Backstage beauty: Pink Tartan and Joeffer Caoc
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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.
Pink Tartan
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.”
Joeffer Caoc
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 Caoc 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.
By Sarah Hankins
Shown: PINK TARTAN Spring 2009. Photography by Jess Baumung
View slideshows: PINK TARTAN | JOEFFER CAOC
 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.”
Joeffer Caoc
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 Caoc 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.
By Sarah Hankins
Shown: PINK TARTAN Spring 2009. Photography by Jess Baumung
View slideshows: PINK TARTAN | JOEFFER CAOC
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