Here's a beauty equation for you: What the red lip is to fall is what the fuchsia lip is to spring. That is, essential.

I love me some bold lip—especially when it's done like this one at Marc by Marc Jacobs.

(Confession: Marc had me worried for a while there, what with the downright scary faces in his Marc Jacobs show, which happened before this one. Powdered-white skin with clownish brows and lips. Frightening, I tell you. In the next few months, they'll be showing up as "beauty don'ts" in magazines around the world... trust.)

Thankfully, Marc redeemed himself—at least from a beauty POV—with this look. Let's take a gander at the head-to-toe, shall we?<!--more-->

<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/marcbymarcjacobs_body.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3300" title="marcbymarcjacobs_body" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/marcbymarcjacobs_body.jpg" alt="marcbymarcjacobs_body" width="320" height="480" /></a>

Now at a distance, that bow in her hair is actually pretty adorable, no? Here's the close-up:

<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/marcbymarcjacobs_face.jpg"><img class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-3301" title="marcbymarcjacobs_face" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/marcbymarcjacobs_face.jpg" alt="marcbymarcjacobs_face" width="320" height="480" /></a>

Okay... maybe not. For real life, I'd probably swap it out for a cute, Blair Waldorf-style hairband.

<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/armani_lasting-silk-foundation.jpg"><img class="alignright size-medium wp-image-3303" title="armani_lasting silk foundation" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/armani_lasting-silk-foundation-159x300.jpg" alt="armani_lasting silk foundation" width="159" height="300" /></a>But I'm definitely all over this makeup. And how EASY would this be? Nothing on the eyes save a lick of mascara, no blush... just gorgeous matte skin and a matte fuchsia lip. For the skin, may I suggest <a href="http://www.giorgioarmanibeauty-usa.com/_us/_en/newproducts/index/lasting-silk-uv-spf20.htm" target="_blank">Giorgio Armani's Lasting Silk Foundation</a>? (Armani foundations are generally considered by makeup artists to be THE BEST—I can remember when I used to do beauty shoots at a magazine I once worked for and they'd always mysteriously go missing...)

<a href="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/nars_schiap.jpg"><img class="alignleft size-full wp-image-3304" title="nars_schiap" src="http://beautyeditor.ca/wp-content/uploads/nars_schiap.jpg" alt="nars_schiap" width="150" height="180" /></a>As for the lip, I'm partial to NARS for bold colours, and I think <a href="http://www.narscosmetics.com/Lipstick-C10_makeup_1.aspx" target="_blank">Schiap</a> (a semi-matte) is just about the ultimate hot pink.