The ARISE African Collective was a show featuring four promising runway designers, and sponsored by Arise Magazine. The four designers: South Africa’s David Tiale; Tiffany Amber by Nigerian designer Folarin-Coker; Eric Raisina; and Jewel by Lisa, the Nigerian label of Lisa Folawiyo, showcase their winning work at the tents yesterday.
Since there were four designers, there were four key looks and hairstyles, all designed by various artists from MAC (the hair was done by Danito who used predominantly Pantene products.
Fatima Thomas, who designed the look with the bold red lips said that she used MAC’s Lipmix in Red (“an oldie but a goodie”) to achieve the extremely powerful look down the catwalk. “The clothes by David Tiale are very vibrant with a lot of reds, so I wanted to bring out that look,” she says. The eyes were lined with MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack and she used concealer for the lids. “The girl needs to look really fresh,” she says.
She also used the MAC’s Face & Body Foundation from the Hi-DEF line to ensure flawless skin.
Thomas says we will see a ton of red lip for the Spring 2010 season. “Bold lips, burgundy lips…we’ve already seen it this fall and we’ll see more of it next year,” she says.
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Coco Rocha smiles as she talks on the phone…
We will see a lot of strong red lips next season.
Romero Jennings for MAC used the new LipGelees (which will debut next Spring) and layered five of them (above) to get the precise texture he wanted for the lip (see below). He designed the look for Paul Tiffany Amber’s line. “I wanted a look that would NOT go with the clothes but would complement it,” says Jennings. He applied a new gold eyeshadow called Crushed Metal on the lids of the girls (think of a faint glimmer powder in pure gold…) and used Mineralize foundation to get that clear skin. He used a bright orange blush to make the look super sexy.
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