Seemingly shy at first, Paravina makes her statements with her bold, rebellious techniques and vibrant floral hues, while Drammeh’s collection is all about providing the building blocks to a personalized look, and Li’s creations play with light — the kind of dreamy sparkle that bounces off skyscrapers in busy cities. Despite their differences, these are women who keep learning from each other, expanding their horizons to keep innovating. “We get so excited about each other’s collections,” they share, with Drammeh adding, “I want to use Valentina’s collection. I want to experiment with the colours that she imagined, and the same with Cecile’s and we’re always like, ‘Can we have the collection now?’”
In the midst of celebrating their achievements, the Cometes Collective sat down with Vogue Arabia to share insights into their journeys, life-changing memories, and plans for the future. Excerpts below.
Tell us a little bit about each of your collections
Paravina: “Mine is the Brightening Collection, and was very interesting to develop because it’s right between winter and the arrival of spring. So it can be kind of tricky to imagine something that’s really nice for this moment of the season. My inspiration was the camellia. It’s one of the emblems of Chanel and Gabrielle Chanel’s favourite flower. I like it because it’s paradoxical in a way. It’s a beautiful feminine, round petal, soft flower, but it grows in the most wintery, difficult, harsh conditions. And no other flowers bloom at the same time, so it has a beautiful story. I wanted to use that story and do something that is quite futuristic but at the same time easy to use. Accessible for people who might not be the most skilled at makeup, but want to have fun. I tried to develop a peach pink like the feminine side of the camellia. Into this pigment, I added spicy little touches of shimmer in blue or green. Together combined with quite sheer, easy textures that may look aggressive when you see the product, but when you try them, they’re very easy and just illuminate the lips or the cheeks.”
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