Arrested Beauty: Your Fashion Police Shoot

16 Oct 2010 3 Comments

Your Fashion Police Shoot, October 2010

Behind the scenes of my friend's collection photo shoot

What I love about make up is the limitless opportunities to play with colors in enhancing your face’s striking features and the transformation from a blank canvass into a work of art. Had the great honor of doing make up for my friend’s online boutique (visit www.yourfashionpolice.multiply.com) shoot, partly styling and complementing the model’s make up with her latest collection. Our model’s transformations from Shaina Magdayao’s pre John Lloyd days, Kim Chiu’s early modeling looks, and poses reminiscent of Anne Curtis’ Magic Kingdom time and Angelica Panganiban’s Lolita appeal , Micah’s debut is worthy of a Candy spread and a Teen Vogue editorial. Here’s a summary of my favorite looks and how-to-do make up tips for you to enjoy.

Nautical Red

Bold Red Lips

The trick in doing bold red lips is to apply the lipstick as evenly as possible. If you’re a newbie, best to trace your lips with a lip liner, preferably the same shade which will serve as your guide. Best red shades in the market are Chanel, Shu Uemura and Mac. So if you’re planning to splurge get the brands that I just mentioned and you won’t regret it. Red will never get out of style so it’s a pretty great investment in your beauty kit.

In The Nude

Ethereal Hippie

One of my favorite looks during the shoot is creating a clean and flawless nude make up. Very important to have a very good foundation and I highly recommend this since it’s very crucial to match the right shade according to your skin tone. My favorites would include Shu Uemura’s Face architect, Mac Cream foundation and Bobbi Brown. Use neutral colors for the eye shadow in shades of brown, gold, pale pink and various earth tones in matte finish. Make sure to emphasize the brows and also apply contouring depending on the facial features of your model. For Micah’s case I had to contour her cheek to emphasize her cheek bones. To finish it off, dab the nudest lipstick in your beauty arsenal for this ethereal look. If you don’t have one, dab foundation in your lips and apply the eye shadow that you used to create a nude shade.

Boho Chic

For this set up I retained the nude make up and edited the lip color to a more sweet and feminine pink to match the clothes. To save time (and products!) make sure you have versatile eye make up so you can just put on some blush and change your lip color. Highlighted Micah’s cheek bones using round strokes for a more youthful glow and pink lipstick to complement the whole hippie vibe.