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At Nicole Miller's Fall 2016 show, the focal point of the look was all about the statement cat eye featuring a serious flick. Lead makeup artist Katie Jane Hughes told us that she typically etches out the wing she wants when the face is most relaxed (both when doing it on models and herself), but always has supplies on hand to clean up any edges.

Hughes uses Weleda's Skin Food ($15) on a Q-tip to fix any mistakes and blend any edges. She prefers the cream to makeup remover, which often requires tugging at the skin.

Rachel Antonoff is well-known for her prints, but in the beauty world, her nail designs are also a must see each season. Miss Pop created a variety of designs to match her clothing this season, using the brand-new oval-shaped nails from KISS.

Miss Pop told us that these imPress oval nails ($8) are foolproof. Even if you mess up with your nail art designs (like her lip pattern, above), you can wipe off the nail polish and start over, without the bother of redoing your base coat.

For Rodarte's Fall 2016 show — which was by far one of our favorite beauty looks of the season — the ultradark lip required a bit of maintenance to get it to look just right.

NARS's lead artist James Kaliardos applied Lucas' Papaw Ointment ($16) to each model's lips before applying NARS Train Bleu ($26) to ensure it stayed on and didn't crack.

For Rebecca Minkoff's #SeeBuyWear Spring 2016 show, Garnier's key stylist Tommy Buckett created simple rope braids with mega texture that were, in a word, gorgeous.

The key to such an easy, two-strand twisted style is simply the texture, Buckett told us. He used the Garnier Fructis De-Constructed Beach Chic Texturizing Spray ($5) — in heavy doses! — for that natural, beachy texture and grip. Without this wave maker, the hair would slip too easily.

At DKNY's Fall 2016 show, the look was all about individuality, and Maybelline's key artist Yadim made sure each girl's own style really shown through.

But he also wanted to ensure that their skin looked glowy and fresh (after a long, cold week), so he told us he mixed Maybelline's FitMe Foundation with just a bit of Avène Moisturizer ($36). It's his favorite blend for luminous skin.

Backstage at Milly's Fall 2016 show, we chatted with Butter London Creative Director Katie Jane Hughes about her secret for achieving perfectly groomed brows. And although she didn't actually use this trick for the Milly look, it is still one to write down!

Hughes uses mascara (!) on brows to get that just-dyed look, and her favorite is Maybelline's Great Lash Mascara ($5). But she noted that you need to be careful to just apply to the hairs and not to get any on your skin. We actually also heard this tip at Rodarte this season — so it might be worth trying out!

For Anna Sui's Fall 2016 show, Pat McGrath created psychedelic beauties with lots of lashes (two layers of falsies!). But a few girls in the show — six, to be exact — had hand-drawn graphic eyes that mimicked exaggerated lashes, drawn with a pencil liner.

The pencil liner was then blended with a Q-tip ($3) to make the look appear a bit more like shadow, instead of a harsh statement eye. McGrath simply went back and traced along the edge of what she had just drawn in liner with the Q-tips, to smooth each edge out.