Makeup Beat

A rare photograph of Marilyn Monroe by Bert Stern.

This photo was originally intended for the cover of English Vogue magazine. Pop star David Bowie and Supermodel Twiggy photographed by Justin de Villeneuve (real name Nigel Davies who was the boyfriend of Twiggy) with makeup by Pierre La Roche. (About the makeup…they felt there was too much contrast between their skin tones, seeing how Bowie is white as a ghost and Twiggy was tanned from being in the Caribbean. So Pierre created the makeup masks in the reverse coloration to make it all work.) Although commissioned by Bea Miller, the editor of Vogue U.K., De Villeneure ended up giving the picture to Bowie for his PinUps album cover.

“Twiggy and I were in Los Angeles when Aladdin Sane (1973) had just been released. We heard Twiggy’s name come over the radio as “Twig the Wonderkid” in David’s song “Drive In Saturday”. I had just photographed a couple of Vogue covers and I thought it would be a good idea for David to be on a cover with Twiggy. He would be the first man on a Vogue cover. I called him in France. He loved the idea and arranged a photo-session. When he saw the finished picture he asked if he could use it for his album sleeve. I said to him “I’ve just flown to Paris for Vogue especially to do their cover.” Then I asked David “How many albums do you sell? He said “About a million, hopefully.” Vogue would sell about 80,000 copies in the UK. I owned the picture, so I let him have it. I was a little arrogant then! Vogue didn’t talk with me for years after. They were very angry. I knew that I had made the right decision giving David the photograph when months later I was driving through Los Angeles and I saw a 60 foot billboard of the album cover on Sunset Boulevard.” – Justin De Villeneure (1999)

Sublime.

“Platinum blond hair, ice-blue eyes, and “the longest legs in the western world”—Nadja Auermann streaked across the international fashion world of the 1990s like a Teutonic comet, cool and self-assured, with an Amazonian sex appeal and glamour reminiscent of Marlene Dietrich”. I’m loving the throw back to the 80’s makeup in the above photo…a great time to be a makeup artist.

Serge Lutens. The man. The book. My earlier post.

As seen on the runways during fashion week, the look for Spring will be a pale almost no makeup look. I like the soft peach shadow on the eyelids and the pale non glossy lip color. Tip: Try Shu Uemura pressed eye shadow in Pearl subtle terra-cotta. And keep lips pale with a cool-toned nude such as Mac lipstick in Myth.

Photo source: The Sunday Times UK.

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Born Lesley Hornby 58 years ago today the 60’s pop icon’s career continues as a judge on Americas Next Top Model.

Above is a fabulous photo of Angelina Jolie I found a some time ago.
And below is her latest Shiseido commercial in Japan. I love this woman!