A couple of weeks ago my team and I were asked to participate in a 50′s inspired project. While doing my research I found there were many variations of what a 50′s makeup entailed different shades of lips ranging from oranges to reds to pinks, doubled winged eyliner versus a single winged just to name a few, but what I found to be a constant was flawless skin. The milky complexion seemed almost un natural, so in order for my 50′s inspired look to remain true I had to add a couple of steps to my usual makeup application. I turned to two products that would not only add that subtle glow that I love but would correct any imperfections in the skin. MAC cosmetics’ prep and prime and strobe cream. The prep and prime contain sillicones that act as fillers creating a smooth canvas to work on. Once applied I decided to add a very thin layer of strobe cream, a product that contains light reflecting pigments to ensure the look of flawless skin especially under a photographer’s light. In addition to the colorless prep and prime MAC offers different color variations in the series to help with color correcting . Green helps to cancel redness, peach works well on with darker skintones to warm places of the face that may appear “ashy” or darker in pigment, and last but not least there is a lavender that helps to bright a dull or sallow complexion. Needless to say adding the extra two steps worked like a charm transporting my 2011 model straight into the 1950′s woman of glamour that we wanted. By the way our images won over the owners of the stellar Tribez saon and spa so much so that they decided to create a brand new marketing campaign using what we created
