How Models Are Prepping for the 2018 Victoria's Secret Fashion Show
After months of counting down on social media, the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show is finally here. The event has returned to New York, and ALL your favorite angels are backstage — including Gigi and Bella Hadid, Kendall Jenner, and Winnie Harlow — getting glammed up for their turn on the runway. This year, Conair lead stylist Anthony Turner and his team are creating styles that are "the most undone [they’ve] ever been,” while MUA Charlotte Tilbury and her team are here to make the angels look even more angelic than usual.
Ahead of the show, we headed backstage (which is just as chaotic as you'd imagine) to see how your favorite angels are getting ready for their turn on the catwalk. Plus got some inside scoop on how they've been prepping ahead of the big day — which apparently involves a lot of moisturizer, and some seriously fancy facials. Scroll through to see what we found out, and catch the show on Sunday, December 2 on ABC at 10 p.m.
Jessica Andrews1/15Taylor Hill
Taylor Hill calls opening the 2018 show the “highlight of her life,” and has been seriously prepping her beauty routine ahead of the major moment. "I love the Genifique from Lancôme, the face mask, and I like to throw in some vitamin E oil in there around show time because it's nice and healing and I like on my lips,” she tells Teen Vogue.
Getty Images2/15Jasmine Tookes
Jasmine Tookes’ brows stay perfect for the runway with the help of Victoria's Secret Brow or Never Eyebrow Gel.
Getty Images3/15Stella Maxwell
Q: How many glam team hands does it take to create a VS Angel? A: Apparently, a lot.
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Chey Maya Carty has a brilliant trick for getting rid of the “designer bags" under her eyes ahead of show time: "I put a spoon in the freezer overnight then in the morning take it out and place under my eyes for 5-10 minutes to de-puff,” she tells Teen Vogue. BRB, trying this.
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Getty Images5/15Kelsey Merritt
Kelsey Merritt, the first-ever Fillipino model to walk in the VS show, gets her hair styled using the Conair InfinitiPRO by Conair 3Q Heatprotect Electronic Brushless Motor Styling Tool and InfinitiPRO by Conair 2-in-1 Styler.
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"The inspiration is a gorgeous, healthy texture — it’s aspirational and the kind of hair everyone wants,” Anthony said of this year's look, shown in the making on veteran model Liu Wen. "At the same time, we’ve taken it downtown a bit for a very natural, real look. We are just making them a better version of themselves."
Getty Images7/15Herieth Paul
Model Herieth Paul gets her makeup done by team Tilbury, using rosewood taupe shades from the Charlotte Tilbury Bigger Brighter Eyes Palette in Exagger-Eyes.
Getty Images8/15Martha Hunt
Ahead of the show, Martha Hunt hit up NYDG Integral Health & Wellness for their new Model Glow Facial, which uses double exfoliation, radio frequency and LED therapy to help get skin runway ready.
Getty Images9/15Winnie Harlow
Winnie Harlow is walking in her first ever VS show this year, and she and the rest of the models hit the catwalk with a spritz of Victoria's Secret LOVE Star Fragrance.
Getty Images10/15Bella Hadid
Bella Hadid got her makeup done alongside Gigi Hadid and bestie Kendall Jenner, and snapped a selfie of the final look.
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Gigi Hadid has her posing down pat during glam time.
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Kendall Jenner snaps a shot with Charlotte Tilbury, the woman behind her runway glow.
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For Sadie Newman, walking the VS runway this year mean totally re-vamping her wellness routine. "I do the sauna a lot, which helps my skin, like an infrared sauna,” she tells Teen Vogue backstage, noting that Victoria’s Secret has been kind enough to treat the model squad to a series of facials ahead of the show. "This morning I woke up and did all of the de-puffing things like the creams and the rollers and the under-eye patches, so there's a lot of like de-puffing going on. The jade rollers, I think they really work personally.”
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“We’re celebrating individuality — we don’t want the girls to look like a generic army of robots. We’re celebrating each girl for who she is," Anthony said of the models' loose waves, which he curled with the Infiniti PRO by Conair® 2-in-1 Black Titanium Styler, then brushed out with the Conair Styling Essentials Wide Tooth Comb.
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