Makeup backstage at Joseph Domingo LA Fashion Week Fall 2008 is all about a cotton candy vixen. They eyebrows are waxed to make the brows look very high, and the eyes are cat eyes.

Backstage makeup at Joseph Domingo.

The main shades for the makeup are bronzes and purples to match with the color scheme of the Joseph Domingo collection. Lips are very dark and vampy lips, in burgundy.

Products used to achieve the makeup backstage at Joseph Domingo were by Shiseido, Lancome, MAC, Stila foundation and powder. Makeup was done by Alyson from the Elite Cosmetology team.

Backstage hair at Joseph Domingo.

To find out about the hair backstage at Joseph Domingo we asked Manhal Mansour, the president and CEO of Elite Cosmetology from San Francisco which is a special hair and makeup company. Elite Cosmetology does hair and makeup for magazines, photo shoots, and music videos. The have locations in LA and New York and an academy with three campuses. 

Backstage hair at Joseph Domingo.

“The hair is going to be cotton candy, sophisticated, very couture, big hair with lots of volume” says Manhal. “The inspiration for the look is a very couture and very sophisticated vixen”. The products used to achieve the look are by Goldwell Hair. Hair was done by the Elite Cosmetology team.