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Backstage beauty: Pink Tartan and Joeffer Caoc
Posted on October 22, 2008
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FASHION goes backstage at L’Oréal Fashion Week to chat to the official makeup artist, Eddie Maleterre, and lead hair artist Eric Del Monaco about the runway looks.
The collection: Inspired by the ladies of Madison Avenue, designer Kimberley Newport-Mimran describes her frocks and separates as “sensible chic,” featuring lots of bright juicy colour with clean lines and vintage prints.
The makeup: Maleterre crafted classic 1950s beauty with perfectly powdered skin, defined brows, slightly contoured cheeks and false lashes. He topped out the look with a bold, creamy red lip (L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche Lipstick in “British Red”) but modernized with a touch of clear gloss.
The hair: Calling it a “very ’60s inspired, New England, glamourous look,” Del Monaco set hair in Velcro rollers, then pinned it back into a polished chignon and covered it all with a head scarf. While the chignons weren’t visible, they “add dimension and height to the scarf.”
The collection: Featuring his signature draping, Caoc used subtle fabrics to create architectural silhouettes, mixing the graphic with the soft. In keeping with the theme, the palette was a mixture of champagnes, creams and black and whites.
The makeup: Knowing that Coac always wants less, Maleterre aimed to create a “soft and light” look using L'Oréal Paris True Match Super-Blendable Concealer to “unify” the skin, set with a light dusting of loose powder. Lids had a swipe of L’Oreal Wear Infinite Eye Shadow in “Golden Sunset” and lashes were coated with brown mascara.
The hair: Because the clothes had strong, graphic lines, the hair followed suit, being “simple, clean and straight.” Parted in the middle, manes had a bit of L’Oréal Paris Studio Line Hot Straight Heat Activated Straightening Cream applied and flat-ironed on a 90-degree angle so that it created “a veil that flutters in the wind on the catwalk,” says Del Monaco.
Shown: PINK TARTAN Spring 2009. Photography by Jess Baumung
View slideshows: PINK TARTAN | JOEFFER CAOC
Categories: Runway Report | Beauty | Toronto
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