Sinister Smoky Eyes and a Monster-Inspired Manicure, the Look at Giles

When you’re faced with such a supremely busy collection—as was Giles’ Spring 2015 show—comprising so many prints and textures, there really is only one thing to do when it comes to hair: the complete opposite. “The clothes are really quite bright, they’re a bit ’70s, there’s a lot of color and shimmer, so when we were thinking about the hair, it seemed only natural that we create a style in contrast,” said Sacha Mascolo-Tarbuck. The result was a restrained ponytail but with a Victorian twist: The pro made two parts at the forehead to form a triangular section, tied it off into a half pony, then gathered the length into one larger tail at the nape. Label.M Sea Salt Spray and Resurrection Style Dust provided the rough, matte finish.
MAC Make-Up Artist Lucia Pieroni went against the maquillage grain by deliberately de-beautifying the models. “We’re using blacks and grays [MAC  Eye Shadow in Soot and Black Tied] over the eyes, smoking them out, and taking the shape really low under the eyes, into the sides of the nose, and up toward the brow,” she explained. “If any of the girls are extremely pretty, we’re actually taking the shadows even lower to toughen them up.”
Motivated by the monster claws motif from the show’s invite, polish pro Marian Newman opted for a two-tone graphic nail—a sinister motif the models loved so much that most of them decided to keep it for their MFW castings. The design saw MAC Nail Lacquer in Deep Sea painted from the cuticle and up one-third of the nail, and Nocturnelle (black) over the rest.
What can we say, this menacing makeup and manicure provide plenty of reason to venture to the dark side...at least for a night.