Renya Xydis

It has been a memorable week at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia, where we've been wowed and inspired by some of the most amazing hair and makeup seen to date. Celebrity hair stylist, Renya Xydis, has been busy backstage directing hair on behalf of Wella Professionals and Cloud Nine for Easton Pearson, Christopher Esber and Suboo. She has also been responsible for some of the flawlessly stylish looks seen on Cate Blanchett and Kate Bosworth, working locally out of her Paddington salon, Valonz. Amongst all the fashion show prepping, we managed to pull her aside and have a sneak peek at the beauty products she couldn't have lived without during this week's MBFWA.

Wella Professionals' Renya Xydis wanted the girls at Suboo to look sexy — she wanted to create an It Girl. A classic blow dry followed by salt spray gives that edgy vibe, while the tight cornrow keeps it modern. Elizabeth Arden used their new sponge-on foundation and colour range on the models, with a big focus on earthy contouring and a structured brow. The perfect, glowy skin is thanks to Model Co. Keep reading.

Christopher Esber's hair and makeup direction included words like boyish, strong but still pretty. Both Wella Professional's Renya Xydis and Napoleon Perdis used structure and contouring respectively to complement the clothes. Napoleon looked to '50s American heiress, Lady Keith, for beauty inspiration — "waspy, polished perfection with a slightly raw edge." You know what to do...

Yesterday we put our edit together of the top 10 experts and editors to follow on Twitter, and now it's time for Instagram. The colourful, quirky and very addictive app is like daily beauty candy for our eyes, with everything from celebrities posting new hair to red carpet nail art and so much more. Instagram allows a real insight, albeit a filtered one, into the amazing lives of actresses, models, international makeup artists and cool beauty bloggers. Click through to see our top 10, must-follow users. 

When one of our all-time style and beauty faves comes to town, you know we're going to be closely documenting every pretty step she takes. And when Kate Bosworth stepped out in glittering Stella McCartney at David Jones in Sydney last night, we couldn't have been more impressed with her subtle and sexy hair and makeup. Here to promote SK-II, Kate, who was recently made the new face of the high-end brand, stepped out on a chilly Sydney night looking like she was fresh off a tropical island — all glowing skin, sexy, tousled hair and a pop of punchy pink-coral on her lips — courtesy of makeup artist Liz Kelsh and hair stylist Renya Xydis. Click through the gallery to see all the angles and close-ups of Kate's look!

After announcing their partnership with Cloud Nine and Valonz's Renya Xydis last month, sass & bide's hair look for their show at London fashion week was structured and seductive. Renya created a textured, playful and relaxed ponytail to complement Heidi and Sarah-Jane's most recent collection; with in-demand model Cara Delevingne leading the model pack. The makeup was very minimal soft, counteracting the strong lines in the collection. To get this very wearable, masculine-meets-feminine hair look at home, click through.

Photo courtesy sass & bide

For the most part, hairstylists aren't allowed to do anything too dramatic to a model's look on a shoot. Unless, of course, you're shooting for Russh. In their August issue out tomorrow with Cara Delevingne on the cover (you can watch her being all amazing and floaty here), hairstylist to the stars, Renya Xydis, shaves model Suzi Leenaars' head. To be fair, the blonde was already sporting quite the cool buzz cut when she arrived on set, but still — how rock star! Photographed by Stephen Ward, styled by Billie Iveson and makeup by Victoria Baron; click through to see the beauty shoot we're all talking about this week.