The ‘natural’ makeup look has been scene on all of the biggest runways around the world in recent seasons, yet despite it’s name, the look still requires some primping to make skin appear fresh and hide any imperfections. To show you just how much makeup it takes to achieve this look in one year, Dutch artist duo Lernert Engelberts and Sander Plug applied 365 layers of makeup on model Hannelore Knuts.
“We wanted to apply 365 layers of makeup in one day to see how much is needed to go from a natural look to an outrageous one,” the duo explained.
The entire process took nine non-stop hours to apply every layer on the Belgian model’s face.
Knuts sat fixed between the two white panels for the entirety of the shoot, and could only eat during breaks through a straw.
“We tested a 100-layer session a few days before on our intern, who is a man. We wanted to make sure that this amount of makeup wouldn’t kill a person. It didn’t kill our intern so we trusted everything would be fine on Hannelore.” Engelberts and Plug said.
This Image shows the shoot not even half-way through. The entire process took seven bottles of foundation, two bottles of eye makeup, three lip pens, and two bottles of blush. That’s 228.4 ml of makeup all together.
Watch the video below to see what it looks like to wear 365 layers of makeup at once. But be warned, it isn’t pretty.
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