The University of West London hosted a fashion show for their BA Hons students to exhibit their work, much like our end of year show. I was lucky enough to be chosen as part of the makeup team to work on this two day event.
There was a lot of waiting around but once we got the models in our seats we cracked on, on the first day we were working right up until call time, with a minute to spare on the last models lips. Thankfully on the second day the kinks had been mostly worked out, though we still had time for a quick Starbucks run and a team chat in the sun while the models did another run through.
Our brief was to recreate this kind of look between the hair and makeup teams:
The hair was edited slightly, keeping the messy half pinned back but with more height at the front.
We got to use Illamaqua Skin Base, which I completely adore, it's amazing. There was also a selection of Illamasqua powders (beautifully fine), MAC Face and Body (not my favourite but good for models and males) and MAC loose pigment in Melon and Copper Sparkle. We also made use of our MAC eyeshadows to create a smoky eye before applying the shimmery pigment.
Our Illamasqua appreciation sparked the idea to create this to send to them on twitter:
The complete madness of backstage was brilliant, it was especially fun to see the models and everyone rushing about to get them out on time and then watching the contrast of the models on the catwalk as calm as anything.
Professional pictures to follow soon,
M x
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