S-J London Makeup Artist: 'Enamoured'' Celebrating 80 Years of Revlon Cosmetics

Entrance.

Today I went along to this fabulous exhibit to celebrate 80 years of Revlon!

How many do you varnish's do you reckon are in there?

The iconic make up brand, which boasts Cindy Crawford, Audrey Hepburn and 81-year-old supermodel Carmen Dell'Orefice as past spokeswomen, has created a retrospective of its 80 year history. The brand showed their impact on the beauty world through undoubtedly stunning archive Revlon artefacts and art installations. They also commisioned short films with up and coming directors, and showcased lots of product and campaign imagery.

Yes, this is actually a car door (left).! It represents the primary source of a very similar formula used (being the paint/varnish) on fingernails.

The photo on the right (I know it's quite unclear but it's probaby for the best) is on of the varnish's first ever made and used. So it would be around 80 years old. Yes, please,keep that in an air tight glass cage and keep it there.

Love this artwork that was constructed for the exhibit. The man pictured is one of the chemists that first started mixing chemicals together to result in the fabulous Revlon cosmetics!

These garments have varnish sprayed on. They were rock hard!

Finger/Nail art by one of Revlons leading makeup artists.

Shoes and varnish.

The Red Sole, Christian Louboutin

Christian Louboutin famously painted the sole of a pair of heels with none other than a red Revlon nail varnish! It became their statement and now red soles are iconic with the brand.

Handbag light art installations.

Red Red Red Lips!

Compacts

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Fire and Ice

1952 Advertisement

These two advertisements could possibly be the most interesting because they show a progression and development with beauty, fashion, photography, modelling and cosmetics. The ad above was photographed in 1952 and the one below in 2010, almost sixty years separating them. The red material in the photo above was not fully completed for the photo shoot and had to be pinned together. The white streak in her hair represents the ice and the red resembling the fire. They ooze glamour and femininity.