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26th August, 2011
Get MAC’s V Festival 2011 'Smoke Coco' Look
Sultry, smouldering smokey eyes are something that every girl needs to know how to perfect. Step forward Cher Webb, MAC Cosmetics' senior make-up artist, who treated us to a private make-up tutorial backstage in the MAC tent in the Virgin Media Louder Lounge at V Festival 2011. Cher gave us a really simple step-by-step guide to creating one of MAC’s four special festival looks, ‘Smoke Coco’ – a really dark, sexy eye with a shimmering golden highlight – which was a real hit with the VIPs and celebs who had their make-up done in the MAC tent. We tried it too and loved it. Watch Cher’s step-by-step how-to video below and shop all the products you need to create the beauty look at home... let us know how you get on on our Facebook page.
How-To Video: Get MAC's V Festival 2011 'Smoke Coco' Look
Learn how to create MAC's V Festival 2011 'Smoke Coco' smouldering eyes look with this simple how-to video
25th August, 2011
Katy B's V Festival 2011 Diary: Read It Here
This summer Katy B’s rocked 27 festivals, and as she made her V Festival 2011 debut, LOOK joined her backstage for some VIP fun. Lucky? Us? Hell, yeah!
10.30am: Rise and shine! Today's the day of my first-ever V Festival performance, and as I munch on some toast and jam for brekkie I’m feeling pretty relaxed. As a band we’ve done so many festivals this summer and we’ve really gelled, so I’m quite chilled.
1.30pm: In the minibus to Chelmsford with my boisterous band – Henry on keys, Tender Ed on the saxophone, Slick Nick on the trumpet and Junior on the drums. We haven't seen each other for a while, so there’s lots of catching up to do, especially with my make-up artist, Victoria.
3pm: We’re approaching Hylands Park, the festival site, and I can’t believe how big it is! Time to sort out our security passes and get to the dressing room cabin. It’s tiny, but there’s a great atmosphere. I’m so excited!
3.15pm: We head out to explore and come across the MAC make-up tent, so I treat myself to some fake lashes. Then it’s off for some food – pie and mash.
4.15pm: I spot a pick and mix sweet stall and start raiding it when Plan B singer Ben Drew walks past, so we say a quick hello. I’ve never met him before, but I feel like I have from seeing him on TV!
4.30pm: Into the Firetrap pop-up store where I pick up some freebie jumpers and a little bomber jacket. It’s nice to get free stuff, but I don’t take anything unless I genuinely like it. Stella McCartney once sent me some underwear after I did a PA at her party at Paris Fashion Week. She was really funny – she was at the front of the stage raving it up! I’m used to Primark underwear, so getting stuff from her range was amazing.
5.55pm: To me V Festival makes me think of everyone making an effort with the way they dress and being more glamorous than the other festivals. Today, I go for a sparklier look than usual with a Tim Ryan fringed cardigan teamed with Topshop jeans and Vans trainers. I choose my accessories on the day, so I have a rummage through a massive bag of gold hoops I’ve brought from home. I nearly go for a silver pair, but decide to stick with the trusty gold ones.
6.30pm: It’s time! Victoria makes a few finishing touches to my hair and make-up, then we jump in the artists’ minibus and speed off to the arena stage. The guys are warming up their instruments and I do some body stretches. I feel like a bit of an idiot doing them, but if I don’t I’ll pull a muscle with all the jumping around I do!
7.10pm: Professor Green is on before me and the arena is packed. I’ve got butterflies! I open with a track called Louder and see a sea of hands in the air. Goosebump moment! When I sing Perfect Stranger, I shake a girl’s hand in the audience and she smiles back at me – people like her give me so much energy. OMG! I’ve just realised that my flies are undone! Thankfully, I’m away from the front of the stage, so hopefully the photographers haven’t got a cheeky snap!
7.50pm: We do a 40-minute set and when it’s over it feels amazing. All I’ve drunk is water today, so we head to the Mahiki tent for a well-deserved coconut rum cocktail. V Festval is more glamorous and showbiz than other festivals, there’s no roughing it!
8.30pm: I bump into Tinie Tempah and he tells me he’s off to Ibiza soon to write some stuff for his new album. Weird! I’ve just been in a villa in Ibiza doing the same – it’s the inspiration isle!
It’s hard to believe how much can change in just a year. V Festival – another box ticked!
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24th August, 2011
Daisy Lowe’s V Festival Beauty Products Revealed…
If, like us, you were left wondering how Daisy Lowe managed to stay so picture-perfect at V Festival 2011, then this one’s for you.
Yes ladies, we did some digging around the MAC tent in the Virgin Media Louder Lounge and got the inside scoop on what high-street beauty products the MAC Cosmetics team used to achieve Daisy Lowe’s flawless make-up look. Here’s MAC senior artist Caroline Donnelly's step-by-step guide on how to get her celebrity make-up look and which beauty products you need...
- Step 1: Start by prepping the skin with Studio Moisture Creme to hydrate the skin.
- Step 2: Buff in MAC Face & Body Foundation in C2 all over the skin to give a sheer finish. Use MAC Pro Longwear Concealer where needed.
- Step 3: Set the foundation with MAC Prep + Prime Pressed Transparent Finishing Powder.
- Step 4: Sweep MAC Peaches Blusher onto the cheeks and up to the temple.
- Step 5: Comb through the brows with MAC Clear Brow Set.
- Step 6: Take a brush to sweep Blacktrack Fluid Line across the top lashline and wing it out at the corners to create a dramatic eye.
- Step 7: For a natural finish, apply MAC Lip Conditioner SPF15.
Daisy Lowe Pictures
Daisy Lowe and Pearl Lowe at Kiehl's Launch, March 2012
Daisy Lowe's amazing maxi is from Project D.
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23rd August, 2011
Dionne Bromfield And Bip Ling Rock Hot Pink Lips At V Festival!
If you were lucky enough to hit the Virgin Media Louder Lounge at V Festival 2011, then you may have been treated to one of the exclusive makeovers by the professional beauty team over at the MAC tent. One of our favourite looks at V Festival was über-bright pink lips with a matte finish. We got the inside info from two of MAC's senior artists, Neil Young and Caroline Donnelly, on how to create the look, as seen on Dionne Bromfield and Bip Ling...
Bip Ling (MAC senior artist, Neil Young)
- Define the lip shape using MAC Magenta Lip Pencil, £10.50, and fill in with Show Orchid Lipstick, £13.50.
Dionne Bromfield (MAC senior artist, Caroline Donnelly)
- Apply MAC Reflects Glitter onto lips using a firm brush for precision, and use tissue paper to catch any spillage. Follow with MAC Pink Nouveau Lipstick, £13.50.
- Finish the look with MAC Magenta Madness Pigment, £15.50, gently patted on top for a velvet finish.
22nd August, 2011
V Festival 2011 Celebrity Fashion Trend: Fringing
V Festival 2011 gave us a masterclass on festival fashion as celebrities including Jessie J, Rihanna, Pixie Lott, Ellie Goulding and Daisy Lowe hit Chelmsford in some of the best festival outfits we’ve seen in a while. They gave us a heads up on what fashion pieces we should be buying right now – and ladies, its time to reap fringe benefits.
Jessie J and Ellie Goulding both added a flamboyant and glamorous edge to their V Festival 2011 outfits by wearing a selection of fringing on stage and had us searching all our favourite online fashion stores for the best fringed fashion buys around. Jessie J went all-out wearing a multicoloured fringed leotard, while Ellie Goulding upped the fashion ante and rocked a black and red-fringed jacket from Rokit with leg-flashing hotpants – we approve! Head to high-street fashion favourite Topshop if you want to jump on the celebrity fashion trend and place your orders for this fab fringed playsuit – LOOK loves! SD
Check out all the celebrity outfits from V Festival 2011 in the gallery below.
22nd August, 2011
We Love Pixie Lott's Daisy Face Paint At V Festival 2011
Top marks to Pixie Lott for coordinating her face paint with her Dolce & Gabbana outfit at V Festival 2011! Pixie was treated to the cute daisy artwork backstage in the Virgin Media Louder Lounge by the fab MAC makeup team, and teamed her daisy print playsuit with a Dolce & Gabbana bag and gold Office brogues. This girl’s not just the festival fashion queen – she should write the rule book on mixing designer and high street, too! HE
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22nd August, 2011
V Festival 2011: Pop’s Hottest Ladies Reign
Forget guys with guitars, at V Festival 2011, it was pop’s princesses that ruled the stages. Rihanna rocked out in a patriotic Union Jack crop top, teeny denim cut offs and sexy fishnets, Tulisa Contostavlos took a break from X Factor judging duties to join her N Dubz bandmates on stage in a hot animal print one shoulder dress, and Noisettes front woman Shinghai Shoniwa upped the festival fashion ante with a signature kooky look. As if that wasn’t a hot enough line up, the girl power continued with Jessie J, Ellie Goulding, Katy B, Dionne Bromfield and The Saturdays storming the stages, entertaing celebs including Coleen Rooney, Michelle Keegan and the Hollyoaks ladies. Girls, you rock! GG
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18th August, 2011
Need To Know: MAC's Trends For V Festival 2011
V Festival 2011 is almost here, ladies, and we’ve got some hot beauty trend previews you need to know about from MAC - the official backstage make-up sponsor of the celebrity-filled festival.
If you are lucky enough to be hitting the Virgin Media Louder Lounge (the V-VIP area) you can get a fashion-fabulous beauty makeover from the MAC team on site. Choose from one of four looks: Smoke Coco, Golden Leaf, Love Rococo and Rock Coco.
We love the Gold Leaf look (above left) – it’s so cool we want it now. And check out Love Rococo (above right), with a nude smoky eye and pink lip or Rock Coco (below left), the dark smoky eye and vampy red lip. There’s a look to suit all you beauty junkies.
Our favourite (and the one we’ll be going for at V Festival 2011) is the Smoke Coco gold eye (below right) – it’s a massive AW11 beauty trend - we saw it backstage at the shows at Vivienne Westwood Red Label and Dsquared. If you aren’t heading to V Festival 2011, you can still create the looks at home. Try recreating the Smoke Coco look below using these amazing MAC products:
23rd August, 2010
V Festival 2010: All The Gossip!
The V Festival 2010 was the hottest ticket of the weekend, and we’ve never seen a field so celeb filled. The VIP Virgin Louder Lounge guestlist was as A-list as the acts performing – which included Paloma Faith, Florence and the Machine and Kasabian. We spotted Drew Barrymore cosying up to ex Justin Long (cue lots of ‘are they? aren’t they?’ speculation), Alexa Chung looking effortlessly cool while on presenting duties, and Coleen Rooney letting her hair down. Take a look at all of the A-list action in our gallery and check back for more gossip later. GG
