MAC's Director of Makeup Artistry, James Molloy is our backstage insider in Paris. Working on the biggest shows, he helps create the trends before we even see them. This is what Fashion Week looks like for him.

I woke up: For a 6.30am backstage call time. Paris looks so much prettier before the tourist rush.

The look: Electric blue liner I created for AALTO. A young girl heading to a party who's obsessed with liner and mascara.

In my kit bag: MAC Technakohl Liner on lids and Cream Colour Base for flushed post-club skin.

I loved: The prints taken from the club scene in Finland, circa '96.

I snapped: A close-up of Senior Artist Cher Webb crayoning on the Smoothblue kohl.