Backstage at the Carolina Herrera Runway Show Fall Fashion Week 2009 -An Advice Sisters Feature (exclusive video)

*text and photos by Alison Blackman Dunham 

 

 

Carolina Herrera's elegant designs make any woman look and feel extravagant, glamorous and sophisticated. I had some time, backstage, to check out the nails, hair and makeup For her Fall 2009 Runway Show.

I was always told that you could tell a well groomed lady by looking at her shoes, and her nails.  Although it was almost pitch-dark on the runway, with just a simple spotlight following the models as they walked, nails are an important part of the overall look.  The polish of choice for the Fall 2009 Carolina Herrera Runway Show was a classic color from Creative Nail Design (the nail company of the runways for Fashion Week) called Serenity.  Wanda from Creative Nail Design holds a bottle of the coveted, creamy beige that's a bit sheer.  To get the model's hands dry quickly, she used Creative Nail Design's "Air Dry" as a clear, top coat.

 

This season, For Fall Fashion Week 2009, I partnered with television personality Cognac Wellerlane to bring a video crew backstage.  Now,  Advice Sisters readers (and Cognac's readers) can get a true taste of the action!  In the video below, I interview M.A.C. makeup artist Romero Jennings, and Wanda Ruiz from Creative Nail Design, and I am interviewed by Ms. Wellerlane after the show.  You will also get a front-row seat for a segment of the actual runway show! Click the arrow!

 

The Makeup was done by Diane Kendal for M.A.C. Cosmetics. Check out the Face Chart and Makeup Description,  directly from M.A.C!  The look focused on really beautiful, dewy skin that had a luminous glow, as directed by Carolina  Herrera. Diane skillfully used a shimmer pencil on the  inside of the lower eyelid.  To allow the spotlight to pick up a shimmer as the models walked the runway, she used a white, frosted  M.A.C. Pigment on the brow bone and as an accent on the cheeks.

 

 

M.A.C.'s new and wonderful makeup, Studio Sculpt, was lightly applied to the model's faces,  and 'Hand Finish," a M.A.C. Mineralize Blush in a warm peachy brown,  warmed cheeks. The white, frosted  M.A.C. Pigment  added a luminous glow on cheekbones.  M.A.C. lipstick in  “Twig” plus a high-tech "Dazzle Glass" Lip Gloss in berry,  finished the polished but still fresh-looking face. 

"Copper" was the word for hair. It featured prominently in the elegant, elaborate buns created by stylist Orlando Pita.  The section where hair was being done was completed sectioned-off from the place where nails and makeup were finished. It was so crowded backstage that I never got a chance to talk to Orlando Pita, or watch him work. But, as you can see by these photos, however, coppery rose hairclips and tons of small, copper bobby pins made the evening look warm and inviting, but still very modern and elegant.

 

Backstage, at the end of the very successful show, there are always congratulations.  Carolina Herrera gives out hug to a friend.

For more photos and coverage of the Carolina Herrera Runway Show for Fall Fashion Week, 2009. go to:  http://www.advicesisters.net/Features/carolinarunwayshow.html

 

 

 

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