Nicole Miller’s look gave us plenty of geometric shapes, futuristic style and shimmery colors including whites and grays. The hair was pulled back slick and the face too was muted and futuristic (cat eye) to let the clothes shine.
As you can see from the model above, the look is strong yet not overstated. James Kaliardos for MAC Cosmetics says, “We wanted to do a real warrior woman — someone who is really strong and pushing boundaries–and not just a pretty face.”
To achieve this “strong” look, James emphasized the eyebrows a good deal, thickening them with a sharp brow pencil and using opalescent lavender for the eyeshadow color. He contoured the face using Sculpt, a MAC Pro Powder, and used an eyeliner in slate to bring out a true cat eye.
The lips were pink and pale, and dusted with a cheek color. “She is both ladylike and body conscious,” says James.
As for the hair, Kevin Ryan, creator of the PinUp Girl Kit (above) used a lot of Aveda products to get the perfectly styled look he wanted. Using Aveda’s Volumizing Tonic, he blow dried the hair to achieve volume in the front, then he pulled it back and secured two hair sections with a clear plastic rubberband. “It’s both futuristic and assymetric,” he says because the clothes are the same way.
The clothes are very shimmery and could almost be sports wear, he says, and therefore a simple pulled back look for the hair made sense. He finished the hairstyle with Pure Abundance and blow dried the hair.
The nails were done in Essie’s new polish called Imported Champagne.