Giannie Couji's Wish List for Summer

Giannie Couji gives her top tips listing her favourite things this summer:

Go to the Alexander McQueen 'Savage Beauty' exhibition at the Met   

See Pygmalion, the play with Rupert Everett, Kara Tointon and Diana Rigg

Christophe Sauvat Clothes - Giannie says "The perfect wardrobe for the summer"

Haiti - Having been there herself. Giannie suggests getting involved by doing some volunteer work  and discover this amazing Island.

With Sean Penn at the NY Charity event for Haiti

Giannie with Bill Clinton in Haiti during the new president Michel Martelly investiture   

With Caroline Sada and Michel Martelly, the new president of Haiti    

Bridesmaids film "Brilliant"

Bionda Castana. "Amazing Shoes" 

The Vorticists Exhibition @ Tate Britain SW1

The Golden Notebook  by Doris Lessing "Great book" 

Maharishi "Love the Safari vibe for the summer"

Pacific Hair Salon in Covent Garden (0207 242 81 44) 

See by Chloe

and Lisbon, Portugal 

Eli Wakamatsu 'On the Edge' Marie Claire July 2011

Eli Wakamatsu used Christian Dior make-up to achieve the look on this beautiful shoot with the photographer Kim Knott and the stylist Sarah Christie (Senior Fashion Editor of Marie Claire).

Eli said, "To emphasises Martha's beautiful eyes for this very stylish Mid season collection, I used Dior's 5 colour eye shadow in a dramatic combination, called 'Stylish Move'. These deep mauve and rich copper colours gives a mysterious and sexy look."

Eli then  framed the eyes with rich a Deep Brown eye pencil. In order to keep the focus on the model Martha's eyes, Eli used Dior addict colour called Red Carpet 963 to lightly tinted them so there is shape but not too much colour.

Nails by Andrea Fulerton - Instyle July 2011 Daisy Lowe

Andrea Fulerton worked on this shoot for Instyle (July) with the photographer Takay (Jed Root) in April this year at the Victoria and Albert Museum.  Here's what she had to say about the shoot:

"As always Daisy was a living doll, as charming as ever and more importantly for myself and my assistant Jenni Draper she had great nails, though I expected no less as I know our Daisy loves nail varnish, in fact I named one of my first colours after her; 'Daisy' is a bright daisy meets canary coloured yellow and was uber popular this spring!
On this shoot we used a AFNB shade called Mischa which is Gunmetal with slight gold specs and is going to be perfect for  forthcoming A/W 11 trend of metallics, metallics and  deep dark green 'the new black' of the season."

Make-up by Maria Comparetto - Guardian May 2011

Maria Comparetto used Christian Dior Make-up to create the looks on these images with the photographer Tomas Falmer and stylist Priscilla Kwateng for the Guardian (published last week) and is delighted with the results.

She said "I love these images. It was so great to work with Priscilla and Tomas on this shoot. We were all on the same 'sassy secretary wave length'."

 

Maria kept the makeup very nude but creamy, giving the model flawless skin then heavily contoured her cheeks & eyes.

She created a deep modern smokey sweep over the eye using Dior eyeshadow and finished off with a dewy Dior lipstick.The effect was strong and sophisticated with a nod to 80's glam.
 

By Eli Wakamatsu: Introducing the IDOL shoot team and how to get the look

Eli Wakamatsu recently worked on this amazing campaign for IDOL with the photographer Derrick Santini.

This is what she had to say about the shoot:

I would like to post about some of my lovely friends who are behind the brand, Idol who I worked with to create images for their latest collection.

Idol is the premium brand exclusive to New Look, attracting a host of A-list stars proving that it’s not just the international fashion labels that achieve celebrity credibility. Beyonce, Lindsay Lohan, Black Eyed Peas singer Fergie, JLS and Madonna’s daughter Lourdes have all been pictured in the press wearing pieces.

Please meet the talent behind the images. 

 

First Idol’s gorgeously sharp Marketing Manager Hannah Man.

 

Next the gorgeous Aries, Idol's Design Director Donovan Pascal who designed the collection.

And The exciting images are captured and photographed by mad (in a good way!) and beautiful Derrick Santini.

 

And his long term partner (business and private), Lily !

The day of the shoot was much fun and very productive!

 

To achieve the look:

When you want to achieve deep blackness around your eyes like these images, try using midnight blue instead of black.

Black coal pencils and black eye shadows can look more ash than deep black when you lay those colours on top of each other.

Use black coal eye pencil to create the shape first, fill with matt black or grey shadows then then go over it with the Shu Uemura eyeliner inNight Blue and the Pressed eye shadow in Metallic Denim.

 

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.