In the spirit of the Fifa World Cup, Dubai-based make-up artist Alicia Goveas has created five looks to help you flaunt your favourite team’s colours. Goveas has used a combination of face paints, available at party stores across the city, and regular make-up items for easy application. Try your hand at the looks and get your game face on.
England
Use red eyeshadow in the inner corners of the eye. Fill in the rest of the eye with navy blue eyeshadow. Use a white eyeliner on the waterline. For the Union Jack, draw out the centre cross shape using red eyeshadow and fill in the rest with blue and white. Use a long-wearing foundation base to make sure the colours don’t slip around. Finish with a deep red lipstick.
Model: Sarah-Jane Savage
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Egypt
Using red, white and black face paint, draw three stripes across the face. With yellow paint or eyeshadow, draw on the Egypt’s national emblem, the eagle of Saladin, going over the nose at the centre of the white band. Using gold eyeshadow or pigment for extra dimension.
Model: Abdul Rahman Mohammad
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Argentina
For a playful eyeshadow look, draw three stripes of light blue and white across the eyes with eyeshadow or paint. Use a dark blue eyeshadow to add some shadows into the eye socket. With yellow and orange pigment, draw the Sun of May within the white band between the eyes. Paint the lips blue and white too.
Model: Nesrine Bengra
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Germany
Keep it simple with this heart-shaped look. Use black, red and yellow paints or eyeshadow in vertical stripes to form the shape. Top it off with a bright red lipstick.
Model: Yousra Zaki
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Spain
Using red and yellow face paint, draw three stripes on one half of the face, including over the eye. Using paints or eyeshadow with a small paint brush, draw the coat of arms in the centre of the yellow stripe. Line the eye with green eyeliner for a pop of colour.
Model: Natascha Law
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Products used
■ Mac x Jeremy Scott Lo-Fi Eye Shadow Palette
■ Mac lip pigment in Yellow
■ Mac Acrylic Body Paint in Marine Ultra
■ Mac Chromagraphic Pencil in Landscape Green
■ Urban Decay All Nighter Liquid Foundation
■ Urban Decay Vice Lipstick Palette
■ Urban Decay Jean Michel Basquiat Tenant Palette
Photos by Antonin Kélian Kallouche/Gulf News
