Bowie Spring Summer 2012 Backstage Beauty Report

"What I love is, he always has a full vision because of his theatre background," makeup director Bec Prior (Napoleon Perdis) told us backstage at Bowie. The girls were to look weightless, ethereal and as though they'd been "born out of a lake," she said. There were no graphic lines or contouring, instead the shadows were layered on top of each other "in a wash format." They used metallic tones such as China Doll Gel Silver Eyeliner and Ice Storm Loose Dust because they were reflective of the collection. The hair direction was similar: "It's like a '50s style so it's as though she's set it when wet and fallen to the bottom of the lake and she's rising up again, said Kevin Murphy. He used KEVIN.MURPHY Texture Master and Hair Resort Spray to get the look.