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Macro close-up of a model's eye with dramatic shimmering silver eyeshadow, dark liner, and a bleached eyebrow.

Close-up beauty portrait of a woman with metallic silver eyeshadow, pencil-thin eyebrows, and warm terracotta lipstick.

Close-up beauty portrait of a woman with red lipstick and pale skin tilted sideways against a dark black background.

Extreme close-up beauty portrait of a woman with blue eyes, light blonde eyebrows, and glossy orange lipstick.

Close-up portrait of a model with sleek blonde hair, bold eyeliner, and dark red lipstick against a black background.

Close-up portrait of a woman with slicked-back hair, striking dark eyeliner, and red lipstick against a dark background

Close-up portrait of a model with blue eyes, bleached brows, and glossy orange lipstick captured by Irina Shestakova.

Various Editorials The New Excess for AboveBeyond Magazine 2026

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In The New Excess for AboveBeyond Magazine, the creative team leans into a masterclass of refined intensity, offering a high-fashion exploration of beauty that commands attention through sheer precision. This editorial project, which traverses the realms of cosmetics and portraiture, thrives on the tension between extreme macro detail and polished minimalism. With photographer Irina Shestakova behind the lens, the imagery utilizes sharp studio strobe lighting to emphasize the architectural quality of the face, transforming features into landscapes of texture and color. Makeup artist Hugo Villard provides the conceptual backbone of the series, employing bold graphic eyeliner, metallic eyeshadows, and vibrant matte lips that serve as striking focal points against stark, dark backgrounds. The aesthetic is punctuated by the intentional inclusion of bleached eyebrows and slicked-back hair, styled with architectural rigor by Yumiko Hikage. Throughout the series, model Bo Exters embodies an intense, gaze-driven presence that bridges the gap between raw human detail and high-concept artistry. By combining macro focus with a disciplined, high-contrast palette, the collection captures a modern vision of the beauty industry that feels both timeless and aggressively current. The project reads as a deliberate study in creative color blocking, where every clumping lash and pigment-rich lip shade reinforces a sense of excess tempered by meticulous, clean, and highly controlled artistic execution.