We
caught up with Head of Make Up, Lan Nguyen Grealis backstage at
Fashion Scout this afternoon to get the low-down on todays make-up
looks, here is what she had to tell us..
Hello
Lan, can you tell us about the inspiration behind todays make up
looks and how you achieved the final catwalk looks that we have seen
so far?
Judy
Wu was inspired by Shanghai lights so in order to reflect that in the
make up, we went for a reflective skin look. Even though it was a
natural look for the eye we also took a strong skincare approach in
this look. We used the Body Shop sheer beautifying butter oil, we
massaged that into the skin to make it really plump then we massaged
in highlighter - everything was done using our fingers as the warmth
of our hands made the skin very plump. Then its all about controlling
where the highlight hits, so we added highlights just on the upper
side of the cheekbone, the side of the temples, a little bit over the
bow of the lips and also slightly on the t-zone. We finished off the
models skin using face spritz spray over the surface to give it that
extra shine. For the eyes we just used a stain, we used lip and cheek
in new velvet nude, no.6 from the body shop. We used lipstick stains
on the eyes and the lips and finished the lips with a high gloss for
a very simple look that is reflective from different angles in the
light, making for a modernistic feel.
For
Apu Jan we created a striking, winged cat-eye make up look with a
smokey eye but ensured that the look was not too sharp by making sure
that they eyes were soft and rounded at the tips. We used two lips
pencils as they are quite soft, we used mahogany and rosy red and to
finish off we used some very berry colour crush over the top. The
lips were very matte with a slight stain, keeping them very neutral
and creating very high contours with a matte skin finish.
For
Ones to Watch we wanted to go for a London feel but at the same time
keep it to quite a luxury, modern finish. We went for beautiful skin,
very groomed and created controlled highlights using powders and
shimmers. The main accent which we used on the eyes was a graphic
eyeliner under the eye, instead of just having it all black we broke
it up. We had black undertones and then we used facelace in metallic
along with a pale colour. We used lilacs, turquoise and pink pastel
tones, the idea was that it worked against the skin tone of the
models so for anyone who was dark skinned we used the opposite colour
such as a yellow or bright turquoise.
What
can we expect to see make up wise from Soojin Lee and Zeynep Kartal
who will be hitting the Fashion Scout catwalk later today?
Soojin
Lee’s brief to me was ‘Peace’ so this look is all about the
strong woman focusing on the aftermath of WW2. We thought about it
being a very restricted and regimented time and then looked to
breaking that phase, so its about that journey of going from the
hardness to the softness. We created our look by applying dark, dark
eyes, using dark red tones. The look is very aggressive and is then
softening up, we softened the eye by blending it out to soft pinks,
to lilacs, to nothing, so again its all the eyes. The eyes are very
deep set and we have gone from dark to light using The Body Shop lip
stain.
Zeynep
Kartals catwalk make up look is very, very minimal, very girl next
door but still has an element of glam, very chic so again, we are
just using nudes, taupe colours and some slightly darker tones just
for warmth. In terms of grooming we’re just using eyebrow gel, its
all based on reflective colours from Zeynep’s collection so we kept
it very neutral.
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