Bobbi Brown interview backstage at Erin Fetherston during Fashion Week
Cologne attended the Erin Fetherston show and went backstage, where she interviewed makeup legend Bobbi Brown; her dispatch, below!
With the Spring 2009 pastel-swirl-marshmallow-poof look surrounding me backstage at Erin Fetherston, I had a chance to chat with some of the beauty specialists that make the magic happen–including Bobbi Brown herself!
In an attempt to embody Fetherston’s collection, while at the same time capturing the trends for the upcoming spring (and they talk about spring as if it were just around the corner…don’t we wish), Bobbi went full-blast on the shimmers and glitters that she has been experimenting with for years. The new trend on the runway is sparkly jewel-toned metallic eyeshadows, which gives a look Bobbi describes as “sophisticated ballerina.” The key, however is not overdoing the shimmer; Bobbi recommends just a bit on the eyes or high on the cheekbone over blush to look “natural in a beautiful way.”
Cologne’s photo from the 2nd row at the Erin Fetherston show
To get the exact shimmery-eye look of the Fetherston models, use Bobbi Brown Gold Metallic Eye Shadow as a base, Glitz Metallic and Gold Celestial Eye shadow on the lid, and Lilac Shimmer and Velvet Plum Metallic on the crease. Extend Violet Long Wear gel eyeliner into a cat-eye and smudge, finishing off with coat after coat of Smoke Lash Glamour mascara.
As for the hair, have you ever wondered how models get that sleek, long ponytail that looks like a cascading waterfall? Hair expert Lyndell Mansfield gave us a run-through of exactly how it’s done—I just knew there had to be tricks involved! First, parts small one-inch sections and apply a smoothing cream like Bumble and Bumble grooming cream all over the roots. Next, slick it back into a ponytail and make sure every strand stays in place with a wax like Bumble and bumble Sumo Wax. Now, here’s where the tricks come in: extensions are applied into the ponytail with a gum base hair glue (she said to use clip on extensions if you want to try this at home), and then cut off at the bottom into a perfectly blunt ponytail. This way, “it creates an illusion, and we don’t want anyone to really know what happened!”
All the models also finished off their looks with two coats of Dashing Diva’s light pink nail polish in Dizzy Pinky Lizzie. Nervous my own nails weren’t up to beauty blogger standards, I had forgotten that I had been pampered at the Total Beauty party the night before and had Kiss Nails in Feather Light applied. Yes, yes, these are fake nails–which I usually totally oppose–but I must admit that I love them (everyone thinks they are real!), and I have since painted them pink and don’t plan on taking them off any time soon.
After checking out backstage, thanks to Dark PR’s Samantha Dark, I got to sit second row once again, and watched the shimmering ‘sophisticated ballerinas’ spring down the catwalk like it was already April.
Tags: Bobbi Brown, Bumble and bumble, Cologne, Dashing Diva, Erin Fetherston, Fashion Week
