Photographing Isabel Tan

Content Creator, 23

Portrait by Adele Chan using the Nikon Df
Text by Adele Chan
Hair and makeup by Isabel Tan

Isabel is well-known as her Instagram handle, Prettyfrowns, and for some reason… that name really suits her. Perhaps it’s because she’s pretty, and that she hardly smiles in her pictures. Which was also why when we met for the first time for this shoot, her friendly disposition completely threw me back. Isabel exudes a quiet confidence; she’s outgoing, outspoken, but not overpowering. We had a lovely chat about beauty products, and about her current situation furnishing her new apartment while planning an upcoming trip to Europe. She tells me that she takes about 20 minutes to complete her full beauty regime every day, and she describes her beauty style as “natural with contour”. This is clearly a girl who knows what she wants and what suits her… and I think that’s an incredible gift to have at 23 (I was clueless at that age!). Get her look here:

 

 

SKINCARE

1. Sunday Riley Ceramic Slip Clay Cleanser
2. Bioderma Sébium H2O Micellar Water
3. SK-II Mid-Day Miracle Essence
4. CHANEL UV Essentiel Multi-Protection Sunscreen SPF50
5. Estee Lauder Advanced Night Repair Synchronized Recovery Complex II
6. Skin Inc Hyaluronic Acid Serum
7. Sunday Riley Luna Sleeping Night Oil
8. SK-II Facial Treatment Mask

 

MAKEUP

1. Smashbox Photo Finish Primer
2. Kat Von D Lock-It Liquid Foundation in Medium 52 Neutral
3. Rimmel Stay Matte Pressed Powder in Warm Honey
4. Benefit Goof Proof Brow Pencil in 05 Deep
5. Kat Von D Tattoo Liner in Trooper
6. Vaseline Petroleum Jelly
7. M.A.C Mineralize Blush in Sweet Enough
8. Urban Decay Naked Heat Palette
9. Kat von D Everlasting Liquid Lipstick in Lolita
10. Tarte Tarteist™ PRO Glow to Go Palette
11. Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Lipstick in 124 Bare Instinct

 

HAIR

1. Kiehl’s Amino Acid Shampoo
2. Kiehl’s Amino Acid Conditioner
3. Coco & Eve Super Nourishing Coconut & Fig Hair Masque

 

BODY

1. Dove Beauty Nourishing Body Wash
2. Pure Fiji Hydrating Body Lotion Coconut Infusion
3. Estelle & Thild Spring Rose Blonde Body Scrub

 

What is the one beauty item you cannot live without?

Lip balm for sure, my trusty Vaseline.

 

What’s your signature scent?

I like to mix and match perfumes depending on my mood and time of day. But if I had to pick one, it would be Rose Gipsy by Christian Dior.

 


Follow Isabel Tan online at prettyfrowns.com and instagram.com/prettyfrowns.
To see more beauty portraits, check out Editing Beauty’s Instagram.