In celebration of her 10th year with Clé de Peau as creative makeup director, Lucia Pieroni looked to Venice to create her coveted collection for this holiday. Having traveled to Venice on various work assignments throughout her artistic career, she remembers being mesmerized by the fabled scenery. “I was always struck by the beautiful colors of this ancient city, how the light and water would reflect on the ornate buildings, like the Doge’s Palace and Piazza San Marco,” she says.
In light of such allure, she created a shimmering palette that embraces those backdrops. Launching this month, the Collection Bal Masqué echoes the rich colors of Venetian red earth and the glimmering shades of the green canals in the makeup coffret, while the body powder is evocative of shimmering candlelight at dusk, as are the nail-lacquer trio and le sérum.
And to house these magical hues of Venice, she looked to atypical jewelry designer Joji Kojima, who has made one–of-a-kind pieces for Lady Gaga, among others, to create ornate mask designs that bare character names: Gemma (the makeup coffret), Violetta (the body powder), Elena (the nail-lacquer trio), and Rosalie (le sérum), each exhibiting special distinctive mask motifs that personify an attitude. This compilation acts as an invitation to a masquerade ball that you would not want to miss.