EXCLUSIVE: Shop Halpern's Luxe Gold Leaf Eye Make-Up Right Now
If Studio 54 disco glamour, sky-scraping animal print platforms and a shedload of sequins is your bag, then Halpern is the show for you.
Bringing a much-needed hit of extra to London Fashion Week, Halpern is the joyous celebration of retro fabulousness we look forward to each season.
And the hair and make-up does not disappoint either. Bringing the high fashion bling to the beauty backstage was make-up artist and industry genius, Isamaya Ffrench.
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The look? Decadent art deco paint swatches adorned with swathes of gold leaf.
'I was inspired by old fashioned glamorous cruise ships, like the Titanic', said Isamaya on the ostentatious make-up look. Yes, she did just reference Titanic.
Ffrench started by painting models' eyes with daubs of different colours depending on what outfit they were wearing, before brushing on Duo eyelash glue and finally finishing with a sheet of gold foil on top.
The final touch? Swishing a tiny brush over the gold leaf to blend it into models' eyelids. Or as Ffrench herself put it, 'I'm smudging in gold foil until it cracks.'
A sweep of highlighter on the tops of cheekbones and a pair of false lashes and the painterly look was complete.
Backstage before the show @halpernstudio @maccosmeticsuk #MACBackstage
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So, it might not be the most wearable make-up look ever, but goodness it looks fabulous.
If gold leaf is still a little out of your budget/quite a lot of effort/both, then the lovely people over at MAC have made life a whole lot easier for you by translating the runway look to ready to wear IRL.
Swapping the foil for MAC's seriously sparkly Dazzleshow Liquid, Halpern's haute couture eyes just became super wearable and no less epic.
Shop the look HERE and get a cheeky 10% discount with the code MACXHALPERN or check out our edit below:
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