds its breath until we find out if she too is capable of making, as Anna Wintour put it at the ceremony, "[the] most exquisite couture dresses and at the same time...a real impact on how the world dressed".

by Emma Freed