I love this photograph.  Rob presented me with a picture of a girl with red raccoon eyes and sparkles one day. The make-up was flawed in areas and we both agreed that we thought we could adapt it and evolve it into something better. Rob brought in Cally Palmer, who brought the *perfect* black sequined shirt – which added elegance and depth to the black background we needed to “calm” the red as well as a red apple – which for me applies an organic parallel to the otherwise very harsh and foreign red placement in the photograph.

Make-up main ingredients: MAC cream colour base in Reel Red (limited edition), Mac Kohl Pencil in Fascinating, Zoomblack Mascara and swarovski crystals.

Model: Kristi

Photographer: Robert Miller

Stylist: Cally Palmer

Make-Up: Sam Kaye

Hair: Sam Kaye

Location: Snap Studios, Woodstock, Cape Town

Year: 2009

Rob wanted a nice clean “Yardley” digestible sort of make-up look. I went for purple – soft purple is so very very Yardley in my mind. Purple is also used in a lot of “those” ads as purple’s one of those colours that suit most people and accentuate most eye colours.

Main make-up ingredients: MAC eyeshadow in “beautiful iris” and “parfait amour“, MAC pro lash mascara and MAC Studio Fix Fluid on her skin.

Model: Kristi

Photographer: Robert Miller

Make-Up: Samantha Kaye

Hair: Samantha Kaye

Location: Snap Studios, Woodstock, Cape Town

Year: 2009