Nina (Ke-Xi Wu) is on the set of the film she’s been cast for. After a difficult scene, actors take a break and Nina’s make-up is retouched.
The make-up artist hands her a black compact (by Bobbi Brown) and retouches her scarlet lip colour, which happens to be Lip Maestro by Giorgio Armani.
On the other hand, the hair stylist sprays some more hairspray (L’Oreal Elnett) to keep her sleep updo in place.
Cheryl Lynn (Tatjana Patitz) is sitting in front of a very busy vanity.
The heart-shaped bottle in front of her is Escada Margaretha Ley, a white floral fragrance created by Michel Almairac and launched in 1990.
On the right side of the table there’s a nail polish bottle with white cap by Clarins.
More Clarins products can be seen, in boxed form, behind the standing mirror. Too bad I couldn’t find any pictures of this rose-printed packaging. I remember it was used for lipsticks and probably for compact foundations, too.
Talking about foundations, the bottle without cap we can see in front of the standing mirror is MAC face and body foundation.
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Eve (Tilda Swinton) goes shopping for make-up at a NARS counter.
In the glass cabinet several bottles of liquid foundation and eye-shadow compacts can be seen.
In the screencap above the proportions are a bit tricky, so I can’t decide if the compacts contain single or duo eye-shadows. I remember single eye-shadows in the old rubberised packaging were really tiny, while the duo eye-shadow compact had the same size as the blush compacts. Probably these are duos.
Eve is fascinated by the lipstick worn by the sales assistant and she asks to try it on.
This film was released in 1996, two years after François Nars launched his lipstick in 12 shades at the beauty counter of Barneys New York. The darkest of these shades were Scarlet Empress and Shanghai Express, so it’s reasonable to assume the exact shade featured in the film is one of the two.
My knowledge as a former NARS-issist, though, makes me think of yet another dark shade of red – Fire Down Below. I haven’t found any information about the year in which it was first launched. If it happened between 1994 and 1996, this could be another option for the lipstick seen in the film.
Elizabeth compliments Veronica’s Pat McGrath Labs MATTETRANCE™ lipstick enviously, and she steals it shortly before kidnapping her.
The exact shade seen in the film is Vendetta.
The golden compact Gabrielle (Léa Seydoux) is holding is Poiret Métier de Poiret Poudre Mono.
The red lipstick is by the same brand. I believe it’s Rouge Poiret, but it could also be Rouge Raffiné: the two lipsticks have the same case.
Featuring cosmetics by the historical French maison makes total sense: when the protagonist is shown living a past life in 1910 Paris, she’s a famous pianist. Paul Poiret introduces himself to her and offers to dress her in his own designs. Gabrielle obviously accepts.
Abby’s bag contains some cosmetics. Among them there’s Pond’s Angel Face pressed powder in an aqua compact decorated with a golden flower crown.
The white compact is much more mysterious, even though the back label sticker is fully visible. It reads “Montage powder blush” and the colour is Soft Red. I am not familiar with the brand and I haven’t found any further information online.
There’s a bottle of Clinique Superbalanced Make-up liquid foundation in Anne’s bathroom. The bottle has been modified with a pump dispenser.
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Emma (Debra Winger) is about to meet her family, who’s visiting her in hospital. She puts on some blush to look and feel better.
The aqua green marbled compact she’s holding is a Clinique Young Face blush.
Eleanor (Bernadette Peters) is retouching her make-up using a Clinique blush in an aqua green marbled compact with mirror.
Eleanor (Bernadette Peters) is having a party at her apartment. She draws a human figure on a mirror using a Revlon lipstick.
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