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October 27, 2010 2:56 pm
Dutch makeup artist Ellis Faas’ story is a fabled one. After studying in Paris and London, Faas caught the attention of Mario Testino; her first shoot ever was a L’Uomo Vogue portfolio lensed by the famous photographer. After a series of jobs spanning the world’s fashion capitals, Faas started her own makeup brand in 2009, inspired by colors that exist naturally in the body, such as the “vivid red that pulses through our veins.” The bold concept launched exclusively at Bergdorf Goodman at the beginning of this year and has been on American editors’ radars ever since. Housed in a sleek penlike applicator, like most of her makeup wonders, Faas’ latest innovation, Eye Lights, is predictably versatile and elegant. Twisting the base delivers a burst of pigment that can be worn alone on the eyes as a shimmery wash or layered on top of any matte shadow to create the illusion of a metallic sheet—sort of like Minx for your lids. It comes in five shades, including our favorite, Holographic Bordeaux, a sanguine rust that looks startling chic, like a richer version of the reddish hues at Carolina Herrera and Narciso Rodriguez’ Spring shows. The texture is also unique—it dries down like a powder but appears iridescent and wet from a distance. We suggest blending it from the lash line to brows and fading it out for a glam, sci-fi finish.
tags: Ellis Faas, Eye Lights, Makeup
