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• Studio Sculpt SPF 15 Foundation – applied to create a perfect, full coverage to skin.
• MAC Pro Sculpt and Bone Beige Sculpting Powders – blended together and applied over low planes to contour.
• Well Dressed Powder Blush, MAC Pro Azalea and MAC Pro Salsarose Powder Blushes – blended together to create a vivid contour through the temples and over cheekbones.
• MAC Pro Emphasize Shaping Powder, MAC Pro Gold Reflects Glitter, and Vanilla Pigment – blended together to highlight the high planes of the face.

Eyes
• MAC Pro Hi-Def Cyan Paint Stick and Electric Eel Eye Shadow – blended over the eyelid as a base.
• Bitter, Juxt, and MAC Pro Lime Eye Shadows – blended over base in a halo effect.
• MAC Pro Hi-Def Chromaline – applied as a liner through both upper and lower lashes.
• 43 Lash – painted with MAC Pro Chromaline in Hi-Def and applied to upper lashes.

Lips
• Woo Me Kissable Lipcolour (available Spring 2012) – blended over the entire lip.

 

Firstly,  the lashes must be curled, and then powdered with MyMatch Powder. This will take the grease off the eye area and build up on the lashes to thicken them. Pat MyCover Concealer all over eyelids, up to eyebrows, and under bottom eyelashes, again set liberally with powder.

  With High Def Eye Pencil (black for dark hair, brown for fair hair), scribble and press liner in between the upper and lower eyelashes as many times as needed to create desired density. Don’t come too high on the lid, just very focused and layered also covering the base of the lashes themselves.

 

The upper and outer corner of the socket should then be marked off with High Def Pencil in Brown. With your little finger blend Blingtone in Spicey over the pencil keeping it in the socket. Above the socket blend Blingtone in Morococo up to the brows. To finally pop the eye, liberally apply Blingtone in Gilt-y over the centre of the eyelid.

 

To strengthen the eyebrows, scribble matte brown eye shadow from Eyetouch Trio in A Whole Latte Love back and forth on the eyebrows. To finish off, push brows in the opposite directions and set with a dot of hairspray on your fingertip, which also makes them glossy.

 

Using Upload Lashes Mascara, go into the base of the lashes easing inner lashes inwards, the middle lashes upwards, and the outer lashes outwards, using the end of the wand if necessary. Leave the ends fluffy for next seasons look, and as they are drying press lashes up and out with fingertips.

 

Use MyMix Foundation to lightly work around the outside of the eye area, and over the rest of the face. Then using your ring finger, pat a slightly lighter shade of MyCover Concealer into inner corner and outer edge of eyes, under nostrils, centre of the chin and forehead to flatten out the T-zone. To finish, press a little MyMatch Powder on center of the forehead, outer edge of the nostrils, edge of the lips and the center of the chin.

 

Using High Def Lip Pencil in Nude for fair coloring or Beige for darker coloring, draw over the edge of your lip line and fill in the whole lip. Then with the matching lipstick in Vintage Pink or Sweet Dreams, fill it in the center of the lips, patting any excess onto the upper outer apple of the cheek.

 

To add the final gilt-y shine, put a dollop of the One Hit Wonder Lip Gloss in Gilt-y in the centre of the lip and the lid.

 

Face
• Studio Moisture Fix SPF 15 – applied to hydrate skin.
• Care Blends Essential Oil – blended with Face & Body Foundation for a natural, illuminating finish to skin.
• Select Moisturecover – applied only where to perfect.
• Strobe Cream – blended over the cheekbones to highlight.

Eyes
• Gold Carbon Metal X Cream Shadow (available Spring/Summer 2012) – smudged along the lashline with fingertips.
• Wisteria Eye Cream Colour Base Palette (available Spring/Summer 2012) – blended over the eyelids, and diffused outwards.
• Smolder Eye Kohl – defines the lower waterline.
• Plushblack Mascara – generously applied, beginning right at the root of lashes.

Lip
• Lip Conditioner SPF 15 and MAC Pro Peachstock Lipstick – blended together and applied over lips for a sheer, creamy nude finish.

 

Face
• Studio Moisture Tint SPF 15 – blended over skin to hydrate and provide a light natural finish to skin.
• Shell Cream Colour Base – blended over the high planes to highlight.
• Prep + Prime Transparent Finishing Powder – dusted over the centre of the face for a light.

Eyes
• Clear Brow Set — applied through the brow for a light groom.
• Smolder Eye Kohl — blended through both upper and lower lashes with 212 Flat Definer Brush.
• Boot Black Liquid Liner — drawn through the upper and lower lashline to define and elongate eyes.
• MAC Pro NW25/NC30 Chromagraphic Pencil — applied through the waterline of lower lashes to open eyes.

Lips
Studio Moisture Tint SPF 15 — blended over lips for a customized nude





The makeup made more of a statement with the focus being the loud mouths. International makeup artist Lucia Pica, using MAC, told us the clothing was about "disco granny tweed!" so the makeup offered a contrasting look. The hot red lips were very defined but rounded and had a 3D effect thanks to the layering technique she used. First MAC Cherry lip pencil was applied, then the classic Ruby Woo lipstick, followed by a mixture of glosses on top to lend the look some youthfulness.
Nails weren't neglected. Cool nail artist Sophy Robson came up with "the new French" - a manicure that had dark tips going right down the side of each nail. The three colours sported by the girls were ‘neon orange patent', ‘dark blue patent' and ‘tiger stripes' - all matching the eclectic clothing that was displayed.





Backstage was teaming with fresh faced models (yep, at 8am on a Friday!) being made up by makeup artist Attracta Courtney using Bourjois.

To contrast the neural palette of the clothing collection the makeup was colourful with the focus being teal blue eyelids. It was achieved with the Bourjois Metallise Liner in #54 (drawn on all over the lid) with some of the 03 Powder Eyeshadow blended into in the upper socket. The eyes also had a fine sweep of upper eyeliner and spidery lashes. To get the effect three layers of the Bourjois Volume Glamour Max Mascara were applied.

The rest of the makeup was super simple - the Healthy Mix Serum Gel Foundation was the base (that'll disguise the hangovers then) with a flush of pink on the apples of the cheeks and the Sweet Kiss Lipstick in Rose on the mouth.
Nails were in keeping with the beautiful tone of the makeup. Manicure maestro Trish Lomax was on hand (literally) giving the girls the long almond-esque ‘stiletto' shape painted with the pastel shade Nice is Nice from Essie's St Tropez collection 
The hair at the show was a design Paul would be proud of. Tim Furssedonn with Toni & Guy, inspired by the collections 60s vibe (babydoll dresses a go-go), created a scrolled updo on the models. It was achieved by putting the hair into a high ponytail at the crown which was then set in rollers before being wound around in curls and sewn into place. A LOT of Label.m hairspray was used to keep it in and the Wax Stick to slick back baby hairs.









Make Up genius, Alex Box, created the make up for the show, whilst Malcolm Edwards created the hair. This makes for an extremely talented, creative pairing.
During Alex's demos of the looks, people look on in silence, occasionally catching each other's eyes and smiling. This is big make up, make up artists make up, something we can really get our teeth into, which is very exciting. It's colour, layering and technique, individualising the looks slightly for each models face.
It's fun to look at, and fun to do. It's like young girls wearing far too much make up but looking fantastic. Think peacock coloured eyes, with a Tequila Sunrise coloured cheek and you will get some idea of what Alex was trying to create.
If you know MAC colours you will recognise names such as Electric Eel, Bitter and Lime eye shadows, High Def Cyan or Process Magenta Chromaline, Devil, Salsarose or Azalea blusher, Bright Fuchsia or Acid Orange Pigment and the list goes on. It is bright floral colour palette with a softened and highlighted face, which made an effective ethereal contrast between the features of the face and the face itself. The cheeks are heavily contoured and it all just looks gorgeously exciting and over indulgent.
It's busy right from the word go as the hair and make up looks are big, there are always also a lot of press and photographers backstage too which along with the designers team, the models and the hair and make up teams combined make for an awful lot of people. It's too hot and too cramped but people are really being satisfied by the whole package. It's backstage at a Vivienne Westwood show, it's a place a lot of people would love to visit and we all know and appreciate that.



The Inspiration : girls that have a red wine stained lip, flushed cheeks  and have been up all night snogging....
Natural skin - no foundation just concealer
Flushed cheeks - Russian Red Lipstick buffed lightly onto the apples of the cheeks with a #188 brush
Lips : a mixture of Brick + Burgandy lip pencils smudged onto the lips + faded with a cotton bud at the edges
Brows : brushed up



Joan Small's toes painted a dramatic tone of blood red.