Revlon launch `Bond Girl` make-up products

03-Sep-2002 • Bond News

The Daily Telegraph (UK) have reported the launch of the new "Bond Girl" make-up line from Revlon.

With two months to go before the British premiere of Die Another Day, prepare to discover your inner Bond girl. The 007 film archives have always provided an irresistible source of inspiration for make-up artists and hair stylists (Ursula Andress`s surf-tousled exit from the sea in Dr No has been recreated in endless magazine spreads), but Revlon has gone one step further and come up with a make-up range based on the latest 007 instalment.

Halle Berry, who stars in the new film, is one of the beauty brand`s current faces (former Revlon models who have also been Bond girls include Kim Basinger, Talisa Soto and Carey Lowell), and the company has collaborated with the makers of Die Another Day to create a cosmetics line which is inspired by its two femme fatales: Halle, whose character is called Jinx, and young British actress Rosamund Pike, who plays Bond`s M16 agent, Miranda Frost.

The limited edition 007 Colour Collection will be launched here on November 7 to coincide with the film`s release. Revlon obviously had a lot of fun dreaming up the product names, which are predictably loaded with Bond-style puns and innuendo.

There is a gold, bullet-shaped mascara in Bond Black, which features a clear lash primer; lipsticks in Mission Mauve and Berry Avenger; a blush imprinted with the famous 007 pinwheel motif and eyeshadow compacts named after Halle and Rosamund`s characters.

The range was developed in collaboration with the film`s make-up artist and stylist, who advised on the looks and mood of the two characters. Shades and textures range from the warm and vibrant to the cool and frosted (much of the action takes place in an ice palace in Iceland, which was inspired by Sweden`s ultra-trendy Ice Hotel). But the Lash Fantasy mascara stands out as a must, as it creates the essential, glamorous Bond babe flutter.

Thanks to `MBE` for the alert.