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A young royal with real style

// July 26th, 2011 // No Comments » // Press Coverage, Sergio Giannasso online, The Salon

Princess Charlotte Casiraghi, Monaco, July 2011

The prize for best royal wedding hair accessory so far this year must go to Princess Charlotte Casiraghi. She wasn’t trying to be different with, say, a Philip Treacy toilet seat on her head. She just went for a simple, chic veil framed with little flowers that projected her beauty so well. Her hair pulled back in a simple chignon that would have made her late grandmother Princess Grace proud. A lot of attention for all the right reasons.

With skin like hers, a make-up artist wouldn’t have to do much work. What he/she did was flawless and very natural; a natural pink gloss on the lips and eyes that are very youthful and at the same time sexy, using a champagne base and a frame of brown pencil and brown eye shadow. The contours of her face were finished with a beautiful natural looking peach blush. Call it “nude” if you like. And well… I’d give anything to look like that for one day!!!

We’ve got one more royal wedding to go this year – Princess Zara Phillips and Mike Tindall. And I think some of the royals here who go for the “quirky” look could learn a lot from their friends in Monaco before the Big Day!

Sergio Giannasso – styling for the Royal Wedding

// March 29th, 2011 // 1 Comment » // Services, The Salon, The Team

For make-up: I’d say go for natural, quiet colours using all the pallettes, from bronze to light brown with a peachy blush eyeshadow softened to create the subtle blend. And a brown pinky lipstick chosen to suit the skin tone, all in matt. Finished with a powder that makes the skin irridescent.

For hair: Plenty of grooming in the weeks beforehand, with the very best products (you know I love kerastase!). And think natural on the day. I didn’t have an expensive tiara to play with (and my model – princess Hedvig – would never wear a plastic one!!!) but I love a simple floral touch and would definitely weave flowers into the overall look. Even something as simple and worldly as gypsophila. It’s such a great way to dramatise your work. I’d use some elaborate twists and barrel curls to create the right shape for the royal tiara but the flowers soften all this slightly.