If you loved the hazy painterly mood of our latest #drgpetitdejeuner shoot, hair and make-up artist Niki Black is here with a handy how-to beauty breakdown. We shot on a balmy August weekend, portraying that particularly delicious post-summer mood just before everything cools down into autumn. We wanted a look that complemented the romance of a summer garden, while having an element of casual realness that was easy to achieve.
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Summer mornings. Is there anything more pathos-inducing than the idea of our glorious summer dissipating into a distant memory? Will we look back in years to come on the Summer Of 2018 as the year of golden sunrises, a dreamlike did-it-really-happen myth, never to be experienced again in our lifetime? Hmmm, maybe that’s a tad melodramatic, but there’s something extra special about sun-soaked August mornings, especially those spent amongst lush foliage and blush-hued hydrangeas as far as the eye can see.
On the upside, this in-between gap of post-summer, not-quite-autumn has its own brand of optimism. (more…)
If you loved the gamine beauty look from our recent Petit Dejeuner shoot, make-up artist Christabel Draffin is on hand to break it down…
Christabel says… For our recent ‘On Balance’ shoot, we had a young Francoise Hardy ingénue in mind, which is all about the eyeliner.
Our model Frankie had perfect skin, so I just prepped it with a nice Chanel moisturiser and Vitalumiere foundation only where needed. (more…)
