Close-up beauty portrait of a Black woman with platinum blonde hair, bleached brow makeup, and facial piercings against a black background.

Close-up beauty portrait of a Black woman with high-contrast pale makeup across her nose and forehead and glossy black lips.

Close-up portrait of a Black woman with pink hair, metallic eyeshadow, thin drawn-on eyebrows, and glossy lips.

Close-up beauty portrait of a woman with avant-garde black eye makeup, highlighted straight hair, and glossy lips against a black backdrop.

Close-up editorial beauty portrait of a woman with dramatic white eyeshadow and metallic grey lipstick.

Close-up beauty portrait of a blonde model with bleached eyebrows, pink blush, face piercings, and lilac lipstick.

Close-up beauty portrait of a person featuring metallic silver eye makeup, dark lipstick, facial piercings, and dark background

Close-up beauty portrait of an East Asian model with platinum hair, sharp winged eyeliner, and Glamcult scripted above the eyebrow.

Close-up portrait of a woman with striped blonde and brown hair, pencil-thin eyebrows, and a bandage across her nose.

Close-up portrait of a model with dramatic eye makeup, winged eyeliner, and a bridge piercing against a black background.

Glamcult Magazine FACESHOPPING 2025

About

FACESHOPPING is a beauty editorial for Glamcult Magazine that explores avant-garde aesthetics and experimental cosmetic applications. The project presents a series of extreme close-up portraits, utilizing sharp flash and directional beauty lighting to emphasize intricate textures and high-contrast features. Photographer and makeup artist Kato Fierkens drives the series, layering graphic eyeliner, metallic pigments, and facial piercings to challenge conventional portraiture. The editorial leans into a futuristic visual language, incorporating surreal elements and macro detail to heighten the impact of each look.