RED LIPS: GFF FALL 2010

One sentence sticks on my mind: "It's about perfection". This is how  Chanel's creative director Peter Phillips ended his demo at the GFF show.
With it's simplicity the look was elegant, chic and sophisticated. I think it will be very popular next winter.

On Magdalena'skin I used the  Chanel foundation Vitalumiere with Chanel Poudre Libre to set it.

Chanel Ombre Essentielle in Beige on the eyes. We didn't create a particular shape, it was only sofly blended up to the eybrows and along to bottom lashes line. NO MASCARA and a little definition on the eyebrows.

The beautiful blusher Joues Contraste in Rose Petale on the apples of the cheeks.

For the lips Rouge Coco in Gabrielle, beautifully lined with Le Crayon Levres in Rouge.

RED LIPS: JUST CAVALLI FALL 2010

Last February when I worked for Milan fashion week I had the chance to paint those lips red quite a lot, using different thecniques.

The first show was Just Cavalli, keyed by Make Up artist maestro Charlotte Tilbury.

I've never been a lipliner lover....but I must say that to give that perfectly defined red lips effect the lipliner is a must. And it was a total pleasure watching Charlotte's super steady hand lining Iris' lips (above) with Cherry by MAC and then filling them in with Russian Red lipstick by MAC, so popular that got sold out by the end of the week. To finish off and add a bit of glama a splash of dusty glitter all over the lips, in 3 colours. Some models had it red, some peach and some other purple. Result = Gorgeous!!

MAC face chart and products

                  IRIS

                   ANABELA

On Anabela I used a tiny bit of foundation to even out the skin tone, little concealer under the eyes, and that was about it. She has naturally shaped eyebrows and anyway the lips were the main feature.

TREND OF THE SEASON: RED LIPS

The new season is kicking off and flicking through the magazines my attention is caught up by the new fall 2010 campaigns.

Here a selection of my favorites:

Generally when I look at campaigns I pay attention to the whole image but there's no need to say that what I look at the most is hair and make up.
For fall 2010 the big trend is definitely the Red Lips! It has been in the past, but I don't remember seeing it in so many campaigns.

Matt, shiny, bluered, rubyred, orangered, you name it.

The application requires a little effort compared  to the beige-nude lips look, 'cos let's face it you need to be quite precise, messy red lips are not an option.

But the good news is that you can now find in the market all the tools that you need and at different price, most of the time affordable.

blog feature

For you all beauty geeks check out this fantastic blog: http://www.beautymouth.com/

PLUS
there's also a feature about me:
http://www.beautymouth.com/2010/06/mua-of-week-chiara-guizzetti.html


enjoy!

MUST HAVE PRODUCT N2

Dear Followers,
today I'm going to mention another of my favourite products, something that can't be missing from my beauty kit.
I'm talking about  HOMEOPLASMINE OINTMENT 40G.
I discovered it when I was in London and here in Milan every Make up artist that I know owns it, it's something that you can't do without.
Originally created for irritated and sore skins like allergic reactions, bites, mild burns..we also use it on chopped lips and dry skin. It's homoeopathic, antiseptic and not too greasy.
Plus: cheap and you can find it in every pharmacy!

MAKE-UP IS NOT JUST ABOUT THE MAKE-UP

I know this title can be a bit confusing...but I promise that it will make sense once I've explained.

Make-up artistry is a wonderful big world where as an artist you can be creative in many different ways for many different types of work.

You can do beauty, fashion, special effects, theatre and within each category use many techniques which will bring you to a distinct result.
To make an example I'll publish some pictures of a beauty shoot I did a while ago.
Beauty can be interpreted with natural colours, but also with bright ones. A beauty shoot can involve feathers, lashes, paper, anything really.
What we did on our beauty shoot was to use sequences and apply them on the model's face, without necessarily create a shape, leaving it quite abstract.

I've initially thought that the best way to stick them on the face would be by using eyelash glue but after a while I've realised that vaseline was actually enough and it would have been much faster and easier.

It wasn't difficult in the end I just had to be very patient and meticolous.

Here the final pictures:

MUST HAVE PRODUCT

It was to my great surprise that while walking on the streets of Milan I've noticed the BIODERMA Crealine H2O make-up remover on a pharmacy window near Brera. It might sound perfectly normal to you..but you must know that even though this is the most popular make-up remover between the make up artists circle up to not long ago it was sold in only one pharmacy in the whole of Milan, precisely in the pretty Farmacia  in Corso Porta Ticinese.
Well finally it seems to have reached other places near the city centre. Hurrah!
Shame that the price is still huge compared to France. For the small bottle you pay 13 Euro which is exactly what you pay in France for the double sized one. Never mind..we all know that at the shows you MUST have it or... models will simply keep away from you and colleagues will give you "that" look.
Another good reason for using it is that is very gentle on the skin, great even for the most sensitive, it's not at all oily (it looks and feel like water) and gets rid fast of face and eyes make-up.

It's definitely on my TOP 10 list of products that a MUA should have on the kit.