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Who: Alice McCALL
When: 9:00am, May 15, Carriageworks
Hair: Alan White for KMS
Hair look:
"Individuality is the message of the season and keeping the girls individuality is the essence of this. I wanted them to look beautiful, and I wanted the hair to flow with the clothes because a lot of the pieces have got texture and distinct features of their own. I haven’t used a lot of product because I didn’t want the hair to look heavy. I wanted the hair to be nice and contained around the crown and around the head itself but then I wanted to find some light bits that will pick up the breeze as they walk to create that natural soft movement. It’s all about making Alice McCALL’s girl look cool but beautiful at the same time. It’s a light, flowy collection and KMS is perfect for complimenting that type of clothing. We’re using the Curl Up Control Mousse, it’s flexible and adds moisture to the hair, especially to the ends. This is great for adding polish and when you don’t want the look to be dry and beached out.”
Makeup: Nicole Thompson for MAC
Makeup look:
“We’re giving the Alice McCALL party dresses a bit of a tough edge and for a 9am show, we’re making it as messy as possible. We’re not afraid of a chunky lash – the chunkier the better – I think I have done about six layers of mascara. Everything is in aubergine, the liner and the mascara. We’re using a mascara called Feel My Pulse which is an amazing colour that dries quite matte. I like the idea of using quite a girly colour that we’re used to seeing on social media, applied perfectly, and making it look completely messed up. We’ve used a little mascara fan brush which is the star tool today because you can really load up how much mascara you put on. We’ve also added small individual lashes and applied them quite haphazardly to make they don’t look too ‘dolly’. On the water line we’ve got Coffee and Feline Eye Pencils, it’s darker on the inner and outer corner of the eye once again to give it that toughness – not too rounded and girly. The thread that’s tying the look together through the eyes, cheeks and lips is a lipstick called Driftwood, which is a mauvey-nude. I’ve used this as the base of the eye shadow; it’s probably going to move around a bit which is what we want. I’ve also used it on the cheeks and lips, and it’s really muted that natural pink.”
Face:
MAC Softening Lotion Fix+
MAC Studio Finish Concealer with 217 brush
MAC Next To Nothing Powder with 224 brush
Eyes:
MAC Liptensity in Driftwood
MAC Haux and Star Violet from the Burgendy Times Nine Pallette
MAC Sachet Coffee Eye Pencil
MAC Feline Eye Pencil
MAC Feel My Pulse Mascara
Brows:
MAC Clear Brow Set combed through
Lips:
MAC Liptensity Lipstick in Driftwood pressed on
