Ruth Funnell - Glamour May 2011 Geri Halliwell

Ruth worked on this shoot with Geri Halliwell published in Glamour last month with Sarah Clark styling and Chris Craymer behind the camera.

The story was inspired by Bert Stern's Famour Last Sitting pictures of Marilyn Monroe'. To achieve this the lighting was slightly washed out and back lit, giving Geri a sexy playfulness like the original pics of Marilyn-which fitted the bikinis perfectly.






 The story showcases the bikinis Geri has designed for Next with a retro 50's / 60's feel to some of them, so Ruth wanted to give Geri's makeup a slightly more modern take of those iconic Monroe photos, but to give them a nod in that direction.

Ruth used a beautiful pale coral colour on Geri's toes- Essie 'Tart Deco' (also Ruth's personal current favourite at the moment).









Ruth said that Geri's skin is naturally glowy with freckles so she used Laura Mercier tinted 
moisturiser as a base. She then lined her eyes with Chanel black eyeliner and used Bobbi Brown pale white eyeshadow on lids followed by lashings of Givenchy mascara, and some M.A.C eyelashes for extra depth and length.

Ruth then used Bobbi Brown Calypso Coral pot and applied lightly and kept retro mat on lips and the apples of the cheeks, finished off with a touch of Guerlain Bronzer.

Ruth then used Nuxe Huile Prodigieuse available from Space NK (R.R.P. £33) for a lovely golden sheen on the body.

I would like to say a very special thank you to Cult Beauty for their help with this post.

Post by Eli Wakamatsu - Marie Claire UK June 2011 Tanzania

This was the second story I worked on from the Selous safari camp trip in Tanzania for British Marie Claire Magazine with the photographer Kim Myers Robertson and the stylist Sarah Christie.

In this story you will see more of the camp, with the beautiful model Gabriela having fun and relaxing in the safari all in the true Tanzanian heat of 47 degrees.

When we shoot in the location like this, we are usually up well before the sunrise to get the model ready to shoot when sun comes out.

One day, in the beautiful African dawn when I was busy working on Gabriela's make up, I sensed someone was watching us, and I turned to  the direction to found cutest giraffe butting her eyelashes staring at us only a couple of metres away !

 

This is how we had lunch in the safari !

For this story, I used these items on her skin.

For the glow and highlight I used the Dior Radiance Booster pen.

To keep skin texture as nude and erasing shine, I applied skin Dior Christal Nude over the foundation.

This product is a magical invention to keep skin looking shine free without layering more powder! And it's works wonders even in the African heat !

On her eyes, I used Dior summer look 2011 5-Colour Eyeshadow Rosy Tan and Rosy Nude.

I would like to finish this post with gorgeous Tanzanian sunrise.

Eli Wakamatsu - Marie Claire UK June 2011 'The New Shape of Denim'

Eli worked with the photographer Max Cardelli who captured these dynamic images by shooting model Georgina in 'mid-movement'.

Eli said, “I love this story which has feeling of speed and movement!”

She added that “The make up look for this wonderful denim story 'The New Shape Of Denim' was all about keeping Georgina 'pure'.”

Eli used Dior nude foundation for her skin to make a silky and porcelain texture. This foundation contains 40 percent water to keep skin moisturized and radiant… Perfect for the pure look.

Eyes were swept with shades of cool organic colours from the lids all the way to the eye brow (in 736 Sepia and 566 Brown Fever)

On the lips Eli used Dior addict lipstick (525 nude) applied after dabbing Georgina's naturally red lips with the same foundation to keep her make up tone all neutral.