Building Makeup From The Skin

As the complexion care market booms, MAC—the backstage beauty authority—is banking on the idea of building makeup from the skin up

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It might be assumed that a model’s runway makeup prep begins with some concealer or foundation—maybe a fluff of the powder brush. Not so. Skin today has to be flawless,” makeup artist Michaela Bosch proclaimed backstage at Christopher John Rogers's resort show, where staggered swipes of statement lipstick in hot pink, deep aubergine and a bright cerise punctuated exaggerated silhouettes. Bosch was busy giving Nepali model Varsha Thapa a facial massage with MAC’s Hyper Real Serumizer, a new multitasking fluid that officially launches in February in India. While no one would confuse the behind-the-scenes chaos at Fashion Week for a spa, the comparison was there for the making: among even the most colour-forward makeup brands, there’s a new emphasis that it’s what’s under