Napoleon Perdis releases Romeo & Juliet-inspired collection
To kick off the start of his sponsorship of the Australian Ballet, Australia’s leading make-up artist Napoleon Perdis is releasing the Love Unleashed collection to complement the Ballet’s upcoming performance of Romeo & Juliet. ‘Like the score or the set design, the make-up direction establishes the mood for the performance,’ says Perdis. He goes on […]
Scarlett Johansson shows off violets and pinks in Dolce & Gabbana make-up ad
Scarlett Johansson has appeared in a new advertisement for Dolce & Gabbana’s spring–summer 2011 make-up collection. Dubbed Italian Summertime, the new collection ties in with current make-up trends. A violet nail polish, taupe lipstick and gold eye-shadow complete her nearly-there look. Design duo Stefano Gabbana and Domenico Dolce worked with make-up artist Pat […]
Lancôme’s latest beauty tips: ‘perfectly natural skin’
Lancôme’s latest beauty tips’ video is not hosted by German Moyano, who has helmed so many for the French brand, but make-up artist Roberto Siguero. Entitled ¿Quiere una piel naturalmente perfecta? (Want perfectly natural skin?), the latest video is in Spanish without subtitles. Siguero uses Lancôme Génifique to prepare the skin, Teint Miracle […]
Beauty backstage: Vera Wang fall–winter 2011–12
Chris Pearce Key make-up artist, Lucia Pieroni for Clé de Peau Beauté and key hairstylist, Orlando Pita for Moroccanoil, were in charge of designing the look for Vera Wang’s fall 2011 collection. To even further accentuate the contrast in Vera’s clothing, they combined the two extremes of hard and soft with both the make-up and […]
Behind Luc Bouchard’s Perception, a collection of art painted by a make-up icon
Stephen Ciuccoli/Lucire Above Canadian artist Luc Bouchard; in the lower photograph, Lucire beauty editor Reiva Cruze talks to him. A unique collection of paintings was presented for the public to enjoy at Space on White in lower Manhattan during the fall 2011 Fashion Week. Using mainly acrylic paints with a few hints of actual make-up, […]
Beauty backstage: Badgley Mischka fall–winter 2011–12
Chris Pearce Frazer Harrison/Getty Images for Mercedes-Benz Stylist Peter Gray and key make-up artist Tom Pecheux combined their talented forces yet again backstage for the Badgley Mischka fall–winter 2011–12 show. I spoke to both designers and they explained that this collection is heavily inspired by the great party scenes of classic Hollywood films in […]
Reinventing the smoky eye with Lancôme’s Noirs Perles
Lancôme’s German Moyano, who seems to be the brand’s main make-up artist for its videos now, introduces its latest collection, Noirs Perles (pearly blacks, rather than black pearls as some have translated). In the first video, he works on Céline, using the Ombre Absolue Mono eye-shadow. This is a purple–black, which ties in with […]
Touching up your mascara on the go
To complete our video beauty stories for 2010, Lancôme make-up artist German Moyano has more tips, telling them to Camille Herman. In this programme, Hermann asks Moyano: how do you touch up your mascara when you are on the run to a party and can’t return home to fix it? Moyano discusses the types of […]
Konrad Parol, Rhian Morris, and a trip to Kolkata
It may be the holiday season, but the world doesn’t stop at Lucire. There are articles in our features’ sections, beginning with Joanna Mroczkowska and her first report on menswear designer Konrad Parol, one of Warszawa’s rising stars. We’ve had a good year looking at some menswear label, thanks largely to fashion editor Sopheak Seng; […]
Getting a glowing, nude look around the eyes
Lancôme make-up artist German Moyano shares another one of his tips, this time on how to get a glowing, nude look around the eyes. Interviewing him on the technique is Camille Hermann. In French without subtitles, though non-Francophones should be able to figure out the technique; Hermann herself tries it in the second half of […]
