Case 01 — 2026
Vermilion No. 4
Rouge Magazine — Cover
Drag — prep vs finish
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PrepFinishThe brief
The editor wanted a cover that read from across a newsstand. We cut everything back to skin and one decisive line of colour.
- Publication
- Rouge Magazine
- Photographer
- Anouk Lemaire
- Stylist
- Theo Brandt
- Hair
- Sami Okafor
- Makeup
- Mireille Vaux
The kit, step by step
01
Prep
Barrier cream + facial oil
Pressed in by hand, never rubbed.
02
Skin
Sheer skin tint, spot concealer
Only where the camera asked for it.
03
Line
Vermilion cream pigment, No. 4 brush
One pass, edge cleaned with micellar.
04
Lip
Clear lacquer gloss
Reapplied every third frame.
Backstage notes
- “Shot under a single hard key — any texture would have shown, so skin prep took 40 minutes.”
- “The liner was mixed on set to match the masthead print proof.”
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