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Who: Albus Lumen
When: 1.00pm, May 16. Pix Studio, Alexandria
Hair: Lauren McCowan for Cloud Nine .
Hair style: “With Albus Lumen, the brief was beautiful undone hair. The designer was very adamant she wanted to express each girl's individual texture. If the girls walked in with perfect, natural undone hair, we really didn't touch it that much. We have put in Evo Day of Grace on every girl, which is a weightless leave-in conditioner - just for a base hydration level to the hair. Then we're using the Cloud Nine original irons between 100 and 120 degrees to gently bring out any natural bends and kicks in the hair, as well as to gloss and polish the hair without changing its natural shape. At those low temperatures, you're just sealing in the hydration and shutting the cuticles so you get a really beautiful lustre on the hair and it feels healthy and looks gorgeous - it doesn't look manufactured. That's one of the biggest things - no manufactured hair shapes."
Make-up: Ania Milczarczyk for
Make-up style: “Super natural, no make-up look. We wanted it really natural, really casual to match the clothes. We have prepped the skin with the Water Mist to open the pores and then used the Repair Eye Serum which has reflecting particles in it to keep inline with the desired dewy finish. We then used the Infusion de Rose moisturiser to nourish the skin - massaging it in before using a primer. We've got Illuminated Tinted Moistursier on the cheeks and on the nose, we've left the rest of the skin bare. We want to see the texture of the skin, we want the skin to come through. We've then done a light contour using bronzer and then used the same contour on the eyes. There's no colour in the eyebrows, we've just brushed them up and then clear on the lips."
Face:
Laura Mercier Water Mist
Laura Mercier Repair Eye Serum
Laura Mercier Infusion de Rose Moisturiser
Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Baked Powder
Laura Mercier Illuminating Tinted Moisturiser
Laura Mercier Secret Concealer
Eyes:
Laura Mercier Matte Radiance Baked Powder
Lips:
Laura Mercier Lip Balm
Lashes: Rachael Brook for 1000HOUR
Lash look: “We're using the individual Black Flared Short lashes - applying them where the girls need an infill. We're not trying to change their lash line or make a dramatic lash, we're just enhancing the lashes to give a luscious natural-looking lash line. We didn't want the lashes to take-over from the minimal make-up."
