Paul Hanlon

Runway hair and makeup drew from materials like foil, rhinestones, gold leaf, fine pigments — and, of course, straight-up craft glitter.

Color-blocking, racing stripes and negative space — for your eyelids!

When you get to interview world-famous beauty experts every day for a week straight, you pick a few things up.

Embrace the humidity. It's looking greasy for spring.

Ermm...we don't how we feel about this one.

Bonjour belles! We’ve descended on the City of Lights to take in the sights, and of course that includes gorgeous beauty looks coming down the catwalk. From the berry lips at Anthony Vaccarello to the bleached blondes at Haider Ackermann, click through to see what’s been big in backstage beauty here in France this week.

Yesterday was a day of beautiful, impeccable hair and makeup. Proenza Schouler's girl was a bit dirty and downtown (as she usually is), Marchesa's was regal (ditto), and Anna Sui's was, well, you'll just have to see for yourself! Click through for all the hair and makeup looks from Proenza, Marchesa, Rachel Zoe, and Anna Sui.

The last two days have been pretty colorful backstage. From Chloe Norgaard's neon hair and tons of statement lips everywhere, it's been pretty fun to look at. But don't worry, there's plenty of wearable inspiration too, in the form of Kate Moss hair and dewy skin. Click through to check out beauty looks from Rodarte, Oscar de la Renta, Vera Wang and tons more.

Yesterday was pretty exciting, fashion-wise: Alexander Wang, Prabal Gurung, and Altuzarra all showed collections, and we were lucky enough to be backstage with the beauty teams, too. Click through to check out the cognac ponytails at Wang, a super dramatic eye at Monique Lhuillier, the coolest teenagers ever at Chloe Sevigny for Opening Ceremony and tons more.

If you haven't changed your beauty look since the 90s, you're in luck--it was all over the runways for spring.