Unless you
have been hiding under a style rock, you could not have avoided all the looks
from the Cannes Film Festival over
the last week.The Festival itself is looking fabulous, as it is now 73 years
old, and over the years has become the most glamorous film multi-award event on
the planet. Yes, the Oscars and BAFTAS
are amazing, but really, you can’t arrive on a speedboat, can you?
Everyone who
is anyone has swanned around the South
of France in search of the Palme
d’Or. It was the legendary Brigitte
Bardot who really made Cannes
the centre of chic, when she first started appearing on screen.
Elizabeth Taylor was always known for her ultra-glam
look, and was a CFF regular.
Since those
golden days, Cannes has been the
place for more off-the-wall film choices, more international audiences, and
attracts every mover and shaker in the film industry. However, women, who have often
been seen as more of a show piece than a real star, have been moving the
festival forward, which is good news to us. And we know that us girls in
general are having a more of a say in the film industry in general. Just ask Rebel Wilson, who has recently both
produced and starred in The Hustle.
However, it
doesn’t mean we can’t be powerfully stylish, too, so we checked out our
favourite Cannes looks. Red carpets
- you have to dress up, don’t you?
Bella Hadid dazzles in Dior…..
Alessandra Ambrosio steals the carpet
limelight in Julien Macdonald
Selena Gomez actually goes wearable
but stays super-chic. The Queen of Insta does it again…
Eva Longoria does blush perfectly in
Alberta Ferretti. A modern day Liz T.
Izabel Goulart shows off her
perfectly golden back and superstar waves in Etro…
We caught up
with our Global Creative Director James
Harknett over the weekend, who has recently worked with award-winning
actress, the amazing Julia Stiles. Julia is about to star in Season 2 of Riviera, on Sky Atlantic.
We are obsessed after the first season. What started off as a murder mystery
has turned into a twisted family tale that is literally dressed up in luxury.
The wardrobe is literally to die for. And Julia,
as Georgina Clios, is a lesson in pure understatement, and a 2019
version of Grace Kelly. We adore her. This new season also stars Poppy Delevingne and Jack Fox. That’s
our TV glam fix sorted...
So we asked
James how to get Julia’s look. This
is what he told us…
“Julia is such an understated and elegant lady,
I wanted to do something in keeping with her look both on and off screen, which
has a touch of glamour but is really modern and contemporary, that would take
her as easily to the Cote d’Azur as
it would to the BAFTA red carpet,
where she recently presented an award.
I have to
say, for big occasions, I would opt for a
professional tan if you can. I have already talked on the Blog about my two
decades in the business, and still, the Fake
Bake Original professional formula is still pretty unbeatable to me. Of
course, there are so many formulations and innovations within the Fake Bake family now, but there is a
reason why Original remains: it is
so long lasting, and that colour guide and formula still works beautifully on
so many skin tones. Having a professional tan simply takes the work out of self tanning for you, and for so many of the
looks on show at Cannes, as well as
with some of the beautiful couture designs Julia
wears on Riviera, you want the standard of your tan to match the design
level of your outfit.
If you want
to do your own, I recommend our Fake Bake
Coconut Serum. With so many
spritz-on formulas now we are spoiled for choice when we are a little time poor,
and spritz-ons are wonderful in so many ways, but using Coconut Serum is worth the effort when you want really long-lasting
results that leaves your skin glowing and moisturised. My golden rules for either a
pro tan or one at home still apply - you still need to exfoliate beforehand with a
non-oily formula, and maintain your
Fake Bake tan afterwards with an
oil-free moisturiser. This is what Fake
Bake does so well - the whole Prep
& Maintain range is designed to be used in conjunction with every self
tan, and just as must care goes into these formulations also.
It’s been an
honour to work with Julia. I mean,
what can I say? She’s a tremendous actress and she just has it, that sprinkle
of something that makes someone a true Hollywood
star.
I’d love to
work with her again - Cannes sounds lovely, if she happens to be there……”
Our James is super busy as always, even in
this last week he has been featured in The
Telegraph and we were so impressed that his work based at the prestigious W Hotel, in London, has been listed by Vanity Fair in their Beauty Treatments To
Try This Spring, but we wouldn’t expect anything less.
And as for
the rest of the of us, we may not have a couture budget but we have already
been eyeing up the best beauty looks at
Cannes, too, and these are our two faves.
Selena Gomez does that classic red
lip and keeps it French in Louis Vuitton...
Priyanka Chopra does glorious
gorgeous skin and the best eye look of the week...
We recently
ran our latest Art Of The Spray Tan
Masterclass with make-up supremo Stacey Toner, and she’s going to be on the Blog next time with her own tips
on how to do a red carpet look on
freshly-self tanned skin. So, we definitely need to know more, as there is
a real lesson in how to get it right.
Until then,
we will be watching Riviera this Thursday,
and wishing we were swanning along the
Corniche D’Or (yup the even have a golden road!) in a vintage Mercedes and something by Chanel. As
for getting away with murder, we’ll have to wait and see.
We’re good
people here at Team Fake Bake. We
don’t want to push anyone off a yacht. But we wouldn’t mind an invitation on
board...
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To follow James on
Insta go to @jamesharknettofficial
‘Riveria’ starts this
week on Sky Atlantic to follow the show’s updates on Insta scroll to
@rivieratvshow
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