Party Make-up Masterclass from CHANEL
CHANEL Make-up Artist Kay Montano suggests getting playful with your party look this festive season
If you have even a passing interest in the world of fashion, celebrity and glamour over the past 20 years, the chances are, without even knowing it, you will be very familiar with the work of make-up artist, Kay Montano. From the iconic covers in the late 1980โs of โThe Faceโ magazine to the supermodels of the nineties and the uber celebrities of the noughties, Kay has played a pivotal role in creating some of the key looks and images that have shaped our age.
It was Kay, for example, who was part of the team behind Calvin Kleinโs infamous โObsessionโ campaign featuring Kate Moss, an image that catapulted a young model ingรฉnue into super stardom. Kay has worked with the biggest names in the fashion industry, from the most influential photographers such as Bruce Weber, Steven Meisel, Helmut Newton, Patrick Demarchelier and Mario Testino, for magazines such as Vogue, Harpers Bazaar and W magazine to the industryโs leading advertising clients including Ralph Lauren, Dolce & Gabbana, Versace and Armani.
In recent years, Kay has enjoyed broadening her scope as a make-up artist including working with celebrities such as Nicole Kidman, Thandie Newton, Gwyneth Paltrow and Jennifer Connolly (to name a few) on various projects from promotional press junkets to premieres to consulting with them on the make-up they wear in their movies.
With a career that has spanned two decades, Kayโs style and approach towards make-up has gone full circle. She has gone from re-inventing the rules and challenging conventional notions of beauty, to taking pleasure in simply making a woman look beautiful and explaining to those outside the industry how this can be achieved.
THE PARTY LOOK
As we approach the end of what continues to be an unprecedented year, it is understandable to feel somewhat detached to the idea of festive celebration, parties, and fun, easy to think โwhy dress up when we have little-to-no social life?โ Why not frame it like this way instead: party make-up is a wonderful opportunity to experiment and be more playful than usual, and now that weโre more likely to be holding our own โprivate partiesโ, we can be more adventurous than ever, so Ietโs embrace the freedom to dress up and make-up in whatever bubbles we find ourselves in.
Party make-up has the reputation of being rather theatrical, but glitter, shimmer, and shine have come a long way since the days of disco, and are very wearable, simple to apply, and ease into the chicest of make-up kits. Keeping shimmer chic is all about choosing which feature youโd like to accent, seeing it like accessorizing a little black dress with jewellery, where you choose one or two great pieces rather than wearing it all.
EYES
Most women know what suits them and have perhaps established a way of wearing their eye make-up already. Iโd suggest working with your existing style and using a shimmering eye shadow to create more drama. After youโve applied your foundation of choice (I prefer very minimal, especially with a stronger make-up look) and ensured that your under-eyes and any blemishes are concealed, softly line the upper lashes with a dark brown pencil (like CHANEL Le Crayon Yeux 02 - Brun Teak) and blend into the roots of the lashes until the right amount of depth for your eyes is achieved. With a soft brush, apply a little copper eye shadow (like CHANEL Exclusive Creation: Ombre Premiัre Poudre 927 - Cuivre Rose) over your upper eyes, keeping it densest in the outer corners and next to the upper/outer eyelashes. Using your finger, press a little 925 - Or Antique from CHANEL onto the centre of each eyelid until blended. If you wear liquid liner, apply in your usual style, and lastly, finish with lashings of black mascara.
CHEEKS
This is where youโll need to hold back, if your eyes and lips are strong, stick to a complementary blush in a shade of peach, rose (or terracotta if you are dark- skinned) that will โbalanceโ out the make-up elsewhere, and ensure that you donโt look washed-out. If you prefer to wear minimal make-up, but feel like having a touch of fun, then warm and highlight your cheekbones with Les Chaรฎnes de CHANELโs golden-pink Illuminating Blush Powder.
LIPS
One of my favourite make-up looks is a deep, plummy lip worn with a subtle eye that has just been โbrightenedโ with gold shimmer, a hint of โkitten eye-linerโ and mascara. Line your lips with a nude pencil first, this will help your lips last, as well as help you get your shaping right, and using a lip brush, apply from the centre outward until you get the shape you like. Blot with a soft tissue and reapply to get more pigment density and a longer-lasting result.
NAILS
Iโm going to spend December with Chanelโs golden fingertips. If you canโt have gold nails at Christmas, when can you?
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PRODUCTS
CHANEL Les Beiges Water-Fresh Tint Medium Light, ยฃ48
Le Correcteur de CHANEL, ยฃ28
CHANEL Le Crayon Yeux 02 - Brun Teak, ยฃ20
CHANEL Exclusive Creation: Ombre Premiัre Poudre 927 - Cuivre Rose, ยฃ31
CHANEL Exclusive Creation: Ombre Premiัre Poudre 925 - Or Antique, ยฃ31
Le Liner de CHANEL 520 - Noir Profond, ยฃ28
Le Volume Stretch de CHANEL 10 - Noir, ยฃ28
Exclusive Creation: Les Chaรฎnes de CHANEL Illuminating Blush Powder Intense Bronze Rosebood, ยฃ52
CHANEL Le Crayon Lรจvres 156 - Beige Naturel, ยฃ22
CHANEL Dual-Ended Lip Brush No.300, ยฃ31
CHANEL Le Vernis 773 - Chaรฎne DโOr, ยฃ22
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