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Maybelline New YorkSpec beauty campaign

The second after the swipe.

The problem

Self-initiated. Six Maybelline products, one campaign set: a peel-off lip liner, Vinyl Ink, the 24H Skin Tint, the Lumi-Matte foundation and Sky High mascara.

What I did · Creative direction

The second after the swipe. Every frame catches the product mid-use, in hand and readable, a beat before the pose.

The result

A complete six-frame campaign set built without a studio booking: ready for social, e-commerce and out-of-home.

The second after the swipe.
ClientMaybelline New York
Year2026
RoleCreative direction
ScopeCasting, set design, art direction, six key visuals

Self-initiated spec work, not commissioned by Maybelline. Creative direction: Mohamed Magdy. Production: Night Jaguar.

The challenge

Self-initiated. Six Maybelline products, one campaign set: a peel-off lip liner, Vinyl Ink, the 24H Skin Tint, the Lumi-Matte foundation and Sky High mascara.

Mass beauty advertising tends to show the finished face, posed and perfect. It sells the result and forgets the moment of putting it on.

The thinking
Insight

The best part of make-up is the second after the swipe: the check in the mirror, the laugh, the friend leaning in.

Strategic choice

Cast personalities, keep real skin, and give every product its own colour story and its own moment of use.

The idea

The second after the swipe. Every frame catches the product mid-use, in hand and readable, a beat before the pose.

The output

Six women, each cast for a personality the product backs, with freckles, texture and natural shine kept. One colour story per frame, hard flash and film grain. Every pack checked against the real product.

The cast

Each frame pairs one woman with one product and one colour story.

Lumi-Matte foundation
Lumi-Matte foundation
Vinyl Ink, on the scooter
Vinyl Ink, on the scooter
Peel-off lip liner
Peel-off lip liner

The moment of use

The product in hand, a second after it touches the skin.

24H Skin Tint, on the roof
24H Skin Tint, on the roof
Sky High mascara
Sky High mascara
Vinyl Ink, at the café
Vinyl Ink, at the café
Point of view
Beauty that looks caught, not posed.
The impact

A complete six-frame campaign set built without a studio booking: ready for social, e-commerce and out-of-home.

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