12 Days of Performance: Isamaya Ffrench

To see out 2018 with a bang we've brought together some of our favorite dancers, musicians, movers, and shakers to share their genre-breaking powers in a new series of capsule performances directed by NOWNESS' own creative director Bunny Kinney. We'll be releasing a new film each day for the next twelve days, holding a mirror up to the diverse creative worlds we've explored over the past twelve months. Today makeup artist Isamaya Ffrench shows us how to go hog wild with a sparkly seasonal look that says, “I’m ready to party hard.” A collaborator on Dazed Beauty, recently Ffrench appeared in a film that’s all about the transformative—and messy— powers of lipstick, directed by NOWNESS contributor Jordan Hemingway. "We're celebrating true craft and talent in a joyful way," says Bunny Kinney about 12 Days of Performance. "Each film is a small, simple portrait of an artist or ensemble performing an improvised work. We asked everyone to just let go and do their thing, and each of them worked with us on the overall creative direction of their video—which will be brought together into one final, collaborative film" ___ Subscribe to NOWNESS here: http://bit.ly/youtube-nowness Like NOWNESS on Facebook: http://bit.ly/facebook-nowness Follow NOWNESS on Twitter: http://bit.ly/twitter-nowness Daily exclusives for the culturally curious: http://bit.ly/nowness-com Behind the scenes on Instagram: http://bit.ly/instagram-nowness Curated stories on Tumblr: http://bit.ly/tumblr-no