We were lucky enough to get backstage passes and hang out in the rarified, model-filled air of backstage with MAC for the ZAMBESI AW16 show at New Zealand Fashion Week 2015.
The MAC lead artist, Kiekie Stanners, was talking their team of makeup artists through the look and my fantastic photographer Anupam Singh and I loitered nearby with intent and he got some awesome shots, below, including this one where I look very happy to be there! It is pretty much my Happy Place: the interesection of set A: fashion and Set B: beauty. We heard about the face of the Zambesi Autumn Winter show and got up close and personal with the beautiful faces of the show which concluded day 3 at NZFW 15 on Thursday 27th August in the Runway tent.
The stand-out feature you notice with the Zambesi makeup look is the striking under-eye eyeliner. Rather than a line on the eyelid, artists drew a purple line under the eye. Kiekie used a lip product for this: the Fuschia Lipmix with Hi-Def Cyan and Ultra Marine Acrylic Paint to create the graphic eyeliner, applied under the eye with a brush.
Below: backstage photos by Anupam Singh www.annupam.com
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