Model, actress, singer - French fatale Brigitte Bardot has led an amazing life. Starring in over fifty films, popularising the bikini, a romance with Serge Gainsbourgh, a millionaire playboy husband and a bedroom scene with Hermes icon Jane Birkin, in her heyday, Bardot was the only one to watch.
Breathtakingly beautiful and explicitly sensual, her beauty is still iconic. With her signature cat eye, trademark tousled blonde locks, a girly grin and womanly curves, in the 1950's she was equalled only by Marilyn Monroe as an international bombshell.
The easiest way to achieve a Bardot flick is with Bobbi Browns Gel Liner in Black Ink on their Ultra Fine Eyeliner Brush which has two sides, allowing you to do both thick and thin lines. Build up your liner in stages and clean up with a cotton bud dipped in eye makeup remover. Look straight ahead in the mirror when getting the angle of your flick in the correct place - it should give your eyes a subtle lift, crucial for getting Bardot's kittenish, sexy appeal.
Brigittes lips were the perfect sex-kitten beige - not too matte and oh-so kissable. NARS Honolulu Honey lipstick worn with NARS Jilted Love lip liner pencil will give you that perfect peachy beige pout.
To recreate Bardot's cascading curls, roughly blow dry your hair after scrunching in some Bumble & Bumble Surf spray to add texture. Then use a large barrel curling iron on random sections to crease loose, sexy waves. I like to add some Batiste Dry Shampoo at the roots to add extra volume and give hair that slightly dry texture. Finish off with a spritz of Brigitte's favourite Loreal Elnett.
Brigitte EDP by Tocca - Available at Space NK - £54. Bumble and Bumble Surf Spray - £19.50. Laura Mercier Matte Eye Colour in Coffee Ground - £18.50. NARS Satin Lipstick in Honolulu Honey - £17.50. NARS Lipliner Pencil in Jilted Love - £15.50.
Rachel x
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