Julie Roulston headed backstage with MAC at Alice McCall at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia 2018…
Twisted ‘50s: tough eyeliner and Teddy girl hair at Alice McCall
“I find it really interesting to push boundaries… to create something that is pretty and add a boldness.” That’s designer Alice McCall speaking in the release from her ‘Kismet’ Resort ’19 show at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week Australia.
Nicole Thompson and her MAC team, with Reny Xydis directing hair for Wella, brought that boldness. “The whole collection is really girly and beautiful and what you want to wear,” said Miller. “We wanted to give a toughness to this look – ‘twisted ‘50s, twisted housewife.”
The makeup was based on a super straight, killer liner, “not too flicky and curly, and especially great when there’s not too much eyebrow – it looks so tough when they’re going down the catwalk,” said the makeup director.
Miller and her team used two liners to achieve the look: cream gel Blacktrack liner to sketch out the shape, with Boot Black, which dries matte, over the top. The secrets to that precise line: “Look straight ahead. Practice and hold your breath! But also use a an angled synthetic brush – they stay thinner, and hold their shape better than a natural brush. Do the bottom of the line first, then come back in and go straight in to the inner corner of the top lid.
Twist a brush or cotton tip into the liner and create a slightly rounder inner corner – pointy eyeliner can make you look crosseyed! Use tiny cotton buds and makeup remover to clean up lines.
The look also used Strobe body lotion on the body and face. Lips were in tailored nudes from the ‘Necessary Nudes’ palette to suit each girl, with the same colour tapped onto cheeks.
‘Glow with it’ mineralized powder was applied up onto the lids, and lash primer used to texture brows and hold them in place.
Intro image supplied. Images below photographed backstage by Julie Roulston.
Hair
Renya Xydis’s Teddy girl hair looked like you might be able to try it at home – but stylists on her team warned me that’s not the case! The hair was extensively prepped, then parted in the centre and rolled at each side into updated Victory rolls, secured with – slide combs! The combs themselves anchored with hairpins to keep the rolls high on the head.
By Julie Roulston
14th May 2018