New Beauty Breakdown! NYFW Rag and Bone Spring – Summer 2013

Rag and Bone Candice

Makeup by Gucci Westman for Revlon

Since New York Fashion Week is in full swing and all our favourite creative are hard at work bringing you the new looks for the season, I wanted to post my favourite look so far – quelle surprise it’s Rag and Bone. I love the Rag and Bone aesthetic and their shows are always a standout, no less as they are helmed by Gucci Westman, one of my favourite makeup artists. Inspired by early Peter Lindbergh photos of Linda and Christy Turlington, the makeup was simple but striking. Here’s how to get her version of 90’s supermodel glamour.

Revlon Global Artistic Director, Gucci Westman, created a strong but feminine look by giving models a structured brow with a subtle cheek, lip and eye for rag & bone’s Spring/Summer 2013 collection.

I wanted to create a look that was bold, but still looked soft and natural,” says Westman. “I was inspired by the iconic supermodels of the 90’s and the great structure of their brows. I kept the makeup very pure, adding just a touch of natural flush to the lips by mixing two lip products together, and I used a brow pencil to create subtle freckles and a dramatic brow to top the whole look off.

To recreate the white hot nail look worn by half of the models, celebrity manicurist Jin Soon Choi suggests creating a short square shape that’s slightly rounded and then smoothing out the ridges with a thick base coat to prepare them for polish.

“White can be intimidating to wear,” says Choi. “To guarantee a finished look, you should always use three coats, as it ensures that the polish will look perfectly opaque and smooth.”

REVLON PRODUCTS TO GET THE LOOK:

FACE:
Revlon PhotoReady Airbrush Mousse Makeup, $
Revlon Baby Stick in Pink Passion from The Spring/Summer ’13 Collection by Gucci Westman, price TBD (available April 2013)

EYES:
Revlon ColorStay 16 Hour Eye Shadow Quad in Addictive, $25.95
Revlon ColorStay Eyeliner in Brown, $23.95
Revlon Grow Luscious Mascara, $21.95
Revlon Eyebrow Liner in Blonde & Dark Brown, $21.95

LIPS:
Revlon ColorBurst Lip Butter in Sugar Plum, $21.95
Revlon ColorStay Lip Liner in Nude, $22.95

NAIL:
Revlon Nail Enamel in Elegant, worn on half of the models, $13.95
Revlon Top Speed in Spirit, worn on half of the models, $15.95 (available 2013)

www.revlon.com

Beauty Breakdown – Gucci Westman for Revlon @Rag and Bone A/W 2011

Gucci Westman RevlonI think I might have mentioned in a previous post how excited I am that Revlon current Global Artistic Director is Gucci Westman. I’m a big fan of hers – she has the perfect career mixing red carpet work and celebrities with beautiful editorial work in the world’s most prestigious magazines (most months will find her work gracing W magazine, Allure, and more than one Vogue, amongst others.)

Not only that but I just like her. I see her interviewed and she seems like a really nice person – switched on, relaxed and just plain cool, like someone you might actually want to be friends with. (It doesn’t hurt I would probably beat her up in a bathroom for her wardrobe as well – but then she is married to Rag and Bone’s co-founder, David Neville, so I guess style just runs in that family). Not to mention she has pretty single-handedly revived my interest in Revlon which is looking younger and fresher by the minute, plus I love that they’re getting their digital on lately. The products are great and in the US/UK you can’t go wrong with the price point – not so much in Australia but cosmetics in general are outrageously priced over here, so it’s not just Revlon that is expensive in Oz – and compared to a lot of other brands they’re still downright reasonable!

And now without further ado, here’s a breakdown of the latest look she created for Rag and Bone’s New York show for A/W 2011/12 yesterday. The inspiration was an “urban eskimo”.

Face

  • Revlon Cream Blush in Berry Flirtatious

Eyes

  • Revlon Crème Illuminance eyeshadow in Wild Orchid
  • Revlon Matte eyeshadow in Rich Sable
  • Revlon Luxurious Color Eyeliner in Black Velvet
  • Revlon Colorstay Liquid Liner in Blackest Black
  • Revlon Smoky Crayon in Black Smoke

Lips

  • Gucci Westman for Revlon lip palette in Bordeaux in the Snow (out later this year).

www.revlon.com