Lakmé has been a trendsetter for decades and has created several outstanding
looks for Indian fashion weeks. A first edition of an interactive Master Class
series was conducted by Lakmé expert Natasha Nischol, who revealed how to
achieve the Lakmé Absolute Royal looks that would stun the audience at the Grand
Finale of the Lakmé Fashion Week Winter/Festive 2013. Purnima Lamba - Head of
Innovation, Lakmé India, introduced Natasha Nischol on stage and invited her to
demonstrate the season’s beauty statement to the audience.
The first ever Lakmé
makeup Master Class was initiated by Natasha at The Source, Lakmé Fashion Week
Winter/Festive 2013, who welcomed well known actress Sarah Jane Dias as a model
for the session. A short clipping of Sarah Jane Dias, Lakmé’s Digital Ambassador,
presenting make-up tutorials for beauty enthusiasts was screened.
Purnima Lamba, Head of Innovation, Lakmé India said, “Lakmé has
always supported emerging talent through various platforms like Gen Next and
Talent Box at LFW. Extending this endeavour, we are proud to start a one-of-its
kind Beauty Masterclass for the budding beauty enthusiasts. With the first
session by Natasha Nischol, our attempt is to sustain this as a platform from
where Lakmé announces the top international beauty trends and decoding them for
the Indian audience every season.”
Wearing an Aartivijay
Gupta maxi dress, Sarah Jane was glad to be a part of the Master Class and said
that she had a lot of fun making the makeup tutorial videos with Lakmé. She
mentioned that young girls around the country always have several queries
regarding makeup, which Natasha addressed today.
Natasha demonstrated two
key trends for the season – Red Lips by Day
Look and Red Lips by Night Look, which are Lakmé’s beauty statement for the
season. She reminisced about her mother dressing up, which was the beginning of
her interest in make-up. She confessed that her first eyeliner and lipstick
were coincidently Lakmé products, which she uses even today.
Natasha kick started the
workshop by discussing current global make-up trends such as clean matte
complexion, statement metallic eyes, futuristic eyeliner, petal/berry stained
lips, invisible eyeliner, statement brows, 40’s femininity, 90’s inspired
grunge, rock and roll and a statement red mouth.
She then demonstrated the Red Lips by Day look where a base of Lakmé
CC light cream in a beige tone was already applied to Sarah’s face prior to the
show. A compact from the Absolute range was used for definition followed by invisible
eyeliner which gave the illusion of full lashes and mascara for volume.
Natasha followed it by
staining Sarah’s lips with light red, after blotting the lip balm that she had
put initially to ensure smooth application of the lipcolour. She added a little
blush to her cheeks to add a dash of colour and blended it in. A brown smoky eye
shadow was applied with an infusion of green, pink and gold metallics along
with a hint of eyeliner.
Natasha shared a few tips -
the more shades one blends in, the longer it stays and also said that she
believes in the philosophy of ‘less is more’. According to her, makeup is
something to have fun with and that day-by-day Indians are getting out of their
comfort zones and experimenting with more colours.
Sarah confessed that
fingers are the best way to apply makeup. The Red Lips by Night look was then taken up by adding highlights to
the face with another layer of mascara and further blending in the four shades
of the eye colour palette. A deep ‘Milan Red’ lipstick topped off with a ‘Red
shine’ gloss was applied creating instant glamour. Natasha said that one should
be careful with the amount of gloss that is applied and ensure it doesn’t look
over the top.
The look was finished by
giving Sarah’s nails a touch of Lakmé’s ‘Scarlet red’ Gel Stylist Nail Colour.
Natasha also shared tips
for people to select the perfect red according to their skin tone. Sarah Jane
Dias thanked Natasha for changing the misconception that red lips are difficult
to carry off. Natasha mentioned that one should look after their skin in order
to bring about your best. She also shared her personal skin care regime, which
consisted of Lakmé best-sellers like Lakmé Clear Pores Facewash and Scrub,
Youth Infinity Serum and CC cream.
Sarah questioned Natasha on
more secrets to share and she willingly informed the audience that Absolute Eye
Duos eye-shadows that can be used wet and dry insures a smudge free technique
and can simply be doubled up for eyeliner. The Lakmé Kajal pencil is also an
excellent way to create a black smoky eye clubbed in with a tinted foundation. Sarah
also spoke about her personal makeup tricks like using Absolute baked blush
with lip gloss to get an excellent lip stain.
The session ended with
Natasha and Sarah answering queries from the audience after which Sarah posed for
photos with the audience and Natasha for a Twitter update.
Exciting Lakmé make-up
tutorial videos are available on Youtube.
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About Lakmé Fashion
Week:
Lakmé Fashion Week (LFW) is jointly organized by Lakmé, the No.1
cosmetics and beauty services brand in India and IMG Reliance, the global
leader in sports and entertainment event marketing and management. LFW has been
conceived and created with a vision to “Redefine the future of fashion and
Integrate India into the global fashion world”. LFW is organized twice every
year. LFW Winter/Festive 2013 will be held from August 23 to August 27 at
the Grand
Hyatt Hotel, Mumbai. For further information log on to http://www.Lakméfashionweek.co.in
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