Mythology can be a big part of a beauty brand’s DNA. Some of the most iconic beauty products are tied to epic origin stories. Take Benefit Cosmetics’ Benetint Lip & Cheek Stain was originally created as a nipple tint for exotic dancers and was also developed by La Mer after its founder was burned in a lab accident. It is also talked about whether it was invented in (He also consulted astrology and played a specific soundtrack for each batch.) Then there’s Chanel’s Vamp, aka Rouge His Noir, a whole different ball game. The color is dark, blood red, almost black. all In the mid-1990s, it was sold out and difficult to obtain. (Thankfully, for teens like me who don’t have a Chanel-friendly budget, there was plenty of camo.) Almost 30 years later, Vamp is one of Chanel’s best-selling nail polish shades. It continues to exist.
The Vamp first debuted at Chanel’s fall 1994 ready-to-wear show in Paris in March 1994 (an iconic collection featuring gold chains, cell phones, and water bottle holders, and later featured in Mona May’s costume design). ). ignorance). Vamp’s credits include a Chanel makeup artist who colored his red nails with a Sharpie.The other one is Uma Thurman wearing shades. pulp fiction. But neither seems to be true.
Two days before the Chanel show, Heidi Morawetz, director of the company’s makeup production studio, and Dominique Moncourtois, international director of makeup production, A mixture of red and black pigments In Chanel’s studio kitchen until the color is decided. Morawetz said. interview magazine In 2011, she announced that she was inspired by how black her eyes and nails look in black and white photos. When editors took a peek at the model’s gothic nails, it instantly became popular. “Journalists saw it at the show and were incredulous and thought, ‘What color is this?’ Americans did it right away by just putting it on the counter. So it was released in America before it was here in Paris,” Morawetz recalled.