Nylon - November 2008 - (Page 96) FAIRY TALE Peter: You see, Wendy, when the first baby laughed for the first time, its laugh broke into a thousand pieces, and they all went skipping about, and that was the beginning of fairies. And so, there ought to be one fairy for every boy and girl. Wendy: Ought to be? Isn’t there? Peter: No. You see, children know such a lot now, they soon don’t believe in fairies, and every time a child says, ‘I don’t believe in fairies,’ there is a fairy somewhere that falls down dead. - Peter Pan J.M. Barrie obiously believed in fairies. Fans of the book will remember that all it took to be able to fly alongside Peter and Tinker Bell was a sprinkling of some fairy dust. And while Paris Hilton’s newest fragrance, Fairy Dust, won’t have you taking flight, there is definitely something magical about it. The blend of blooming florals like pink peony and gardenia, with fruity notes of orange blossom and peach nectar, has a sweetly innocent appeal. Hilton, clearly a Peter Pan fan herself—one of her dogs is named Tinker Bell—has managed to once again create olfactory magic. So the question is, do you believe in fairies? $55 for 3.4 oz, at Macy’s. mad men: courtesy of the everett collection. still lifes: henry hargreaves. lana courtesy of perseus. physique 57 courtesy of physique 57. anger management As if the firestorm of critical acclaim wasn’t enough of a reason for you to tune into AMC’s original series Mad Men, there is also the promise of spoton retro styling—from perky ponytails with mini bangs to wiggle skirts and sweater sets. And, of course, no early ’60s-era revival would be complete without suitable makeup. And that’s where Debbie Zoller, the head of Mad Men’s makeup department, comes in. FIORELLA VALDESOLO WHAT KIND OF RESEARCH DID YOU DO FOR THE MAD MEN GIG? Well, for the first season it was 1959, so I did the eBay cruise and contacted all these vintage people that sold magazines like Look, Life, and Ladies’ Home Journal. Matt Weiner, the creator and producer, really wanted to err on the side of caution so, even though it was 1959, we were more designing it more like mid ’50s: very clean and very simple. And then this season, it’s 1962, and things get a little brighter. HOW HAS MAKEUP STYLE CHANGED SINCE THEN? Today things are a lot more natural. You see more of women’s skin through the makeup, whereas back then it was very matte. And the pigments were more intense; nothing was sheer. I love that look, I really do. IS IT HARD TO RECREATE THE LOOKS, SINCE COSMETICS WERE MADE DIFFERENTLY THEN? It is. Which is why I’m constantly searching for new products and testing them. I will put them on my assistant and have her walk on set, and then look at the reflective quality and what it does under the lights… because we shoot under fluorescent lights. The biggest challenge, I think, is lipstick. I can’t use anything with blue undertones because of the lighting. So I’m constantly looking at lipstick and the matte quality that they have because they were very matte back then. CAN YOU SHARE YOUR FAVORITE FINDS? I’ve found two great foundations: the Laura Mercier Silk Crème Foundation, which is stunning, and also the Armani Luminous Silk Foundation. M.A.C Ruby Woo is a fantastic lip color; the Julie Hewett lipsticks, especially the Rouge Noir; and then a great coral is Mistress by Laura Mercier. For the pink tones for January Jones [Betty] I’ve gone to drugstores and found colors by Max Factor, Maybelline, and Revlon. And with the nail polish, Revlon still makes two colors that were created in the ’50s: Cherries in the Snow and Revlon Red. WHAT ARE THE VISIONS YOU HAVE FOR THE THREE FEMALE LEADS? The interesting thing with the women is that they all serve a different purpose. With January [Betty] I concentrate on her lips, because she always wants to be heard by her husband. With Christina Hendricks [Joan] it’s all about the eyes, because that’s how she mesmerizes men— especially in the office—to get what she wants. She is the dominant female there, but she still knows her position, because at the time it was a man’s world and women did not infiltrate it. Unlike Elisabeth Moss [Peggy], who wants exactly that. So we make her really natural so that nothing stands out too much. She doesn’t want to draw too much attention to herself so men will take her seriously. Each woman is designed in a completely different way. space invader: RED MOUNTAIN SPA Arriving at Red Mountain Spa in Ivins, Utah, is not unlike being transported to a cushy crater of a distant moon. Surrounded by spectacular red sandstone cliffs—every view is a geology lesson—Red Mountain is an oasis in one of the last remote corners of the American Southwest, attracting a younger, slightly more rugged clientele (and more men) than most destination spas. This luxe sleepaway camp for adults makes the most of its incredible surroundings, offering rock climbing or kayaking near Zion National Park, hiking in Bryce Canyon, and horseback riding through Pine Valley, as well as the usual methods of working out the kinks: yoga, meditation, or warm stone massages at the Sagestone Spa. After a healthy-but-never-abstemious meal of molasses-seared elk or swiss chard risotto (accompanied, perhaps, by a silky Shiraz) at the Canyon Breeze restaurant, watch the sky turn a Crayola box of colors from a hammock, reflecting back on the early Mormon settlers to the area, who often resorted to scavenging for bulbs and nettles for sustenance. Then, settle into one of the very private, and very comfy, condo-like rooms or villas, outfitted with Wi-Fi and cable TV. Even without the s’mores, camp was never this fun. MEGAN O’GRADY For more information, see redmountainspa.com. 96 beauty news http://www.redmountainspa.com
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