WHETHER it’s a wash of frosted, artic-cool blue or a glimmer of indigo glitter between the lashes, blue is currently having a cosmetic renaissance. And the shade was no less ubiquitous in Dior’s AW21 couture collection, set in the luscious gardens of Musée Rodin.
Peter Philips, creative director for Dior make-up, allowed the eyes to prevail, painting double-edged wings in a dazzling, nocturnal blue hue.
Photograph: Sophie Tajan for Christian Dior Parfums
Photograph: Sophie Tajan for Christian Dior Parfums
While the collection was prevalent with Dior’s usual exquisite embroidery, stirring a classical French sensibility, the make-up spiked through this veneer. Using an inky-black eyeliner, Philips was precise in his application, stretching the colour into piercing points in the inner and outer corners.
Photograph: Sophie Tajan for Christian Dior Parfums
Photograph: Sophie Tajan for Christian Dior Parfums
Striking the balance between sharp and soft, Philips coated and smudged the black with a delicious blast of azure blue from the 5 Couleurs couture denim palette, which appeared to resemble an elongated, shimmering sapphire melted across the eye. Finally, Philips framed the look with generous lashings of the Diorshow Iconic Overcurl Mascara.
Photograph: Sophie Tajan for Christian Dior Parfums
Photograph: Sophie Tajan for Christian Dior Parfums
The skin was prepped with the La micro-lotion de rose and Le Micro-Sérum de Rose Yeux, crowned with a light glaze of Dior Forever Foundation to eliminate any slight imperfections. The complexion was kept luminous, a translucent veil that was occasionally warmed with a slash of subtle pink.
Proving the resurgence of blue is not a cosmetic crisis, firmly rooted in the peacock-blue eyeliners of the ‘80s, Philips utilised the shades duality of sultriness merged with audacious shine to perfection.
by Sophia Ford-Palmer