Editorial to full.
Gothic Makeup
High-contrast dark makeup with strong eye and lip.
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
Contrast, which is what carries it.
On Moroccan skin, in a Moroccan climate
Pallor does not translate to olive skin; the contrast comes from depth elsewhere rather than from lightening the face.
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
Conventional occasions.
Questions
What defines gothic makeup?
High-contrast dark makeup with strong eye and lip.
What is the one technique gothic makeup depends on?
Contrast, which is what carries it.
Does gothic makeup work on Moroccan skin tones?
Pallor does not translate to olive skin; the contrast comes from depth elsewhere rather than from lightening the face.
When is gothic makeup the wrong choice?
Conventional occasions.
The work
Other styles
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