How to Master an Effortless Smokey Eye the Dior Way

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At Chateau Versailles Galerie des Glaces in Paris, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri brought to life her Fall/Winter 2021 collection through a darkly sinister fashion film where various elements such as dance and sculpture came together to create a riveting thriller fashion fantasy. This sense of excessive dramatism was echoed throughout the entire film present in all the fine details, but especially in the makeup choices imagined by creative and image director of Dior Makeup, Peter Philips.

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“It was about the relationship between yourself and your reflection, relationship between women amongst each other, relationship between a mother and a daughter or a daughter and a mother,” said Philips. “The reason we went for dark eyes for the girls and nude lips for the dancers was to really define the difference that visually, there were different worlds.” In the show’s 64 looks, Philips collaborated with Chiuri in developing makeup looks that reflected the presentation’s narrative while also creating something that could easily be adapted at home from the comfort of our own makeup bags.

Beginning with a fresh canvas, Philips prepared the skin with Dior’s Capture Totale Super Potent Serum with the powerful key ingredient longonza flower extracted from Dior’s gardens to revitalize the skin’s mother cells. Dior Rouge Universal Lip Balm was applied to soothe and soften the lips for added hydration in these colder months. Skin was kept minimal using a base coat of Dior Backstage Face and Body Primer topped with its sister Backstage Face and Body Foundation where needed. The skin was finished off with Dior’s brand new gel-based and talc-free powder all applied in rounded motions with Philips' designed Dior Backstage Buffing Brush inspired by the shape of Japanese spa brushes for a seamless smoothing effect.

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With respect to today’s masked COVID-era, Philips draws particular attention to the eye in the show’s beauty looks. “You can see the inner corner and the outer corner are very intense. Once you open your eye, you have a full smoky eye. I did a smoky eye in a more elongated, horizontal shape, not in a round shape, I didn’t want an eye that seduces” said Philips. Opting for a punkish updated take on the classic sultry smoky eye, Philips and Chiuri modernized the style moving it away from its seductive origins. “It’s a very strong eye makeup without becoming gothic” he said.

Before applying color, Diorshow 24H Stylo in 091 Matte Black was rimmed around the eye for intensifying near the lash line. Using the house’s forthcoming shadow release Dior Mono Couleur Couture in #098 Black Bow Matte, Philips pressed the shadow into the inner and outer corners of the eye with sponge applicators creating a natural highlight in the center of the eye. “The great thing for that shape is that when you apply it with the eyes open you have a beautiful black smoky eye and once you change your position or blink you see the little highlight created by the natural skin tone” said Philips. Surprisingly, the entire look was done sans mascara, “once you use mascara on the smoky eye it becomes almost too sexy” said Philips.

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For capturing the entire look at home, the pigmented high-performance formula will be offered on a presale featuring select shades of Dior Mono Couleur Couture, including the #098 Black Matte fresh off the runway from March 9 to March 14 on Dior’s website.

A larger collection of 21 Dior Mono Couleur Couture shades offered in five different finishes will be available in May alongside Dior Capture Totale Potent Eye Serum used in the show, which Philips notes models love the metal tip on this magic eye serum for ridding the skin of bloating and puffiness before applying makeup.

Click through the gallery below to see all the dramatic smoky eye looks from Dior’s Fall/Winter 2021 presentation.

Dior Mono Couleur Couture eyeshadows will be available for pre-order from March 9 to March 14 on Dior.com.

Dior Demonstrated A New Way To Master The Effortless Smokey Eye

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Photo credit: Charlotte NAVIO for Parfums Christian Dior

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At Chateau Versailles Galerie des Glaces in Paris, Creative Director Maria Grazia Chiuri brought to life her AW21 collection through a darkly sinister fashion film where various elements such as dance and sculpture came together to create a riveting thriller fashion fantasy. This sense of excessive dramatism was echoed throughout the entire film present in all the fine details, but especially in the make-up choices imagined by creative and image director of Dior Make-Up, Peter Philips.

‘It was about the relationship between yourself and your reflection, relationship between women amongst each other, relationship between a mother and a daughter or a daughter and a mother,’ said Philips. ‘The reason we went for dark eyes for the girls and nude lips for the dancers was to really define the difference that visually, there were different worlds.’ In the show’s 64 looks, Philips collaborated with Chiuri in developing make-up looks that reflected the presentation’s narrative while also creating something that could easily be adapted at home from the comfort of our own make-up bags.

Beginning with a fresh canvas, Philips prepared the skin with Dior’s Capture Totale Super Potent Serum with the powerful key ingredient longonza flower extracted from Dior’s gardens to revitalise the skin’s mother cells. Dior Rouge Universal Lip Balm was applied to soothe and soften the lips for added hydration in these colder months. Skin was kept minimal using a base coat of Dior Backstage Face and Body Primer topped with its sister Backstage Face and Body Foundation where needed. The skin was finished off with Dior’s brand new gel-based and talc-free powder all applied in rounded motions with Philips' designed Dior Backstage Buffing Brush inspired by the shape of Japanese spa brushes for a seamless smoothing effect.

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With respect to today’s masked COVID-era, Philips draws particular attention to the eye in the show’s beauty looks. ‘You can see the inner corner and the outer corner are very intense. Once you open your eye, you have a full smoky eye. I did a smoky eye in a more elongated, horizontal shape, not in a round shape, I didn’t want an eye that seduces,’ said Philips. Opting for a punkish updated take on the classic sultry smoky eye, Philips and Chiuri modernised the style moving it away from its seductive origins. ‘It’s a very strong eye makeup without becoming gothic,’ he said.

Before applying colour, Diorshow 24H Stylo in 091 Matte Black was rimmed around the eye for intensifying near the lash line. Using the house’s forthcoming shadow release Dior Mono Couleur Couture in #098 Black Bow Matte, Philips pressed the shadow into the inner and outer corners of the eye with sponge applicators creating a natural highlight in the centre of the eye. ‘The great thing for that shape is that when you apply it with the eyes open you have a beautiful black smoky eye and once you change your position or blink you see the little highlight created by the natural skin tone,’ said Philips. Surprisingly, the entire look was done sans mascara, ‘once you use mascara on the smoky eye it becomes almost too sexy,’ said Philips.

Click through the gallery below to see all the dramatic smoky eye looks from Dior’s AW21 presentation.

Dior Mono Couleur Couture eyeshadows will be available for pre-order from March 9 to March 14 on Dior.com.

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El fabuloso armario de Danielle Steel, la escritora con 800 millones de libros vendidos y 6.000 pares de Louboutin

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“La alta costura es la ropa que está hecha completamente a mano y por encargo para unos pocos y exclusivos clientes. Son piezas absolutamente exquisitas, fabricadas con telas extraordinarias, y tienen un precio acorde a ello”. En 2012 la Semana de la alta costura de París contó con una cronista de excepción: Danielle Steel (Nueva York, 1947). La escritora relató en su blog sus impresiones sobre el primer desfile de Raf Simons para Dior, entre otras cosas, ya que además su post explicaba curiosidades como el número mínimo de fittings, pruebas -la respuesta es tres- a las que debe someterse la compradora de uno de esos modelos de ensueño. Steel lo sabe bien porque ella es una de las pocas mujeres -menos de un millar en todo el mundo- que se viste en la haute couture. Su maison favorita es Chanel.

Pero, tal y como hemos podido comprobar en los últimos días, la relación de la autora de, entre otras, Una noche mágica, Una herencia misteriosa o Lecciones de juventud, publicada en España por Plaza&Janés, con la moda incluye participar en un podcast con el director artístico de Loewe, JW Anderson. “Alguien habló con una de mis hijas para preguntarles si creían que podría interesarme. ‘Dios, me encantaría’, contesté. Creo que Jonathan es muy talentoso”, reveló recientemente la autora, que ha vendido más de 800 millones de libros en todo el mundo, a la edición digital de Vogue. El proyecto, además de la charla de 21 minutos de duración que puede escuchar aquí, incluía un extracto de la nueva novela de Steel, The Affair, ambientada en la redacción de una revista de moda, y cuya fecha de publicación en Estados Unidos -el 5 de marzo- coincidía con la presentación de la marca. “El timing no podía haber sido más adecuado”, admite la escritora, quien se ha mostrado encantada de hacer algo “diferente” y original.

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