It’s Paris Style Week, and actress and mannequin Iris Legislation is in a lodge room preparing for Dior’s Spring/Summer time 2023 present. Standing over her, dusting shimmering eye shadow over her high lid, is Sam Visser; the make-up wunderkind and Dior Magnificence Ambassador. “We’re going for a Drew Barrymore within the 90s look,” he says, studiously dabbing at Legislation’s face. “Like very attractive. She’s rock‘n’roll, however glamorous – not so uptight or critical.”
Ending the look, most significantly, is the brand new Rouge Dior Eternally Lipstick: a wealthy, easy-to-wear color that pledges to remain put for 16 hours. As soon as utilized, you simply want to attend three minutes for it to dry, and the result’s a day freed from top-ups, smudging or chin smears. The promise is a “bare-lip really feel” with a vibrant, ultra-matte end that “doesn’t budge”.
There are 25 pigment-rich colors to select from, and the chosen shade for Visser at present is 458 Eternally Paris: a vibrant, brownish pink to enhance Legislation’s vivid purple eye shadow and gamine bleached crop. It’s the go-to hue for the actress, who likes to maintain issues extra muted in the course of the transitional seasons. “I additionally like doing a extremely darkish lip [like 838 Forever Daring] in summer season, after I’m carrying barely any make-up and I’ve received a tan.” There’s additionally, in fact, 999 Eternally Dior – the model’s signature purple – which she all the time returns to. “I put on it with nothing on the attention, and simply let the lip do the speaking.”
For Visser, the ultra-pigmented vary works completely together with his signature, 80s-inspired aesthetic. Suppose high-octane glamour, large blowouts, pearly eye shadows, and loud, look-at-me lips. “What I like in regards to the make-up in that point is that there was a lot glamour, however there was additionally a lot punk and rock and roll. There was a lot decadent make-up, the hair was loopy, and each factor was actually on the market.” In any case, he provides, with the ability to safely check out vivid hues – with out worrying about them drying out your lips and transferring onto each floor they contact – solely encourages extra enjoyable and experimentation. “Magnificence might be something you actually need it to be.”
Rouge Dior Eternally is out there right here.
