It's Official... M.A.C Cosmetics Glamorise the Stars of the British Academy Television Awards in 2005!

It's Official... M.A.C Cosmetics Glamorise the Stars of the British Academy Television Awards in 2005!

LONDON, April 18/PRNewswire/ -- M.A.C Cosmetics, globally the professional artist's brand of choice for fashion, film, TV, theatre, music and photography rolled out the red carpet this year to glamorise nominees, presenters and actresses for the 2005 British Academy Television Awards sponsored by Pioneer.

M.A.C was proud to be the Official Make-up Brand for the glittering occasion this season and make-up artists from the M.A.C Pro Team were on hand to provide make-up services to VIP's in town for the awards. M.A.C Pro Artists offered their services to VIPs daily from April 15th through to April 17th in the M.A.C Beauty Suites at The Savoy Hotel and Grosvenor House Hotel and via one to one 'at home' appointments.

M.A.C Head of Make-up Artistry, Terry Barber, created a dazzling look for Coronation Street's Debra Stephenson at the M.A.C Beauty Suite in the Grosvenor House Hotel using a flawless base of M.A.C Moistureblend Foundation, Moisturecover Concealer and Blush in Spice and Trace Gold to contour the cheeks. Terry wanted to create "a million dollar make-up" by using M.A.C Fluidline in Sweet Sage and Brassy to create sparkling aquatic eyes along with Lash #4 to achieve a sixties feathery lash, top and bottom. M.A.C Lipglass in Love Nectar and Lip Pencil in Subculture were used to give Debra an oyster-wet lip.

M.A.C provided Pro Artists for exclusive one to one appointments with the stunning young stars from Coronation Street including Tina O'Brian, Sally Lindsay, and the Street's bad girl Kate Ford who created glamorous red carpet looks for the girls using M.A.C products! M.A.C Senior Artist, James Molloy, wanted to give Coronation Street's Tina O'Brian a "warm, sun-kissed look" by using peach and coral shades. He used M.A.C D'Bohemia Eye Shadow and Pigment in Deckchair from the new D'Bohemia summer collection, along with Eye Kohl in Smolder and Fluidline in Rich Ground - all finished off with a coat of Zoom Lash Black to create "an ultra feminine, girly" look. Doubles Blush in Trust Fund was used to contour the cheeks and topped off with Blush in Pink Swoon. Lipgelee in Slicked Pink completed Tina's stunning look for this special evening.

Glamorous Holby City star, Tina Hobly, opted for a luxurious terracotta themed wet look eye using M.A.C Eyeshadows in Swiss Chocolate and Swimming and Engraved Eye Kohl with a fabulous nude lip created with M.A.C Lip Pencil in Stripdown and Lustreglass in Beaux. Tina looked her beautiful bronzed self with M.A.C Bronzing Powder in Refined Golden.

Star of GMTV's Entertainment Today, Jenni Faulkner also came along to the boudoir style M.A.C suite at the Savoy Hotel to be glamorised for the awards. Eye Shadows in Jest and Cranberry were used on the lid along with Sketch Eye Shadow on the outer corner. Eye Shadow in Trax and Eye Kohl in Engraved were used on the lower lash line. A sweep of Bronzing Powder in Golden was used and a slick of Lustreglass in Wonderstruck completed Jenni's red carpet look.

All celebrities who received the M.A.C experience were left with a 'touch-up kit' to maintain their stunning red carpet look and for 'on the spot, on the night' touch-ups at the star studded Awards ceremony, on Sunday 17th April, M.A.C also provided a make-up area complete with artists to keep all the celebrities shining at the Grosvenor House Hotel.

Source: MAC Cosmetics

For more information on M.A.C's Beauty Suites at The Savoy and Grosvenor House Hotel, pictures and products information, please contact: Ruth Wiles t: +44-(0)20-7409-6858, e: rwiles@mac-cosmetics.co.uk OR Laura Walker, t: +44-(0)20-7409-6775, e: lawalker@mac-cosmetics.co.uk

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