Natural with one strong feature.
French Girl Makeup
Deliberately undone — good skin, a strong lip, and very little else.
Written by Lamyaa Aissi, professional makeup artist, Casablanca.
Where it sits
Natural with one strong feature.
At this end the work is subtraction. Everything added has to justify itself against the version of the face that already existed, which is why looks in this register take longer to judge than to apply.
The technique it depends on
The single feature. The whole idea collapses if a second one is added.
On Moroccan skin, in a Moroccan climate
A red lip on olive skin wants a blue-based red to read clean rather than orange.
The constant here is temperature. A cool-toned palette on olive skin does not read as sophisticated, it reads as grey — and the substitution is warm bronze, copper or terracotta.
When it is the wrong choice
Occasions requiring full polish.
Questions
What defines french girl makeup?
Deliberately undone — good skin, a strong lip, and very little else.
What is the one technique french girl makeup depends on?
The single feature. The whole idea collapses if a second one is added.
Does french girl makeup work on Moroccan skin tones?
A red lip on olive skin wants a blue-based red to read clean rather than orange.
When is french girl makeup the wrong choice?
Occasions requiring full polish.
The work
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