One of the reasons I wanted to start a beauty blog—after years writing about beauty for magazines—was because I've got more room here to EXPLAIN the trends.

Sitting in my lofty tower as a magazine editor, I'd often run images straight from the runways... and God help you if you took us literally. I mean, it's great to say that black lipstick is fashionable—but do we really want people rocking a full Marilyn Manson? Of course not.

The good news is that with every beauty trend, there's a way to adapt it so it's wearable. (Well... most of the time, anyway.) Which is why I've rounded up a list of my top beauty don'ts—straight from the runways of New York Fashion Week—with some thoughts on how to fix 'em for real life. Here we go!