Uptown Funk seems like the best soundtrack to this post because Annabel looks too H.O.T!! She make a dragon wanna retire!
A couple of months ago, Bobbi Kumari, the founder of Living in Light asked me to perform styling, make up, hair and creative direction duties for their new Fusion Collection campaign. I had already performed these roles for their previous Maharani Collection, and was super excited to get my teeth stuck into creating for this seasons collection. Being near the end of the second trimester of this pregnancy, I knew this would be an ideal time to get stuck into a fairly large project before baby arrives.
I don't know about you, but I really do feel alive when I have the opportunity to use my creativity. It's like oxygen to me. Really, when I'm in a creative rut it feels like I'm shrivelling up and wasting away. A bit of drama yes, but honestly, sometimes I wonder why I'm feeling off kilter or a little down, and it often comes down to being bogged down with other areas of life and not having a creative outlet.
So the Fusion Collection is gorgeous! Amazing, vibrant colours are Living in Light's signature, so it was an interesting process planning the makeup and accessories looks that would compliments the designs. For the most part, we decided to allow the clothes to shine, and keep everything else pretty simple, stripped back and refined. Hopefully I'll get to share the other areas of the shoot in upcoming posts, but today I going to focus on the make-up I did for one of the models, Annabel. With very little time during the shoot, multiple outfit changes, and me being the only makeup artist for all of the models, we decided to keep the looks simple, and make small changes to transform the look throughout the shoot. I thought it would be interesting to share the subtle changes that can take a look from day to night with ease.
So for the main daytime look, I went for glowing skin, bronzy, neutral colours, that one would maybe wear to daytime wedding, or garden party. Annabel's face is a gorgeous canvas, she has such striking features which are so fun to play up.