“A little bit Françoise Hardy, a little bit Jean Shrimpton, a little bit Sharon Tate”—that’s how makeup artist Fiona Stiles describes the glam look seen on Emily in Paris star Lily Collins at Wednesday night’s season two premiere.
If the show seems to relish its place as a “fluffy, charming cliché souffle,” where do the tropes of classic French beauty fit into the picture? “I mean, it’s never not a reference for me,” says Stiles, speaking by phone shortly after she and Russell prepped Collins at the Los Angeles Edition hotel.
“I wanted her to look very fresh, so I actually put the blush placement up quite high, on the top of her cheekbones up towards her eyes”—an effect that gave Collins, a longtime Lancôme ambassador, a flush reminiscent of the premiere’s wall of pink roses.
“I wanted the lightness to bring that part of the eye forward and then the darkness to pull it back, so you’re really playing with chiaroscuro,” she says.
“It’s a perfect party look because you don’t have to worry about smudging your lipstick,” adds Stiles, pointing out that statement lashes play well above a mask, too.
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