Behind the Scenes at the Lee Cooper Campaign Shoot

MAC cosmetics' senior make-up artist, Caroline Donnelly writes:

TODAY I’ve been working in Soho in London. I’m working with a French actress, singer, model and now designer, Lou Doillon, the daughter of Jane Birkin who has just designed a range of clothing for Lee Cooper.
The collection is very, very cool, with little uniform inspired jackets and high waisted, wide legged trousers.
Her look is quite quirky, but with a heavy French influence. She has tousled hair and doesn’t wear made-up type make-up I find out on investigation. A hair dresser isn’t present and she tells me she likes one or the other. If she has make-up, she likes unkempt hair, and if she does styled hair she likes not much make-up.
Her face is very pretty and structured. I started applying a little Face and Body foundation and a little Select Moisture Cover concealer in places. She’s already told me that she likes a little black line above the top lashes that looks quite worn in, so I opt for MAC Fluidline in Blacktrack.
I take a little brush and smudge in this line so it looks like kohl pencil. I then curl her dark lashes with the MAC eye lash curler to open up the eyes and apply a couple of coats of Coal Black Pro Lash mascara which gives great volume and is matt, so it is great for a more worn in make- up look.
For a little bit of contour through the socket and under the eye I’ve used a matt eyeshadow in Brown Down on top of a base colour I’ve mixed using Bare Canvas and Architecture MAC eye paint. The paints are legendary for staying put. Perfect for partying.
On the cheeks I apply a little MAC Cream Colour base in Premeditated to give a natural soft flush of red to the cheek. She loves this for the lips too, so I apply a little with my finger and push it into the skin so that it looks like a reddened, stained lip and not a lipsticked mouth.
I must mention here that this is not a lip product and hasn’t been tested for this area, which she is aware of, so it’s not something I’m going to recommend to you! She loves that matt, worn in red mouth. And that is it! Easy! All I have to do now is keep an eye on shine and use my MAC Loose Blot powder.

source: journallive.co.uk

view a behind-the-scenes video presentation from Lee Cooper: