MBFWA 2014: Day Two: Backstage Beauty at bec & bridge
"It's a different direction (for bec & bridge) this season, which I love. It's much more rugged and organic than they've been in the past. bec & bridge has always been a glamour girl," says Nicole Thompson.
Inspiration behind the makeup look: The girl is part of a summer tribe; earthy, textured, amazing.
Thompson says she wanted the models to look like they've been sunkissed. This was achieved by bronzing from the centre of the face and outwards. Bronze across the nose and wherever the sun would hit.
Freckles were added and brows were simply brushed up and set in place.
The most striking aspect of the look is the gold paint smeared through the eyelids. "It needs to look like they've done it themselves, like glamorous war paint. If you take too long with something, you lose the magic", says Thompson.
Key Products:
- Pro Pigment in Old Gold, mixed with Fix to create the gold paint.
- Lip Pencil in Stone and Eye Pencil in Coffee to create the appearance of freckles on the skin.
- Brow Set to hold the brows in place.
- Cream Colour Base in Pearl and Hush.
Hair: Alan White for ghd
The bec&bridge girl is sexy! And guess what? She is still sexy, but she's grown up a little bit. She's travelling the world, she's got a bit of cash, she's got beautiful hair, bit dusty, but it's natural. It has that natural kink, that natural wave, so we are going to put a beautiful blow dry, not put any obvious wave in it. We are just going to bring out what we can. What is important about what we are trying to do today is the volume of it, represented by dust in the hair. We are going to give it a bit of style, so we are going to go low part, literally falling off - sweeping across the fringe, and then we've got a section that hangs out through the front, so that the ear is exposed. This way, when she walks the whole hair moves, and the hair in front of the ear moves, so that a few wispy bits move around the face. The look is really about the most beautiful blow dry you can do. We are putting ghd Total Volume Foam in it, which gives us a nice dusty feel, it's kind of a modern finish, its more matte then polish and shine, and this represents that beach vibe you get with salt spray, minus the grit. So you get the texture, volume and hold but you don't get the shine. I am also using the Oval Dressing Brush, and the reason I am doing that is to brush the blow dries to aerate them, stimulating the hair and we will get it to own its own movement," says Alan White.*
Nails: Karen McKendrick-Taylor for OPI Key Products:
- OPI Nail Lacquer in L.A.M.B
- OPI Nail Lacquer in Samoan Sand
*Quote sourced from Beauty Directory
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