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Who: Romance Was Born
When: 9 am, April 16. The Art Gallery of NSW.
Hair: Alan White for ghd
Hair style: "We've got four different hair looks. We've got chic braids, we're bringing in a rainbow dread-vibe, then there's colour, and clay. We've got chic top knots that have been prepped with the ghd eclipse and then have shine serum to give a nice finish. Then we're braiding, pinning back in, painting clay in the hair, and then we're adding deconstructed feathers to represent the birds and the bush," says Alan White.
Make-up: Nigel Stanislaus for Maybelline New York
Make-up style: "Romance Was Born is haute couture. There's 22 girls and every girl has a different look so it's customised. Instead of applying make-up skills like a make-up artist, we're throwing all our rules away and applying the face in a painterly manner. Brushes are bigger and we's using Color Tattoo to whish it around and have a bit of fun. We're using primary colours and flat, so there's not much metallic in the colours. We've glued the eyebrows down using a UHU glue stick, let it dry and then we've painted over with the Color Tattoo Pure Pigments in Wild Gold. With the face, we're using the BB Cream padded in, not over-moisturised, to make sure the skin has a beautiful velvet finish. The lips are opaque, there's no mascara, and we're painting the Terra Sun down the cheeks to give an innocent look," says Nigel Stanislaus.
Face:
Maybelline New York FITme Blush
Maybelline New York Dream Pure BB Cream
Maybelline New York Baby Lips Lip Balm
Eyes:
Maybelline New York Color Drama Lip in Love My Pink
Maybelline New York Color Drama Lip in Red Essential
Maybelline New York Eye Studio HyperDiamonds in Bronze Diamonds
Maybelline New York Color Tattoo in Bold Gold
Maybelline New York Color Tattoo Pure Pigments in Wild Gold
Lips:
Maybelline New York Color Drama Lip in Love My Pink
Nails: Karon McKendrick-Taylor for FABY Nail Lacquer
Nail look: "Today's look is an eclectic look. Romance is not afraid of colour at all, so we have 21 different looks for the nails and each one has been individually painted by Nella van Veenendaal using 20 FABY nail lacquers. Nail colours include Hold My Hand, I'm Not Crazy, Tropical Fish, Sugarful, Black is Black, Sunset Farms... the list goes on!" says Karon McKendrick-Taylor.
