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M•A•C COSMETICS FUSES FASHION FIXATED
MAKEUP TRENDS, TECHNIQUE AND TECHNOLOGY AT LONDON FASHION WEEK S/S 2012


London 16th September 2011 – If you’re talking runway makeup, you’re talking M•A•C! Each year, M∙A∙C participates in 23 Fashion Weeks around the world: New York, London, Milan, Paris, Sydney, Copenhagen, Athens, Moscow, Berlin, Delhi, Capetown, Johannesburg, Madrid, Mexico City, Miami Swimwear, NY Bridal, Auckland, Toronto, Tokyo, Sao Paulo, Paris Couture, Milan Menswear and Paris Menswear – equalling an annual total of over 850 shows!

Starting 8th September in New York, M•A•C’s international team of over 275 makeup artists – joined by the most talented freelance artists from around the world – embarked on the fashion migration trail from New York to London, Milan and Paris. The M•A•C PRO Teams work closely with legendary makeup artists including Andrew Gallimore, Charlotte Tilbury, Val Garland, Hannah Murray, Diane Kendal, James Kaliardos, Lucia Pieroni, Alex Box and Mel Arter and play key roles in creating the makeup looks on the most famous runways in the world.

M•A•C’s Pro Team of International makeup artists will be opening up their kits and unleashing their creativity, hitting the shows at London Fashion Week - where M•A•C continues its role as the Official Makeup Brand sponsor - with the most cutting edge makeup ideas, inspirations and techniques for S/S 2012.

“M.A.C began supporting fashion shows with the goal of lending support to our #1 customer – the professional makeup artist – and to champion the fashion design community.  Years later, those goals have not changed.  This season we are continuing to provide backstage makeup artistry and product for over 55 designers in London and are deepening our relationship with designers as the Official Makeup Brand of London Fashion Week once more.” 

–John Demsey, Group President, Estée Lauder Companies

  M•A•C’S FASHION DESIGNER ROSTER CONTINUES TO GROW…
Working alongside London’s most influential designers and makeup artists, this season M•A•C Artists will be backstage at over 55 shows including Giles, Jonathan Saunders, Paul Smith, Vivienne Westwood Red Label, Richard Nicoll, Todd Lynn, Erdem, Louise Gray, Antonio Berardi, House of Holland, Margaret Howell, Holly Fulton, Felder Felder, DAKS, Aquascutum, Emilio de la Morena, Roksanda Ilincic, Preen, Maria Francesca Pepe, Michael Van Der Ham, Charles Anastase, MeadhamKirchhoff, Osman, Danielle Scutt, Nicole Farhi, Jaeger London, Fashion East, Acne, E Tautz, Thomas Taut, Marios Schwab, Mary Katrantzou, Peter Pilotto and Basso and Brooke.

M•A•C Senior Artists continue to take Twitter with them around the globe and backstage at Fashion Week. Get in-the-moment trend details, application tricks, quotes, glimpses of the latest looks and the ultimate lowdown on the products everyone’s buzzing about. Visit macartiststweets.com for easy access to the Twitter feeds for more than 40 M•A•C Senior Artists.

DAILY FACE CHARTS
Each day, M•A•C creates face charts from the previous day’s shows that include the M•A•C products used to create the look and an inspiration quote from the key makeup artist.
See the make-up look from Vivienne Westwood Red Label (left) and watch video below.


M•A•C SENIOR ARTISTS TWEET WITH INSTANT BACKSTAGE BEAUTY UPDATES
For the 5th season in a row you can get instant quotes, trend insights and a glimpse into what is happening backstage from 35 of our M•A•C Senior Artists via.  Also, new this year is a M•A•C Twitter webpage in which all M•A•C tweets will be compiled into one website.  Simply go to www.macartiststweets.com and read about all of your favourite M•A•C Senior Artists on Twitter.  Other unique features include a Twitpic library of photos, a follower leaderboard of all the Artists, as well as an option to join the Twitter conversation with #hashtags, which will allow you to send tweets directly from the page.  Join in as the M•A•C Senior Artists tweet the dish on the cutting edge beauty trends, fashions and top designers that dominate the fashion week scene.  



SENIOR ARTISTS 

Terry Barber
Director of Makeup Artistry 

Editorial
Elle, Marie Claire, Dazed & Confused, Harper’s Bazaar, I-D, Tank, Bon, Tatler, Wallpaper. 

Celebrities
Diana Ross, Liza Minnelli, Mary J. Blige, Grace Jones, Pamela Anderson, Annie Lennox, Dita Von Teese, Julia Stiles, Destiny’s Child, Daryl Hannah, Amy Winehouse, Linda Evangelista, Erin O’Connor, Elizabeth Jagger, Naomi Campbell.

Collections
Dsquared² (Key), Romeo Gigli (Key), Zandra Rhodes (Key), Erreuno (Key), Guerriero (Key), Voyage (Key), Alexander McQueen, Jean Paul Gaultier, Vivienne Westwood, Philip Treacy, Karl Lagerfeld, Lanvin, Chloé, Dries Van Noten, Matthew Williamson, Emanuel Ungaro.

Photographers/Directors
Nick Knight, David Bailey, Jason Schmidt, Alexie Hay, Troy Ward, Gianpaolo Barbieri, Marcus Tomlinson, Simon Emmett.

Beauty & Fashion Makeup
Kylie Minogue “It’s In Your Eyes” video, Primal Scream “Miss Lucifer” video, Emma Bunton “Maybe” video, Mary J. Blige “One” and “Never Can Live Without You” videos, Mary J. Blige Promotional European Tour.

Miscellaneous
Chrysler, Vivienne Westwood, H&M, Schwarzkopf, Pretty Polly, Michiko Koshino, Speedo, Myla, O2.

 

Lynsey Alexander
M·A·C Senior Artist

Editorial
10, Tank, Sam, Oyster.

Celebrities
Teri Hatcher, Sienna Miller, Kelly Osbourne, Kimberley Stewart, Leah Wood, Kristin Scott Thomas, Sadie Frost, Isabella Blow, Saffron Burrows, Janet Street-Porter, Claudia Schiffer, Naomi Campbell, Jade Jagger, Sophie Anderton, Joseph Fiennes, Erin O’Connor, Jade Parfitt, Lily Cole, Elle Macpherson.

Collections
Chloé, Balenciaga, Vivienne Westwood, Matthew Williamson, Emanuel Ungaro, Roberto Cavalli, Emilio Pucci, Anna Molinari, Gharani Strok, Issa, Christopher Kane, Sinha Stanic, Todd Lynn, Roksanda IIincic, Sportmax, Manish Arora, Erdem, Rick Owens, Veronique Branquinho, Antonio Berardi, Giles Deacon, Aquascutum, Versace, Alexander McQueen, Gareth Pugh.

Speciality
Beauty & Celebrity Makeup.

Miscellaneous
Project Catwalk (Sky One), Fashion Rocks (Monte Carlo), Laureus World Sports Awards (Barcelona), Jonathan Ross (Teri Hatcher), Paris Couture, South Africa Fashion Week, BAFTAs, MTV, Kanye West concert.

 
Neil Young
M·A·C Senior Artist

Editorial
NW, Grazia, Guardian, You Magazine, Stella, ES Magazine, Dazed and Confused

Television
This Morning, Project Catwalk

Celebrities
Dame Helen Mirren, Dame Shirley Bassey, Kelly Osbourne, Tilda Swinton, Linda Evangelista, Caprice, Sadie Frost, Michelle Collins, Janice Dickinson

Collections
Chloé, Dsquared², Roberto Cavalli, Just Cavalli, Pucci (Key), Preen, Moschino, Bottega Veneta, Prada, Dior, Manish Arora, Gareth Pugh, Karen Walker, Robert Carey Williams, John Richmond, Noir, Alexander McQueen, Emma Cook, Alessandro Dell’Acqua, Aquascutum, Anna Molinari, Alberta Ferretti

Speciality
Beauty and Celebrity Makeup

Miscellaneous
Fashion Rocks, BAFTAs, National Television Awards, The BRIT Awards, The South Bank Show Awards, British Independent Film Awards, Moscow Fashion Week, South African Fashion Week

 

Caroline Donnelly
M·A·C Senior Artist 

Editorial
Elle

Television
Rise TV, Behind the Scenes, Big Breakfast, Bigger Breakfast, Showbiz Weekly, Nickelodeon, Blue Peter, MTV, Disney Channel, The Pepsi Chart Show, Top of the Pops, The O-Zone, The Big Stage, Barrymore, Soul Music, The Carlton London Restaurant Awards, BAFTAs, British Comedy Awards, Live’N’Kickin, Saturday Morning Television Live, CD:UK, A Question of Pop, National Lottery, Byker Grove, Live From Abbey Road.

Celebrities
Elizabeth Jagger, Jade Jagger, Erin O’Connor, Craig David, Massive Attack, Elvis Costello, Jayne Middlemiss, Goldie Lookin’ Chain, Zandra Rhodes.

Collections
Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Blaak, Emanuel Ungaro, Dries Van Noten, Ann Demeulemeester, Kenzo, Aquascutum, Blumarine, Antonio Berardi, Jonathan Saunders, Christian Blanken, J. Maskrey, Peter Jensen, Betty Jackson, Philip Treacy, Philip Treacy for Umbro, Noir, Tata-Naka, Arkadius, Kim Jones, Boudicca, Maria Chen- Pascual, Justin.oH, Erdem, Manish Arora, Issa, Laura Lees, Paco Rabanne, Elie Saab, Tsumori Chisato, Haider Ackermann, Gareth Pugh, Marithé & François Girbaud, Costume National, Hall O’Hara (Key), Mila Schon, 6267, Antonio Marras, John Richmond, Trend les Copains.

Speciality
Body painting

Music
Pink U.K tour (band), Christina Aguilera U.K tour (Backing singers and dancers), Meatloaf Live DVD (orchestra), Jay Z Live DVD (orchestra).

Miscellaneous
British Style Awards, World Music Awards, Fashion Rocks, BAFTAs, Look Book for Philip Treacy for Umbro, King and I promotional shots (assisting Phyllis Cowen), International Makeup Artist Trade Show (body painting), Royal College of Art Graduate Shows, Glastonbury, M·A·C events in Dubai, Beirut and Prague.

 

Pablo Rodriguez
M·A·C Senior Artist

Editorial
L’Uomo Vogue, Elle, Nylon, Rolling Stone, Jalouse

Television
Project Catwalk, Britain’s Next Top Model, Live From Abbey Road, Slave to Fashion.

Celebrities
Eva Herzigová, Isabella Blow, Jodie Kidd, Leah Wood, Ivana Trump, Anne-Marie Duff, June Sarpong, Keisha White, Lena Headey, Natalie Dormer, Amanda Holden.

Collections
Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Missoni, Gianfranco Ferré, Kenzo, Elie Saab, Marithé & François Girbaud, Giles Deacon, Biba, Ashish, Frost French, Aquascutum, Topshop, Nicole Farhi, Manish Arora, Basso & Brooke, Temperley.

Speciality
Painting Tribal Tattoos

Lesley Keane
M·A·C Senior Artist

Editorial
Tatler, The Gloss, Life, Image, Independent, Prudence.

Television
XPOSÉ Ireland, Ireland’s The Late Late Show, BAFTAs, Ireland Am TV3, Irish Film and Television Awards.

Celebrities
Girls Aloud, The Magic Numbers, McFly, Jodie Kidd, Simon Le Bon, John Waters, Erin O’Connor, Donna Air, Lorna Luft, Agyness Deyn, Lily Cole, M.I.A.

Collections
Matthew Williamson, Collette Dinnigan, Manish Arora, Boudicca, Jonathan Saunders, Chloé, Temperley, Giles Deacon.

Speciality
Beauty and Editorial Makeup

Music
Kanye West concert, Christina Aguilera concert.