SHOW: Zero + Maria Cornejo
MAKEUP: Dick Page for Shiseido Makeup


THE SCOOP:
The fact that Zero + Maria Cornejo's Fall 2009 show was held at the Robert Miller Gallery was not lost on Shiseido makeup artist Dick Page. He took an oil painter's approach to his work. The final product was a makeup-mashup of Siouxsie and the Banshees, modern art and cyberpunk.

Page applied a severe, trompe l'oeil eye by using black cream liner to rim the and fill in the lids. Then, he added random streaks of gold and purple shadow to imitate "electric light and flashing colors." The resulting shade was deep and multidimensional, calling to mind he iridescent sheen of a puddle of gasoline or a peacock feather. The final touch? Faux eyelashes drawn on with cream liner and eyebrows extended outwards at the base in spider-like strokes. "It all has to come from the same hand," he said of the precise paintjob.

With the emphasis on the eyes, Page went for a minimal look on the rest of the face, leaving "very, very plain skin and very natural lips."