Editorial to full.
Doll Makeup
Rounded, exaggerated features — big eye, small lip, high blush.
Written by Lamyaa Aissi, professional makeup artist, Casablanca.
Where it sits
Editorial to full.
Editorial sits outside the natural-to-glam scale entirely. It serves a concept and a camera, and it is judged on whether the picture works rather than on whether the wearer looks like herself.
The technique it depends on
Proportion. The effect comes from the relationship between features, not from any one of them.
On Moroccan skin, in a Moroccan climate
High blush placement reads very differently on deeper skin and needs far more pigment.
One rule carries across every look on this site: check undertone rather than depth. Olive and golden skin greys against neutral and pink-based products however well the depth matches.
When it is the wrong choice
Anything understated.
Questions
What defines doll makeup?
Rounded, exaggerated features — big eye, small lip, high blush.
What is the one technique doll makeup depends on?
Proportion. The effect comes from the relationship between features, not from any one of them.
Does doll makeup work on Moroccan skin tones?
High blush placement reads very differently on deeper skin and needs far more pigment.
When is doll makeup the wrong choice?
Anything understated.
The work
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