The House Of Holland AW17 show at London Fashion Week saw designer Henry Holland on a transatlantic trip, sending out an exuberant ode to Americana complete with cowboy hats and boots.
To go with the pastel-heavy collection, Ciara O’Shea, global make-up artist for The Body Shop, created a gorgeous, sunset-inspired look that she described as “rebellious and young”.
Backstage before the show, she talked us through the look and revealed how to recreate it at home.
“I’ve created a really fun and colourful and loud eye make-up look,” O’Shea said.
“The whole collection centred around America and my inspiration came from being in the desert outside of LA, surrounded by these incredible skies and beautiful colours, so I tried to bring the nature of that into the make-up today.”
She continued: “It’s really gorgeous, natural skin. I worked with the girls’ own skin, prepping it and hydrating it, making sure it looks as beautiful as it can do.”
“We worked mostly with colour on the eye. There are four different colours, we’ve used a deep green and orange, a pink glitter and a blue mascara, with a little bit of mauve under the eye.”
The mascara and pink glitter are new products coming later this year.
“Even if you weren’t brave enough to do the full look, you could work with the glitter, put it on the inner corner of the eye,” O’Shea said. “A bit of mascara and you’re ready to go.”
Which sounds pretty good if you want to go for the glam evening look.
Despite bold colours around the eyes, O’Shea says There’s nothing on the cheeks, save “a little bit of lip balm and a neutral lipstick pressed on the lips”.
“It’s super simple everywhere else so you can spend your time on the eyes,” she adds.
Here’s the final look:
Ciara O’Shea and her team used Fresh Nude Foundation, Lightening Touch, Concealer All-In-One, Matte Lip Liquid, Striking Eye Definer and Matte Lipstick to create her look. New mascara and pink glitter are set to hit the stores later this year.
