A nod to the iconic style of Bianca Jagger, Hair Director Michele McQuillan for Goldwell worked with Lead Stylist Shane Henning to create a 70s inspired hair look for the Bianca Spender Resort runway.
Michele, Shane and the Goldwell styling team aimed to create a slightly different look for each woman. Rather than using a set parting, the stylists worked with the models’ natural part and hair texture to keep the look individual.
“The hair is almost like the model has done it herself,” says Michele. “A woman who knows what works for her. I’m working with what suits each girl, moving the hair to wherever it sits nicely and flicking it around to add a bit of air through it. It’s about those details.”
The look itself is designed to look undone and effortless- the kind of woman who looks great naturally, without spending hours agonising over her look. “Done but undone, polished with a twist.”
“It’s as though this polished woman has had a blow dry a few days before, and now she’s going out partying so she’s just going to brush her hair through. There’s still a bit of polish and a bit of a twist.”
To achieve the look Goldwell Ultra Volume Blow Dry & Finish Spray is used to saturate the roots and crown of the hair, then the hair is blasted with a blow drier until the spray has dried. Both small and medium barrelled tongs are worked through the head in random sections, with the stylists working close to the root area and loosening off towards the ends of the hair. The look is finished with a combination of Kerasilk Texturizing Finish Spray through the lengths of the hair, Kerasilk Colour Gentle Dry Shampoo in the roots and Kerasilk Accentuating Finish Cream around the sides to create both texture and definition.
MAC Cosmetics Senior Artist Carol Mackie wanted to achieve a similar sense of individuality when creating the runway’s makeup look, using different earthy tones on the eyes and lips of each model.
“Each model is being treated individually, as we always do with makeup. We really wanted to look at the tones in the fabric, look at the model individually and select the right colours for them.
Carol worked from a palette consisting of burnt orange, tobacco, mustard and terracotta MAC Lipmixes to create a custom look for each girl. “We’ve mixed those [MAC Lipmixes] together to create a sheer wash of colour that is translucent as opposed to a solid opaque colour. The Lipmixes have also given us a little bit of moisture on the eyelids to offset the matte skin.”
The base is matte and flawless, a combination of Studio Fix Fluid and Face and Body, with lighter shades of the foundation used to create depth rather than using a highlighter.
“On the lip we’re working with that same colour palette we used on the eye,” Carol tells me, “but mixing and matching- say a mustard on the eye with a terracotta lip.”
