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Go behind the scenes with Zara Larsson as she gets ready for her Allure cover shoot. In this episode of Standing Appointment, Zara sits down for a glamorous makeup session sharing her inspiration behind her cover look. Watch as her makeup comes together from start to finish before she steps in front of the camera.
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00:00Hey Allure! It's Zara Larsen here and you're coming with me to get my makeup done for my Allure cover
00:04shoot.
00:09Hey girl! How are you?
00:12Do you like my look?
00:14I love it.
00:15Okay, bleach brows.
00:16You know?
00:16I kind of feel like a very sexy old lady.
00:19You are a very sexy old lady.
00:22You kind of look like Mouvelle in human form.
00:24Oh, where is she? Where is she?
00:26Like that's you.
00:26That's my twin.
00:27Exactly.
00:29This is Sofia Seno.
00:30She's a brilliant makeup artist.
00:32You might know her work on my face.
00:34I feel like you're mostly known for colors and glitter and sparkle, at least on me.
00:40But I do feel like this look that we're going to do now sort of brings it back to the
00:44first look that we did years back.
00:48In Sweden?
00:49Which is more like darker.
00:52Yeah, a bit grungier.
00:53A bit grungier.
00:53Yeah.
00:58But it's been so fun and you've really like done so much for my brand and my universe.
01:04And like even if I don't do anything online or I post any videos, I know that one of your
01:11makeup looks is going to go viral.
01:13And I'm like, that's the press for the week.
01:16Yeah, exactly.
01:17Yeah.
01:17Our first show that we did together was the 2nd of November, if I have it correct.
01:22Wow, yeah.
01:23Oh, true.
01:23You came in for the Midnight Sun.
01:25Yeah, the third show.
01:26Yeah.
01:26Yeah.
01:27Sorry.
01:27Sorry to those guys who went to the first couple of shows.
01:30No, I know.
01:31They were kind of mad.
01:32They were like, what the fuck?
01:33Yeah.
01:34I'm very much like her movement director.
01:36Yes.
01:36Just when it comes down to the glam picture, it has to be a certain look.
01:41Absolutely.
01:42You're so good at that.
01:43And I just kind of sit down in the chair.
01:44Yeah.
01:45Sometimes when I have a note, I feel like, yeah.
01:48Yeah, yeah, yeah.
01:49I feel like, yeah.
01:50No, you get in like a specific mood and I'm like, oh, she's just in a mood today.
01:55Where suddenly she wants to direct the whole thing.
01:57I'm like, sure, Zara.
01:58Your brows?
01:59Girl.
02:01Sometimes she wants to like do her brows and I'm like.
02:09No brows for this look?
02:11Yeah, obviously.
02:12Yeah.
02:13I'm just going to leave it like this.
02:14No brows for none of them.
02:14No, I don't think so.
02:16Are you happy with that?
02:16Yeah, yeah.
02:17I think it's going to look beautiful in the pictures as well.
02:20I've done no brows.
02:21I was going to ask you, have you ever done no brows?
02:23Like on myself?
02:24Uh-huh.
02:25Yeah, but I don't look good with bleach brows, if I'm honest.
02:29Especially when I had.
02:29I feel like I look a little crazy too.
02:35Oh, I feel like that's a bit a lot.
02:37Yeah.
02:37A little life back into me.
02:38I think once you have your eyeliner on, then that's going to.
02:41Yeah.
02:41And my lips.
02:42Yeah.
02:43I'm scared because I like to lick them a lot.
02:45No.
02:45I need you to lock in.
02:47Please.
02:49Please.
02:50Yeah.
02:50But are they shiny?
02:51Yeah.
02:52Yeah, okay.
02:52That'll be nicer.
02:53Because I just really don't like the feeling of my lips being dry.
02:56Yeah, yeah, yeah.
02:57No, we're going to put gloss on top.
02:58Okay.
02:59I'm using the Made by Mitchell powder blushes.
03:02They're all like pressed in this little custom made palette.
03:06I think this is called the Artist Kid company.
03:09Mm.
03:10They specialize in doing those like, how do you call that?
03:13When you, oh, when you depot your makeup.
03:16Mm.
03:17Do you send it in and they do it for you?
03:20I have this girl from London.
03:22Yeah.
03:22Her name, or like not her name, but her company name is called Micro Kid.
03:26Mm.
03:27And she basically did my whole entire kit.
03:29Because you just have one bag with you, right?
03:34Yeah.
03:34I try to keep it as light as possible.
03:37It's very organized.
03:38It's very organized.
03:39So this is a Peli case because I've been looking.
03:41Like she's on tour.
03:42Oh, I'm on tour.
03:44I just know my makeup feels like it's, it's crazy.
03:48I mean, now when I'm on tour, I don't really have to carry anything.
03:51Because I'm either completely out of makeup or I'm in your chair.
03:55Yeah.
04:06And I think also the first shoot that we did that was just for fun.
04:09Mm-hmm.
04:10But I think how it has changed from that point till now is that with the Midnight Sun world of
04:16it all,
04:16I feel like for the first time there's this creative direction.
04:21Last year, in the beginning of the year, we did RuPaul's Drag Race.
04:24Mm-hmm.
04:24And we did a lot of gems for that too.
04:26Mm-hmm.
04:26And I just realized like we have to just do this more often.
04:29Yeah.
04:29I feel like if we are gonna evolve in your makeup, we just have to focus more on the gems.
04:34Mm-hmm.
04:34Because every time I do a gem on you, you're like...
04:37Like you literally like turn into like a different person.
04:41Yeah.
04:42It's true.
04:42It does something.
04:43But I think it does something on everybody.
04:45Yeah.
04:46Like I'm one of those birds.
04:47I think it really does something on everybody.
04:49Yeah.
04:49I just love something shiny.
04:50Yeah.
04:51Like I love something that like blings.
04:54I know you will make me look good.
04:55You will never make me look silly.
04:57No, always.
04:58Or like in a face where I don't feel comfortable.
05:00One of the first shows when you were like, I feel like we should do this.
05:03Like I saw this picture.
05:04You showed me the Midnight Sun.
05:06Yeah.
05:06You're like, we should do something like this.
05:08And I was like, uh-huh.
05:09Uh-huh.
05:09Right.
05:09And then you're like, what if it's like, you know, like a sun in the middle of the face and
05:15then just gemstones.
05:16And I was like, that's lit.
05:17Yeah.
05:17Yeah.
05:18That's beautiful.
05:19No, I always want you to feel comfortable.
05:20Yeah.
05:21Because I feel like this is not about me.
05:22This is about you.
05:24That's very nice.
05:24You're wearing it.
05:26Is it?
05:26No, but you know how like sometimes people are like, no, I want to do this makeup.
05:31Right.
05:31I feel like, yes, I want to do this makeup.
05:33But at the same time, I want you to feel-
05:37Happy with it.
05:38Of course.
05:39Yeah.
05:39Yeah.
05:40Although it is like conceptual.
05:42Yeah.
05:42You know what I mean?
05:43Totally.
05:44But I have learned to just like also go with it.
05:47Cause I remember when we were in Denmark and you wanted to do the butterfly and I was
05:50like-
05:50Oh yeah.
05:51True.
05:51That was a little-
05:53You like did the whole butterfly.
05:55I mean, I was like, I don't know.
05:57Yeah.
05:57Like, I don't know if I like this.
05:59I was stressed that day.
06:01No, you were very-
06:02I was in the mood.
06:03You were in the mood.
06:05You were in the mood for sure.
06:07I feel like that's the one and only time that you really kind of pushed back a little
06:13bit.
06:13And then it's one of the favorites.
06:15Yes.
06:16So, fuck me.
06:18Fuck my drag.
06:19Actually, it's not about you.
06:21Exactly.
06:23Yeah.
06:23Sometimes it's like that.
06:25And we're going to do a butterfly today.
06:27Yes.
06:28Like a version of it.
06:28I think I'm going to try to like make some sort of pattern on her eye, like an eyeliner,
06:34maybe some dots.
06:35And then we're going to do a really interesting lip look.
06:38So, it will not really be the butterfly like drawn on your face like we did before.
06:43Yeah.
06:44But now it will be like the editorial version of that stage makeup.
06:54I just love your nails.
06:56So cute, right?
06:57So cute.
06:57Yeah.
06:58She killed that.
07:00I look very Targaryen.
07:02You do.
07:18No, for real.
07:19Right?
07:20Yeah.
07:21I'm excited about the lip.
07:22I'm a bit nervous.
07:23About the lip?
07:24Yeah.
07:25I think I'm going to eat it up.
07:26I think I'm going to eat it up.
07:27That's actually probably the only time that we've done a lip design.
07:31The first time we worked.
07:33No, true.
07:33Do you remember that?
07:34Because then we did the eyeliner.
07:36That's true.
07:37We haven't really done that since.
07:39You cannot do that for a performance, of course.
07:41No.
07:41Unfortunately.
07:42Or like even a music video that's like too difficult.
07:45And then...
07:45Yeah.
07:46Yeah.
07:46Press day for sure.
07:48Mm-hmm.
07:49I'm excited for fashion week.
07:51Ooh.
07:52No, like when that happens, we're going to have to motherquake out.
07:56Yeah.
07:56Okay.
07:56Look for it again.
08:04Are we doing lashes on this?
08:06Yes.
08:07Or we can do like a spiky situation.
08:09Mm.
08:09Maybe that's fun actually.
08:11Yeah.
08:12I don't really use references.
08:16I just kind of freestyle.
08:18Mm-hmm.
08:18Honestly.
08:19I feel like that's better.
08:21Yeah?
08:21Because then you...
08:22Do you paint ever or like draw on paper?
08:25I mean, when I was like a child.
08:27Yeah.
08:28And then you just paint on people's faces and stuff.
08:30Yeah.
08:30I feel like this is nice.
08:31Just a few...
08:32Mm-hmm.
08:33Spiky ones.
08:35Can you look up?
08:36I just want to see what that looks like.
08:38Can you look down again?
08:41Getting in the chair and like sitting there is...
08:43It's the routine in a way.
08:45Yeah.
08:46Sometimes we burn incense.
08:48I love that.
08:48And I feel like we should do that every single time.
08:50I know.
08:51Because every time we do it, it's always like...
08:52It's so nice.
08:53It's so lovely.
08:54It just adds to the vibe.
08:56Do you want to drink water?
08:57Yeah.
08:57I'm just going to hydrate myself.
08:58Yeah.
08:59Do you guys have a favorite makeup look so far that you've done on tour?
09:03I know that's hard.
09:04Ooh.
09:04I'm going to let Zara answer that one.
09:07That is hard.
09:09Um...
09:10I actually really do love the butterfly.
09:12Yeah.
09:13I also love...
09:14I love the swan.
09:15I love the one too.
09:16I thought it was so beautiful and pretty.
09:18Yeah.
09:18I also really liked the All Points East one.
09:23Went so well with my outfit.
09:24Yeah.
09:25The like pastel yellow.
09:26Yeah.
09:26And I love the leopard.
09:28Yeah.
09:29Me too.
09:29With the blue liner underneath.
09:31I love cheetah prints.
09:32You do.
09:33I feel like we've done like four cheetah prints so far.
09:36I feel we should do a pink.
09:37The tiger was good too in New York.
09:39Mm-hmm.
09:40And then I like every look that has like something growing from the middle of the face.
09:45Like spreading like the sun.
09:47I love that you call every look top five.
09:49No, I know.
09:50But it's crazy.
09:51There's like 20 looks in the top five.
09:53I know.
09:53And every time I'm like, oh, that's a top five.
09:55Yes.
09:55And then the next one I'm like, that's a top five.
09:58And then the next one is like, that's a top five.
10:00Like Eclipse.
10:01I thought was beautiful.
10:02Oh, yes.
10:03That we did in Finland.
10:04It also kind of helps me remember the shows better.
10:08Yeah.
10:09Right?
10:09Yeah, yeah.
10:10Same.
10:10Because you're like, oh, no, that's when we did the sea slug.
10:12Yeah.
10:13Or like, oh, no, that's when we did the bird.
10:16I thought that was pretty too.
10:18I enjoyed that a lot.
10:19Oh, the very colorful one?
10:20Yeah.
10:21I felt like that was very flattering.
10:23It was.
10:24It was.
10:24How does it feel seeing fans recreate your makeup hilts online for the both of you?
10:29It feels amazing.
10:30It feels amazing.
10:31I feel like every time I open TikTok, I have like 50 new mentions.
10:37And I open TikTok very often in a day.
10:39So it's like I cannot really keep up with how often people recreate.
10:44And they also recreate so fast.
10:46They do.
10:47After we do a look.
10:48I've already seen like 10 like swan recreation videos.
10:51Really?
10:51Yeah.
10:51It really warms my heart because I can just tell like how much fun people have with it.
10:57And it's so expressive.
10:59Yeah.
10:59I hope people like go to parties like that.
11:02No, me too.
11:02Like go out in it.
11:03You know?
11:03I've seen some people that are like, I'm going to wear this to work.
11:06I don't care.
11:06Yes.
11:06And I'm like, yes, more that.
11:08Bring back like the fun and the joy of makeup and like expressing yourself.
11:14Sorry, do you just not sweat on stage?
11:16I don't.
11:17No, she doesn't.
11:18I don't sweat in my face.
11:20Bottom half of my body, very sweaty.
11:22Yeah.
11:22Top half, not sweaty.
11:24And that's super, super convenient on stage.
11:27Yeah.
11:28Because it just makes the makeup stay.
11:31It makes the hair look okay by the end of it.
11:34I mean, I swing it around a lot and do all sorts of things, but it really preserves the makeup
11:41so well.
11:42It does, yeah.
11:43I have like two minutes off stage where the dancers introduce themselves and then I like better my lip.
11:47I do a little lip touch up.
11:48But that's about it.
11:49It's really, it's really convenient.
11:58I've seen people be lifted up by their friends during Midnight Sun.
12:03A few shows like here and there, but then we were in Belgium and it was just so many people.
12:10And I just, I just couldn't stop laughing and I just wanted more people to do it and more people
12:15to do it.
12:15And then it was definitely like over a hundred, maybe hundreds.
12:20And that's something that you can't really plan.
12:22It's sort of like the same thing with the Lush Life dance.
12:24It just kind of happened.
12:25I always wanted to bring someone up on stage for Lush Life.
12:28But then this amazing girl, Julia, she was like, I know the dance.
12:33And ever since she did that, people started doing it.
12:36It just organically happened.
12:39And I think it's really beautiful because it shows that the audience is such a big part of the show.
12:45And they really add so much to what's happening on stage.
12:50Like it's this conversation.
12:52And I think that's, that's my whole goal with having live shows.
12:56And that's why I love to perform live because it is this connection that you can only have if you're
13:03there.
13:03And then of course it can happen again, but then it's going to happen in a different way with different
13:07people.
13:08And it's going to be like different amounts and different energy.
13:11And the live thing can only happen right here, right now, like in the present.
13:14And I think that's why it's so fun that people are really engaged, like when they watch my shows.
13:22But I feel like my audience, they're very loving and respectful towards each other.
13:27Like everyone's just having fun.
13:29And I think that's quite rare.
13:32And I feel so proud of the fact that that's a feeling that at least I get.
13:38And I feel people in the crowd also get really like happy when they leave.
13:43And it's a positive feeling.
13:54This is probably the last time Sofia will allow me to talk before we put the lips on.
14:00So I'm going to say thank you so much for watching.
14:03I'm really excited to see how the lip turned out and you will see it too.
14:07But this is me saying bye.
14:14I feel like this is very much like my signature, like four years ago.
14:19No, this is like a very Sofia Seno.
14:22Yeah.
14:23But people don't know.
14:24No, people don't know.
14:25Who just happened.
14:34Who just happened.
14:36Okay, just close your mouth.
14:42This is the finished look.
14:44I hope you guys like it.
14:52Can I take a photo?
14:53Mm-hmm.
14:56And just slightly off like that.
15:02Cute.
15:03So pretty.
15:03So pretty.
15:04Happy.
15:05Amen.