Press release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
28th July 2011
MINK partners with ELLIS FAAS at Africa Fashion Week London 2011
ELLIS FAAS will be providing the makeup that MINK make -up artists will be using on the models backstage at AFWL. Funmi Odegbami, Creative Director at MINK, had this to say about the collaboration, “I am a huge fan of the ELLIS FAAS make-up range. The packaging is very unique and even more importantly the quality of the products are of the highest standard. I can’t wait for the make-up team to try their hand at the make-up wands and I am sure that by the end of this exercise ELLIS FAAS would have won themselves some new fans. In face one of their products is currently featured on the MINK website”.
The MINK brand is synonymous with high quality make-up services for women of colour. As the UKs leading makeup authority for women of colour is comes as no surprise that the company were recently chosen to provide the backstage make-up services for the upcoming Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) Event. Asked about how the makeup team were preparing for the show, Funmi responded, “With less than a week to go until The company’s leading position in the market has led to the event it is really crazy in the office right now. The team some very valuable partnerships with leading international are coordinating supplies of make-up products for the huge cosmetics brands such as IMAN Cosmetics and Illa- backstage team as well as the front of house team. We are masqua. MINK is now proud to announce an equally worth- looking forward to meeting members of the public on the while partnership with ELLIS FAAS. MINK stand where we will be giving free make-up touchups, demonstrations and advice.” ELLIS FAAS is an award-winning brand of make-up products created by Dutch-born make-up artist to the stars Ellis For more information contact: Faas, who Vogue Paris called "one of the most influential MINK Artist Management & Makeup School: make-up artists of her generation". T: +44 (0) 20 8452 1133 ELLIS FAAS is a modern brand, revolutionary in its conM: + 44 (0) 7958 064731 cept, colours, design and packaging – and above all in its info@thisismink.com usage. The brand started off with 27 lipsticks, but the colwww.thisismink.com lection has expanded to include a full line of foundations, concealers, blush, eye shadows, mascara and much more. ELLIS FAAS It is also available worldwide from the ELLIS FAAS web shop, and in more than fifty shops in a growing number of www.ELLISFAAS.com countries. www.facebook.com/ellisfaas