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.