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New York Fashion Week Fall 2008 - Mara Hoffman Backstage Beauty and Makeup

Hey everyone! It’s Temptalia live from New York City, haha! SO, I just got back from backstage at Mara Hoffman, and I have sometime to post, so of course, I must! Above, that’s me on the left (duh) with MAC senior artist Victor Cembellin (who we first met back at San Francisco’s Fashion Week last August). He was working at the Mara Hoffman show, and it was so great to see a familiar face there. It really helped put me at ease instantly!

Backstage is super busy, and everybody is bustling about, so we weren’t able to stay too long (I didn’t want to hog up the artists’ time or get in the way), but we did manage to talk to Christopher D., a MAC senior artist, about the look he was doing on a model for the show. He told us that it was a Moroccan-inspired look with sun-burnt skin that he created using a rich, coppery red cream colour base on the cheeks with pale, nude lips, which he added a touch of lipgelee for a pop of color and make the nude suit the model’s skin better. He was trying out a new mascara with a gel formula that’s slated for fall release, and he loves it more than Zoomlash and Plushlash. It has a much smaller brush, and it does an excellent job of lengthening and separating without any clumping. He kept the skin fairly natural and matte, with just a bit of dewiness on certain areas of the face to highlight it.

Take a peek at some of the other photos I snapped whilst backstage, as I make my way over for the Temptalia Meet&Greet over at MAC PRO in NYC. Hope everybody’s having a great weekend!

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n.fiona Avatar

omg christine!! you’re in new york. how are you liking it?! the weather is insane isn’t it. lol you’re not far from toronto lol. just hop on by hahhahahhaha… you look fabulous. what are you wearing? beautiful lipstick and all over glow.

can you specifiy what the model (with curly hair) used. Is that the N collection. Looks like she’s wearing lipstick. what do you think?

Christine Avatar

Hey! It’s pretty good! The weather is actually quite warm for this time of year, lol.

Honestly… I don’t know what she used – the artists don’t really keep up with the names. I know for her face, it is Rich Spice cream colour base, though.

Lingping Avatar

Ooh, gel mascara! I just got the Kanebo Kate gel mascara, and I totally love it. It goes on so easily, no mess of any kind just nice lashes. Also I love the tiny brush of the Kanebo International 38+, so a Mac gel mascara with a little brush sounds seriously interesting. Now I can’t wait for it to be fall!

Stacey Avatar

I am so jealous! It looks like so much fun and every time I see photos of fashion week I feel a pang of sadness that I am not getting off my butt and becoming an MA!
Hope you’re having lots of fun 🙂 Did you know Perez Hilton is there for fashion week as well, courtesy of MAC! 🙂

Shefali Avatar

Hey Christine! You look really pretty in that top picture! Can you tell us what you used?

I’m really excited for you and thanks for sending us all the up to date info. I can’t wait for that gel mascara to come out!

yvette Avatar

Hi, I am an aspiring model I just wanted to know if anyone has any suggestions or advice on how to become a model for events like New York fashion week ???
if you could help me out it would be most appreciated

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