Odile Gilbert for Kerastase fashioned these fabulous chignons, Val Garland for MAC created these sultry smokey eyes and fierce eyebrows, and CND was in charge of those come hither nails. I was lucky enough to interview Odile, Val, and some of the fabulous people at CND and got all my fashion week beauty questions answered.
The first thing which I was always curious about is, what if a model is booked for two (or three or four) shows back-to-back. They obviously don't have time to wash each model's hair between shows- what do you do? The answer was simple. They just brush all the products out, dry shampoo works well too.
Odile told me the secret to getting super shiny model hair - Kerastase's new Elixer Ultime. I even tried it out, not only was my hair shinnier but it also felt much softer.
Val shared the secrets to the stunning eyes she sent down the runway; white eyeliner pencil on the inside to make your eyes look wide and a smokey mix of black and plum on top. To get the full effect line the bottom middle of your eye with the black/plum combo but avoid both the outer and inner corners- in other words, leave two spaces. Then pair it with a penciled in sharp brow and you'll be runway ready.
After explaing the looks, the inspiration behind them, and step-by-step how to create them the one thing I was really wondering was this.... how badly are these model's hair and nails ruined after constantly being done, over and over again hour after hour, day after day? Odile told me with quality products (like Kerastase) your hair actually looks better, not worse. As for nails, well I think they'll be skipping manicures for a while after fashion week ends.
Want to hear my interview with CND to get those amazing finger tips? Well you can, the video is uploaded on my blog in another post!
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| That's a whole lot of bobby pins! |
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| Odile showing off the colors used on the models' eyes |
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| The finished makeup look- hair is still in progress |
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