“At the start of fashion week I deejayed Cole Haan’s FNO event. I kept my makeup pretty basic using my favorite red lip crayon by Nars, which has the best name, Cruella.

I loved the Karen Walker show, all the girls had huge bangs that they could barely see out of; I actually really want to cut big bangs myself now. I also loved the peachy lips the girls were all rocking.

That night I slept pretty badly. So I woke up and applied a lot of Ren Active 7 Radiant Gel on my not-so-well-rested eyes. This kept me looking tiptop while I did the music for Naeem Khan’s show. Luckily it went amazingly well, but it’s pretty scary doing the music for such a big show — its definitely a major responsibility.

Before the show, I ducked backstage to wish Naeem good luck, and slip into my Naeem Khan dress.

Suno was incredible. The prints and silhouettes were beautiful as always. I had a blast dj-ing their after-party in a cool Chinatown loft.

I had to snap a picture of my shoes while en route to deejay the Monika Chaing presentation. My trick to wearing high shoes throughout fashion week is to never get a pedicure the week before. It definitely helps when they aren’t baby soft!

Later in the week I went to the Interview Magazine dinner at Milk Studios. By this point I was absolutely exhausted. Some Laura Mercier concealer under my eyes saved the day! Here I am with my friend Maryna Linchuk. And that’s a wrap. Thanks for following my New York fashion week beauty adventures!”

Photos and text by Chelsea Leyland

Tags: Chelsea Leyland, Cole Haan, Interview Magazine, Karen Walker, Laura Mercier, Milk Studios, Monika Chaing, Naeem Khan, nars, New York Fashion Week, REN, Suno

“When I was a child my mom always told me ‘Wash your face and put on moisturizer and eye cream in the morning and before you go to bed!’ So since I was like eleven I’ve been using moisturizer and eye cream. I use Benefit Total Moisture, which I just got hooked on recently. It’s the only one I’ve used where my skin actually feels refreshed and doesn’t leave me dry. It’s so wonderful. I use Benefit’s It’s Potent! eye cream, which is also great and is in the same cute packaging.”

“When I start my makeup I use boi-ing concealer under my eyes or anytime I have blemishes. It covers and it’s long lasting too, so I don’t look in the mirror during the day and need to fix my face. After that I always wear a bronzer, right now I’m into the NARS combo in Laguna and Orgasm. Sometimes I’ll put MAC mineralize powder on my eyes or cheeks, especially in the summer for a little sparkle. For my lips the benetint stain works super well, it’s wonderful. I’m still looking for the best mascara. I go through a bunch of different ones because I haven’t found the right one yet.”

“My first internship in the city was at Bottega Veneta. I fell in love with New York City, and was like –I can never go back to Buffalo ever again – please can I stay here? I stayed and Bottega hired me afterwards to do a bunch of stuff. They put me on a blog project in 2008, so people weren’t sure about blogs yet. I got really into blogs and started doing all of this research for them on the importance of utilizing Twitter and Facebook as a brand, so that is how I started getting online.”

“I like buying nail polish even though I don’t do my nails that much. I have acquired an enormous nail polish collection for some reason, I just think the bottles are so cute. Normally I always buy Essie but I went to Catbird the other day and saw this Deborah Lippmann one called Happy Birthday – I instantly needed it! I wanted sparkles so it’s perfect. It’s also just pretty and I’ve heard a lot about Deborah Lippmann recently and wanted to try it.”

Photos By: Aimee Blaut

Tags: Benefit, Blogger, Bottega Veneta, Catbird, Deborah Lippmann, MAC, Made Fashion Week, Milk Made, Milk Studios, nars, Style.com, Tiffanys, Twitter, you are a babe