Even though make up products are the main tools for my job I'm not the type who goes around town to find the latest wonder of make up and skin care. I prefer mix and matching, and I usually test out new products by working with international teams during fashion week.
However, I recently took a job for Dolce&Gabbana cosmetics and I must say I'm well impressed with their lipsticks.
The whole range is good quality, shame they don't have a liquid foundation yet.
The price is not on the cheap side, orientated towards the classic milanese-chic lady.
The lipsticks are just great! They come in 2 types: classic and shine. The texture is amazing, so creamy and moisturising that it gives the lips an incredible soft appearance. But what excites me the most is the colours choice: honestly no sight of boring colours.
So far my favourite are: from the shine collection: fuchsia, precious, fascination, baby darling, magnifica and VIOLET. This last one is just amazing. I wouldn't have picked it by the look as it seems too violet..but once is on, OMG gorgeous. Because it's shiny and soft it gives the colour a modern touch, no pasty violet looks that makes you look100 year old.
From the classic collection: NUDE is just the best nude I've ever tried, not too beige, not too peach, perfect with the smokey look. On the reds: Scarlet, iconic and fire. DELICIOUS is an orange that I cannot describe...(you must have white teeth for this though). On the pinks CORAL is my favourite, followed by pink, shocking and provocative.
This is the link for you to have a look: http://www.dolcegabbanamakeup.com/en/lips/classic-cream-lipstick/to get a taste of it, but to see the real colour and texture I'd recommend to go and try it.
Here where you can find Dolce&Gabbana make-up:http://www.dolcegabbanamakeup.com/en/store-locator/
Wednesday, 31 March 2010
Tuesday, 9 March 2010
FANTASY MAKE-UP (inspiration from alice in wonderland)
Sometimes Make up is not just about beauty and trends...incredible make up designs are used in cinema and theatre to create characthers and myths..to name a few: alice in wonderland, avatar, edward scissorhands, lord of the ring, twilight, startreck..etc
Here some inspiring pictures:
Here some inspiring pictures:
and from the past....
Thursday, 4 March 2010
Backstagin'
Lately I got to do some shows and presentations outside the fashion week season, for labels like:
Coming Soon by Yohji Yamamoto, See by Chloe, MCQ by Alexander McQueen, and Love Moschino.
Most of the time it was quite hardwork and fast but I still managed to take some backstage pictures.
I was the key make-up and Kilian Marin was the key hair.
Coming Soon by Yohji Yamamoto, See by Chloe, MCQ by Alexander McQueen, and Love Moschino.
Most of the time it was quite hardwork and fast but I still managed to take some backstage pictures.
I was the key make-up and Kilian Marin was the key hair.
Love Moschino
MCQ by A. McQueen
A day in paradise
Sometimes shooting on location can be quite difficult..two months ago we shot on a hill made of sand...
that looked like cement (once it was stuck under our shoes).....funny thing was that I found some seashells
too ( ??) and we were not even at the seaside...
Anyways...it was really cold, we had piles of cemented sand stuck under our feet and the model had to stand half naked on top of the hill...
However..other times it can be lots of fun, and you get to go to beautiful places.
I can't "reveal" yet where these pics are from, until the shoot is published, but you can have a little taste of it:
that looked like cement (once it was stuck under our shoes).....funny thing was that I found some seashells
too ( ??) and we were not even at the seaside...
Anyways...it was really cold, we had piles of cemented sand stuck under our feet and the model had to stand half naked on top of the hill...
However..other times it can be lots of fun, and you get to go to beautiful places.
I can't "reveal" yet where these pics are from, until the shoot is published, but you can have a little taste of it:
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
WARMING UP BEFORE MILAN FASHION WEEK
I really hope I will have the chance to work again with Peter Phillips this season...
and while waiting I found this video, I love the make up and the inspiration.
Hope you'll like it too.
enjoy!
and while waiting I found this video, I love the make up and the inspiration.
Hope you'll like it too.
enjoy!
Saturday, 20 February 2010
MEN FASHION WEEK A/W 2010-2011: ZEGNA
At the E.Zegna show I worked for the first time with Wendy Rowe, a very talented British make up artist.
I found it very easy to get along with her and also that our way of working is very similar, I guess coming from a British make up school explains why.
The models at Zegna's looked once again groomed but not obviously "made up". So the foundation was very light in texture, little powder and concealer.
I was very pleased with my work. At the shows we had four guys with dark skintone and as the first one came to me I didn't hesitate and started doing his make up. I ended up doing them all four and being in charge of them on the line up.
Now you probably think that this is perfectly normal, being a make up artist I should be able to work with every skin tones. But it's not like that really...there are people out there that can do amazing work but when it comes to black skin tones they still feel not sure, maybe because they don't have the right colours (in some countries is still quite hard to find them) or simply because throughout their career they didn't have many chances to work with different skin tones.
I was lucky to experiment from the very beginning of my career...At the time I had just finished my course of photographic make up and arranged with a photographer to do a test. I was very excited about my first photo shoot and I remember going to the MAC shop to buy a couple of gorgeous violet eye shadows and a new foundation with some reflecting particles in it. The look was discussed, the clothes ready, the model was booked, everything was done.
The day of the shoot I'm there, punctually waiting for the team when I see the photographer approaching me with a stunning girl who reminded me of ..Halle Berry!! I wanted to cry first and then run away!! We were all so inexperienced (the photographer was a beginner too) that I didn't think to ask if the model was Caucasian or ethnic and he didn't think about telling me!
I pulled it out quite well I must say. I quickly tried to remember what I had on my kit: I only had 2 colours for dark skin, no yellow powder, good selection of lipsticks, and the violet shadows were bright enough. She had great skin, and luckily the shades that I had were fine, everything went very well in the end. phhhhhhewwww!!
After that episode I overcome the fear of working with different tones and living in London, such a multicultural society was helping too.
On this respect I will write a page of do's and dont's and recommended brands for dark skin tones.
But now let's go back to the Zegna show with AN INTERESTING BACKSTAGE VIDEO
and the one of the show:
Enjoy!!
I found it very easy to get along with her and also that our way of working is very similar, I guess coming from a British make up school explains why.
The models at Zegna's looked once again groomed but not obviously "made up". So the foundation was very light in texture, little powder and concealer.
I was very pleased with my work. At the shows we had four guys with dark skintone and as the first one came to me I didn't hesitate and started doing his make up. I ended up doing them all four and being in charge of them on the line up.
Now you probably think that this is perfectly normal, being a make up artist I should be able to work with every skin tones. But it's not like that really...there are people out there that can do amazing work but when it comes to black skin tones they still feel not sure, maybe because they don't have the right colours (in some countries is still quite hard to find them) or simply because throughout their career they didn't have many chances to work with different skin tones.
I was lucky to experiment from the very beginning of my career...At the time I had just finished my course of photographic make up and arranged with a photographer to do a test. I was very excited about my first photo shoot and I remember going to the MAC shop to buy a couple of gorgeous violet eye shadows and a new foundation with some reflecting particles in it. The look was discussed, the clothes ready, the model was booked, everything was done.
The day of the shoot I'm there, punctually waiting for the team when I see the photographer approaching me with a stunning girl who reminded me of ..Halle Berry!! I wanted to cry first and then run away!! We were all so inexperienced (the photographer was a beginner too) that I didn't think to ask if the model was Caucasian or ethnic and he didn't think about telling me!
I pulled it out quite well I must say. I quickly tried to remember what I had on my kit: I only had 2 colours for dark skin, no yellow powder, good selection of lipsticks, and the violet shadows were bright enough. She had great skin, and luckily the shades that I had were fine, everything went very well in the end. phhhhhhewwww!!
After that episode I overcome the fear of working with different tones and living in London, such a multicultural society was helping too.
On this respect I will write a page of do's and dont's and recommended brands for dark skin tones.
But now let's go back to the Zegna show with AN INTERESTING BACKSTAGE VIDEO
and the one of the show:
Enjoy!!
Friday, 19 February 2010
MEN FASHION WEEK A/W 2010/11: CANALI
I was the key make up artist for the CANALI show at Milan Fashion Week men, and everything went deliciously smooth!
The backstage area was massive, people were lovely, models not too difficult and the hair key was a dear friend of mine, I couldn't ask for more.
Make up wise it was very simple.Working with the most talented international make up artists has thought me that the less is better.
So with the help of my lovely assistants I prepared the skin with a nice hydrating yet mattifying moisturiser and fixed the beard/stub where it wasn't even.
To follow a very nice and thin layer of face and body by MAC, concealer on imperfections and a tiny bit under the eyes (the guys had to look elegant and groomed but not overdone).
Powder and blotting tissues at the end for touch ups on the line.
The show itself was spectacular! it opened with amazing sand drawing of Kseniya Simonova, from which the models themself were coming out.
Here the videos:
For more pictures and details check out this very interesting blog!
The backstage area was massive, people were lovely, models not too difficult and the hair key was a dear friend of mine, I couldn't ask for more.
Make up wise it was very simple.Working with the most talented international make up artists has thought me that the less is better.
So with the help of my lovely assistants I prepared the skin with a nice hydrating yet mattifying moisturiser and fixed the beard/stub where it wasn't even.
To follow a very nice and thin layer of face and body by MAC, concealer on imperfections and a tiny bit under the eyes (the guys had to look elegant and groomed but not overdone).
Powder and blotting tissues at the end for touch ups on the line.
The show itself was spectacular! it opened with amazing sand drawing of Kseniya Simonova, from which the models themself were coming out.
Here the videos:
For more pictures and details check out this very interesting blog!
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