Georgia Hardinge’s
geometric minimalism was complemented by an assured and grown-up beauty look,
created by head make-up artist Lan Nguyen. Using minimal colour, rustic nudes
and gold tones – a staple summer beauty look – Lan highlighted and contoured to
achieve a youthful and dewy look. “Georgia wanted a slight shine, but not
overstated make-up, so in this look we’ve played with a lot of the skin
products” Lan explained before the show. When creating this look, multi-purpose
products were key - “We’ve found that The Body Shop products are really
versatile, and the colours can blend anywhere – you can use them on lip,
cheeks, eyes.”
First, skin was
prepped with primer. “I’d recommend The Body Shop’s Skin Primer. It stops the
shine, and fills in the pores and lines,” Lan explained, as she brushed it into
a model’s skin. Primer is a great base for longer lasting foundation, and
allows it to be spread evenly, meaning you need to use a lot less powder. “I tend
to use primer a lot during shows - as there’s no need to apply powder the skin
looks fresher and gives a perfect dewy look. This has been a key product
backstage this season.”
The primer is followed
with a mix of foundations. To create a catwalk-ready look, Lan and her team
mixed The Body Shop’s Moisture Foundation and Mineral Liquid Foundation
together to create a flawless coverage. It’s unlikely that one foundation will
be a perfect match for your skin tone and type, and mixing two often offers the
best results. The lighter tones work best when applied with a brush, creating
highlights and contours across the cheekbones, and giving a great lift to your
face.
Next, a pearl
shimmering highlighter was blended above the bone, reinforcing the dewy finish.
“The Radiant Highlighter has proved to be really
popular all week, especially on the catwalk. It sits on the skin really nicely
– often dewy products wear away quite quickly – but this Body Shop one stays
put” Lan revealed. Highlighter is also a great cheat for blemish prone skin, as
the subtle finish allows the face to reflect the light.
On the cheeks a dusting of mineralise blush was used
just by the start of the apple and blended to the hairline - “ the two tones in
this product gives a dimensional, easy contour
In an example of
mix-and-match products, lipstick is used as a cream base for natural skin
contouring on the eyes, (try The Body Shop’s Colourglide Lip Colour No 68 –
Starlit Copper). On top of the eyelids
softer shades from The Body Shop’s Shimmer Cube Palettes were mixed, the darker
colours layered for a more intense depth closer to the lashes and blended off.
“All of The Body Shop’s cubes are made with complementary colours that work
well together when mixed. The light and dark can be also used for contouring.
As they are stronger in pigment, they can be blended very easily.”
To bring the look up
to date, clear mascara was brushed through the lashes - “we want the lashes to
stick together with a high gloss –this just emphasises the wet look,” Lan
says. The wet look tones were exacerbated by a dab of lip balm oil, placed over
the top of the centre of the eyelids and all over underneath to bring out the
gold tones in the eyeshadow.
Eyebrows were brushed
through with clear mascara so the hairs sat in one direction upwards. Then a
light foundation and concealer was brushed through with a mascara wand to
slightly blend the brows into the skin - a more subtle way of giving the
bleached brow effect. To finish, lips were faded with foundation then lifted
with Starlit Copper lipstick, pressed in with warm fingers.
Text: Victoria Loomes