Occasion · Events
Summer glow makeup
Event makeup is judged in photographs taken by other people, in lighting nobody chose.
Written by Lamyaa Aissi, professional makeup artist, Casablanca.
Test it under the conditions it has to survive, not the conditions it is easy in.
What actually decides it
Durability and how it reads under a phone camera, which flattens and needs stronger definition than a room does.
The specific case of summer glow. Start from the condition it has to survive — how long, in what light, photographed or not — and work backwards to the formula. Choosing the product first and hoping is what produces most of the failures.
On Moroccan skin, in a Moroccan climate
Crowded venues in a Moroccan summer are warm enough that thin successive setting passes matter more than the choice of foundation.
What it will not do
It cannot be planned around one flattering photograph. Build for the whole evening.
Questions
What decides summer glow makeup?
Durability and how it reads under a phone camera, which flattens and needs stronger definition than a room does.
Does this change on Moroccan skin or in a Moroccan climate?
Crowded venues in a Moroccan summer are warm enough that thin successive setting passes matter more than the choice of foundation.
What will it not do?
It cannot be planned around one flattering photograph. Build for the whole evening.
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