For my editorial, I wanted to keep the hair and make-up of my models minimal and natural looking as the story isn't flashy and is more demure and relatable. For inspiration, I looked at beauty shots from the SS15 catwalks and found that I liked the make-up used at Stella McCartney, Balmain and Chloé. Skin was left dewy and looked baby smooth and the whole face was usually pulled together to look simple and somewhat angelic.
Since I wanted to really highlight the naturalness of the models, I have thought about accentuating certain features of different races. For example, Caucasians can often have freckles and rosy cheeks and so I would ensure that these features are accentuated. As I am pretty sure that my models will be Oriental (as they are two of my very good friends who are also good friends themselves), I want to accentuate the dark discoloration that many Oriental women get. This will be done with a brown eyeshadow.
For the hair, I wanted to have a style that would look good on both models whilst also being naturally effortless. When looking through the beauty shots from this season's shows, there was a recurrent trend of middle partings and slightly messy bed head-esque hairstyles so this is what I'll be doing. I'm pretty sure I've said it far too many times (because every time I need to say it again, I have an internal battle over whether or not to) but as the editorial will be focusing on psychological attachment (there we go!) as opposed to a psychical attachment, most of the images will have natural hair and make up that will help to not deter away from the subjects in the photographs.
On another note, I may also look into using hairstyles that can interlock the two models together- perhaps through plaits that will weave their hair into each others. This could be another way of showing attachment in a more literal way.
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