Chanel's Lucia Pica shows us how to get perfect, fresh makeup for Spring

It might still be freezing outside, but ever the eternal optimists, we’re looking forward to spring, summer and sunnier days ahead. And with the warmer, brighter weather, comes the need to freshen up our makeup bags for the season ahead - so who better to ask for advice than Lucia Pica, global creative make-up and colour director for Chanel?

The SS20 Chanel runway saw the models sporting velvety, perfected skin with sculpted features, fluffy brows and defined eyes - surely the look to adopt for the season ahead.

Here, Lucia Pica tells Hood about the look, and how to achieve it for yourself this spring…

What were the sources of inspiration for this look?

“Virginie Viard’s inspiration for the collection was the cloister garden of the Abbey of Aubazine, where Gabrielle Chanel spent most of her childhood. I wanted the girls to look very natural, but strong and candid at the same time. I wanted this kind of balance of the finish of the look, with colour going into one another, texture going into one another…. Mauvy, white, the matte in the shine. So, it’s all about the contour and the light coming from the sculpting of the face, creating a sort of light and depth with this mauvy, brown colour and the white eyeliner bringing out the eyes.”

Which products would you use to recreate this makeup?

“For the eyes, I used Stylo Ombre et Contour in Mauve in the socket line and underneath, blending it a lot, creating a kind of diffusion around the eyes. Then, with the Stylo Ombre et Contour in Brun, I added a little more depth into the mauve. I added a soft touch of white eyeliner on the top and underneath, so the eyes pop out like a chiaroscuro effect. Then I put mascara on the lashes and brown through the lash line on the top. For the lips, I used the concealer of the Palette Essentielle around the edges of the mouth. Then I applied Le Crayon Levres in Rose Naturel in the middle, and Rouge Allure Ink in Warm Beige.

What’s your top tip to share with Hood readers?

“To intensify the depth of the socket line and underneath, and then to bring out the eyes, making them bigger by using a white eyeliner underneath the lash line and on the top of the lid, close to the lashes.”