Text: Elena Biryukova
It is not without reason that they say that the look of brown eyes is endowed with magical powers: it can pierce the interlocutor through and through, attract like a magnet, and can make you fall in love and enchant. In eye makeup, the trick lies in well-placed accents.
International Dior makeup artist Jamie Coombs talks about how to choose the right eyeshadow palette for yourself and what shades “brown eyes” should categorically avoid
“Ask any makeup artist and he will confirm to you that brown-eyed clients are the easiest,” Jamie assures. - After all, they do not have any strict restrictions on the color scheme. When choosing a palette, you need to focus only on skin tone and hair color. Let's play with contrasts!
Makeup
Keira Knightley
made in cold colors. The inner lower eyelid is lined with a white pencil - this allows you to make brown eyes even brighter. Light lilac shadows are applied to the entire moving upper eyelid and the ciliary contour of the lower eyelid. The area under the eyebrow is shaded in light beige. The actress uses black lengthening mascara, which makes her look expressive. This eye makeup looks impressive in combination with lip gloss in a warm raspberry shade.
In this makeup
Jennifer Lopez
uses metallic shades of gray-blue tones, which are applied to the entire upper eyelid and the ciliary contour of the lower eyelid. Moreover, the outer corners of the eyes are painted more intensely. The singer uses bunches of false eyelashes, which seem to “open up” her gaze, making it open and attractive. This eye makeup contrasts perfectly with Jennifer's warm peachy skin tone and creamy lipstick.
Makeup option from
Anna Kovalchuk
: The actress applies shimmering light gray shadows to the moving upper eyelid and the outer corner of the eyes. She paints the area from the movable eyelid to the eyebrows with sand-colored shadows. Anna puts a small dot in the inner corner of her eyes with white pearlescent shadows - with the help of this manipulation her gaze “opens up”. The final touch is false eyelashes.
Victoria Beckham
shows us the classic "
smoky eyes
» in dark gray tones. A cool, dark gray shade of eyeshadow and pale beige lipstick make Victoria’s facial features clearer and sharper. The makeup looks very impressive, largely due to the fact that the star uses shadows with iridescent particles.
Nadya Ruchka has eyes of a rare hazel shade, which contains green pigment. To make the look more expressive, “shiny” uses golden and marsh shadows in her eye makeup. Nadya applies golden-hued shadows to the entire moving upper eyelid, and swamp shadows along the ciliary contour of the lower eyelid. Paint the outer corner of the eyes with a brown pencil. And finally - mascara with a curling effect.
Makeup
Ekaterina Strizhenova
made in contrast: a warm skin tone is combined with eye shadow and lipstick in a cold range. Katya uses dark blue shadows, which she applies to the upper eyelid and the outer corner of the eyes. She paints the area under the eyebrow with pink shadows. The ciliary contour of the upper eyelid is drawn with a dark gray pencil. Then mascara that increases the volume of eyelashes.
This makeup makes the eyes
Eva Longoria
almost “black”, and the gaze - piercing through the interlocutor. The actress uses three shades of eyeshadow - from pearl gray to black-gray. This is a classic “smoky eye”. False eyelashes make eye makeup even more impressive and theatrical.
The beauty of your brown eyes
Julia Roberts
emphasizes with gray shadows, which she applies to the entire moving upper eyelid. The actress paints the area under her eyebrows with peach-colored shadows. A black pencil is applied along the upper eyelash contour. The finishing touch is voluminous mascara, which Julia applies in 2 layers to the upper eyelashes and 1 layer to the lower ones.
Cold-colored shadows are best combined with “warm” blush and lipstick:
1. Eyeshadow Dior 1 Couleur by Dior
2. MAC eye shadow
3. Eyeshadow Mono Couleur from Clarins
4. YSL Eyeshadow Palette
5. Eyeshadow Smooth Eye Color Duo by Dolce&Gabbana
6. Ombre a Paupieres Eyeshadow from Bourjois.
Shadows of warm shades will look impressive in combination with “cold” lipstick or blush:
1. Palette Quatuor eyeshadow palette from Clarins
2. Maybelline New York eye shadow
3. Eyeshadow Dior 1 Couleur by Dior
4. Lumieres Facettes Plein Soleil eyeshadow palette from Chanel
5. MAC Eye Shadow
6. Long-lasting eyeshadow from Rouge Bunny Rouge.
“I don’t feel like a hostage”
Maria Pozdnyakova, AiF: Anna, when 19 years ago you started filming the first episodes, did anything predict that the series would break all duration records?
– Nothing predicted! Although, if you look at the biography of me and my loved ones, you can see stability in many things. For example, I have been serving in one theater for more than 20 years - the Theater named after. Lensovet. My mother has been working as the director of a kindergarten for more than 25 years, where first my eldest daughter and then my son went. Since the 8th grade I have lived in St. Petersburg in the same area. Now I’ve been acting in the same series for 19 years. Although for me it’s a mystery why he’s been on the screen for so many years.
– Don’t you feel like a hostage to the role? After all, playing Maria Sergeevna for 19 years, by definition you were deprived of other roles that you could have played.
– You can go deeper into the “hostage” topic. But in any case it will be a subjunctive mood. Each person at a particular moment is in the place where he should be. In this sense, I believe in fate, in God's providence. You have to learn to be grateful for what you have. It is important. And I am grateful that my fate turned out wonderfully.
I don’t suffer for a second that I’ve lost a role. Thanks to “Secrets of the Investigation,” I didn’t have long downtime, I didn’t have to go ask for roles. I started playing Maria Sergeevna in the 90s, when several films were shot in the country a year. And I had a job!
– Have you never had a desire to leave the project?
– Such thoughts arose at moments when work on the series was going on without love. It happened that an unprofessional film crew would gather or a director would come who had no love for the series. I take this to heart. For some it’s a trifle, but for me it was unpleasant that one director came up with offensive nicknames for Kurochkin and Korablev (the characters’ surnames - Ed.). Our acting team has become like a big family. But this coherence was disrupted when directors came, for whom the filming of “Secrets of the Investigation” was only a time to move on to another project. This offended me. I feel responsible for everything in this series.
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Anna Kovalchuk as Margarita
Here are interviews with actress Anna Kovalchuk and facts.
Probably, the role of Margarita is the secret dream of any actress. Did you ever think you could play her?
I first read the novel back in school, but somehow I didn’t try on its images at all. I didn’t even think then that I would become an actress. She was interested in exact sciences and was going to enter the Polytechnic Institute. Later, when I was studying at theater school, we prepared an excerpt - a conversation between Margarita and Azazello at the Kremlin wall, but our master appointed not me, but another girl. For some reason he didn’t see me in this role! Either I was too young at that time (I entered at the age of 16), or not experienced enough.
How did you receive an offer from Vladimir Bortko?
Very casually: the director’s assistant called and invited me to audition.
Were you worried?
I decided to rely on fate: let everything be as it should be. If something doesn’t work out, you need to say thank you and move on with your life. By the way, I later found out that another actress had already been cast for this role, but for some reason she couldn’t act. So, it was destined for me.
At first there were not videos, but photo tests: you had to see the picture. That’s when they told me for the first time that I was somewhat similar to Bulgakov’s wife Elena Sergeevna, and therefore, I had every chance of getting this role.
Bortko has seen your previous works - for example, the series
Secrets of the Investigation
?
The fact of the matter is that he didn’t even know about my existence! As it turns out, he doesn't watch TV. I got into the series at the suggestion of the production designers - Volodya Svetozarov and Marina Nikolaeva, they were the ones who told Bortko: Pay attention to this actress in uniform!
He looked and said:
Bring her to me immediately!
I passed serious auditions, and then there was silence.
Some time passed, I was filming in Moscow with Igor Kostolevsky. Suddenly I started having strange dreams in which I... was flying. When you fly as a child, it's normal, they say it means the child is growing. But I was already a grown-up young lady! I dreamed that I was flying on a film set, but on my own, without the help of cables. And the apartment in which everything happens was very similar to the one that Volodya Svetozarov later built. But I hadn’t seen her then! And after this dream they called me and invited me to an interview with Bortko.
What were you talking about?
About everything! He said: I need a beautiful and smart woman!
I think that for him, in Margarita, the combination of extraordinary external and internal qualities was extremely important. We discussed the technical aspects of filming. Bortko asked if I had the internal readiness to begin work that was so difficult in all respects...
Did you mean the need to appear nude?
And this too. I’ll be honest: I didn’t have to do much convincing. I read the book and understood that there was no way to do without explicit scenes. But Vladimir Vladimirovich managed to do everything as modestly as possible, convenient for me and at the same time erotic.
And yet you had to film without clothes. Where were the people on the street at that moment?
The most difficult episode was during which I had to walk from the car to the entrance completely naked. I arrived by car and they immediately threw a raincoat over me. The audience, of course, was moved away, the filming location was cordoned off, but there were still people who peeked through the windows.
Who should I file a complaint with - Bortko? Demand that people be evicted from all nearby houses? But this is impossible. As they say, you called yourself a load, get into the back. The only thing I asked was to remove the glass from the road. I was afraid of cutting my feet.
What other sacrifices did filming require of you?
Probably the worst thing is the ball scene. In the book Margarita only wears a heavy chain with a medallion with a picture of a poodle, but in the film Svetozarov came up with a metal suit for me in the form of medieval armor. He and Bortko decided that the ball was a kind of test for Margarita, so she should be like a female warrior and experience not only moral, but also physical torment.
First of all, this suit was very heavy. I don’t know how much it weighed, but it put terrible pressure on me - after the shift I literally fell from fatigue. Secondly, it was textured with something, and while working directly on me, the metal oxidized and left marks on my body, which I then spent a long time scrubbing off. Well, the worst thing is that he was also very cold. I was terribly cold in it! We filmed in a huge pavilion that was simply impossible to heat. In addition, there was a gate to the street so that horses could be brought in or carts brought in. Everyone was wearing jackets, but I was naked and wearing metal armor. Moreover, it was impossible to sit or stand in it - only lie down! They placed two heaters on the floor for me, from which a warm breeze blew, they laid out a bedding, and I lay right on the floor, warming myself. People simply stepped over me, no one even paid attention. From time to time in Bortko, apparently, pity reared its head, and he said: Go to my office, lie down on the sofa!
What do I need these 5-10 minutes of rest? A drop in the sea!
You also had iron shoes, more like the infamous Spanish boots!
They are also very heavy and, as you saw, they were fastened with huge bolts, like shackles!
I really like the scene when Margarita walks by, the camera takes a close-up of her feet, and drops of blood come out from under her shoes. So much time has passed and I still have scars. The chain was also very heavy. So much so that the make-up artist didn’t even have to paint my bruises, they performed on their own. And the heavy crown with teeth on the rim! There is a scene in the film when Abdulov puts it on me, then he presses harder and blood also appears on my forehead. I remember Bortko was very sorry for me: Be patient, my dear, be patient, dear, come and I’ll hug you!
Who said it would be easy?
By the way, I really like the crown. There were many different options, including ones with Swarovski stones, but we chose this one. Even though I suffered from it, I think it suits the costume best.
If it's not a secret, how did you fly?
I had a special corset with cables, and with its help I rose three to four meters above the ground.
Scary?
Not good. It was much more difficult to adapt to him. Let's say you had to run, take off, do a somersault and hover. It happened that I miscalculated my run and flew further than necessary. Or hung upside down. So you hang there and laugh until they take it off. And you also need to speak the text!
By the way, about the sea, or more precisely, about water. You had to jump into the lake in the Sabbath scene?
I’ll tell you a secret: this is a very difficult stunt, so it was not me who jumped from the tower into the lake, but the stuntwoman. Everything was combined on the computer in such a way that she fell into the water with her back, and I emerged from there. The horror was different: we filmed in August, but despite the end of summer, the water was very cold at night. There were also rats swimming there! In the center of the island there was a small island, which probably couldn’t be reached without a boat, and there they had this mini-town: they swam ashore, got food, and then brought it to the island. When I saw them for the first time, I thought that I had imagined it: after all, it was night, the spotlights were burning all around, and even the pyrotechnics were smoking. But then I saw that they were really rats.
At first, the rodents and I coexisted peacefully; they went about their business, and I went about mine. But then, apparently, they got tired of me, and they began to approach me. I had to ask the stunt guys to drive away the intrusive creatures. By the way, they not only helped me with this, but also probed the bottom before I went into the water. After all, the lake is located in the center of the city, so there could have been shrapnel and syringes there!
How is it in the city center? It looks like such a desolate place!
Imagine, it is located in a park in the very center of St. Petersburg! There are people walking around and trams going by.
Were you under the influence of mysticism on the set?
I had some kind of unmotivated fear of Oleg Basilashvili, who played Woland. And after all, I put on makeup next to him, saw how makeup was applied to him, how he was dressed, how he taught the text recorded on the recorder. But when we found ourselves on the set together, I was amazed: a completely different person!
The gait, the eyes, the voice - everything is different! Maybe this was also due to the fact that we initially had a purely human distance with him. Subsequently, I consciously supported her; it seemed to me that this is exactly what the relationship between Margarita and Woland should be. In addition, I noticed: if, according to the plot, you don’t have a relationship with the character in the film, then in life you don’t need to get close to him, because then this falsity is clearly visible on film. But Basilashvili is a genius, so respect involuntarily kept me from getting closer to him. And his choice for this role is Bortko’s genius.
Which other actors, in your opinion, match their role?
Probably the main discovery for me was the performer of the role of Gella - stuntwoman Tanya Yu (real name - Shkolnik). They say she used to star in Bortko's film The Circus Burnt Down and the Clowns Fleeed,
but I met her for the first time. Bright, beautiful, passionate about her work!
As for the hit, in my opinion, the biggest success of the film is Vlad Galkin. When they told me that he would play the Homeless Man, I doubted: he was too old for the role of a young poet! But then, when I saw him on the set - in the scene where we come to his insane asylum, I was simply shocked: he had such an enlightened face, such naive, pure eyes! I watched him work and learned a lot from him.
In general, I haven’t had much collaboration with other artists. The novel is written so that Margarita has huge scenes in which she is either alone or with the Master. The ball scene stands out, about which, like my heroine, I have the most terrible memories. The only one I remember is Sasha Abdulov. Moreover, the Cat, whose face I practically did not see, he walked around in a cat’s head all the time.
A separate topic is the Master. What was your relationship with him?
With him - good. But it was much more difficult for me to accept the relationship between the Master and Margarita. The fact is that if I love, I literally melt into this love. But my heroine is completely different - a warrior woman, a mother woman who perceives her lover more like a child. She sacrificed everything for him! In fact, she was the main and leading one in this love, and he was the follower. I kept thinking: what would it be like to meet a person and understand at first sight that this love is forever? That's why I really like the scene with the yellow flowers: when she met the Master, she saw her life from beginning to end. There, if you noticed, the characters do not speak; there is voiceover on their behalf. This is because when souls talk, there is no need for verbal communication.
By the way, Bortko and I argued a lot about this topic during filming. I proved to him that the main thing in this novel is love, but he insisted that the Master
- social drama about the Stalin era. In the end, I agreed with him, but during filming we argued terribly about this.
This is my picture
- he shouted
, - and if it turns out badly, then all the cones will fall on me!
What is the demand from you, actors?! “Okay, ” I answered
, “I’ll do it as you want, but then you’ll definitely get your share of cones!”
Yes, your relationship is high!
Actually, I have to confess my love and gratitude for this man. I think he's a wizard! Do you know what, for example, happened during dubbing? How do you usually write sound? The actor looks at his image on the screen and tries to get into his own breath, watching the movements of his lips. Sometimes this makes it difficult to feel the text. In such cases, Bortko simply removed the picture and told me: Speak!
“
How,
” I wondered
,
“
what if I don’t get in?!”
- Speak anyway! Then he superimposes sound onto the image, and - miracle! - everything matches down to the slightest breath. First time in my life I saw this!
Did you like the film yourself?
Yes! I just still feel sorry for the scene in which Margarita, during her flight on a broomstick, calms a small, frightened boy. I liked him so much, nice boy! And the room in which he slept was absolutely amazing, it was as if I had been transported to the 30s of the last century! And the scene itself turned out good, kind. But Bortko resolutely refused it: no, that’s all! And, as you know, they don’t argue with the director.
Did you have a very busy daily routine?
It was little different from other filming. In the morning - makeup, however, here it was complex, so it took more time, probably an hour and a half. It's the same with hairstyle. It’s interesting that the most difficult task has always been styling hair for flights, although it would seem that it’s difficult - it’s just an artistic mess! Yes, and the body had to be looked after.
While all these procedures lasted, the make-up artist Irochka and I liked to drink coffee and gossip. And only then began work until exhaustion and, if Bortko was in a good mood, lunch. Vladimir Vladimirovich is a very strong person, and you can’t call me weak, so at first it was difficult for him and me. It seems to me that he looked at me and thought: Why did I take you, so young? Nothing will come of you!
But then I realized that he pitied me and loved me in his own way, and on the set it is very important that the director loves his actress. This is how we ended up with a creative novel.
Data:
Vladimir Bortko calls Kovalchuk one of the most patient actresses. When the director saw her for the first time, he immediately realized that she was Margarita. According to Bortko, she had everything needed for this role: talent, beauty, the face of that time.
In creating the image of Margarita, Anna Kovalchuk was helped by the Diary
of the Master and Margarita
(the diary of Elena Sergeevna Bulgakova), which was given to the actress before filming.
In addition, having learned that Anna would play Margarita, Deacon Andrei Kuraev sent her his manuscript about the novel by Mikhail Bulgakov.
In September 2014, the premiere of the musical The Master
and Margarita
. Anna Kovalchuk played the role of the second heroine. This is the fiery red-haired witch Gella, in love with Woland.
Sources: Gordon Boulevard, Wikipedia.
Updated 20/08/19 18:24
:
Down with barriers!
– Besides cinema and theater, what areas of life interest you so much that you are ready to go and gain new knowledge?
– By nature, I cannot be fixated on one thing. In the future I would like to take design courses. I am interested in foreign languages. I studied French at school. And about five years ago I started learning English. I'm taking lessons. When I was traveling, I felt great discomfort due to the language barrier. And now that I started speaking English, I feel comfortable in any country. I was in Berlin and communicated without problems. Before this, English helped me in Spain.
– Recently on your YouTube channel you posted a short story in French about yourself as an actress. Do you want to try acting with foreign directors?
– I wouldn’t mind if the role interests me.
– But this will disrupt that very stability. You will have to leave for another country, and you have said more than once that your family comes first.
“I definitely won’t film at the expense of my family.” Family is the most valuable thing in life for me.
– Is it true that actors don’t tend to be friends with each other?
– Yes, examples of acting friendship are very rare. I know from experience that in the acting community it is not customary to congratulate each other on awards and premieres. Maybe because the artists are busy, they don’t have enough energy for their colleagues. I myself don’t congratulate any of the artists. Unless Sasha Novikova, with whom we are friends, we star in a series together. I congratulated him on the “TEFI”, which he received this year.
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