Corinne Bailey Rae went totally disco for this glamorous seductive night time look celebrating colour, shine and wild unrestrained hedonism. Starting from the vibe and attitude of Studio 54, Kay Montano pictured Corinne on the cover of American Vogue in the '70s ending up with a smouldering after hours look which could stop you in your tracks across a flashing dance floor. Corinne takes us into the mind of her disco diva.

Why disco?

"The images we see from Studio 54 fascinate me. Bianca Jagger on a white horse or Diana Ross dancing with movie stars, the gorgeous trannies, the outfits, the hairstyles, the mix of people - all fabulous and glamorous. I love getting dressed up for stage and this look is all about that.  Everyone dressing for the spectacle, they were the show! I love that!"

The look

"I loved the shiny, sticky lips and having big hair! It was fascinating to see how Kay applies lipstick, right to the edge of the cupid's bow. I have obviously been doing it wrong forever!"

Behind the look

This is a look which has a lot of everything. Kay started with a vibrant coral blusher and contrasting shimmer highlighter, both from Kevyn Aucoin, to shape the cheekbones. Working from inside out, soft black pencil was applied all around the eye and smudged out to create intensity and definition. Next an ultra violet eyeshadow was applied on the lids. The colour is concentrated on the outer third of the lid and nearer the lashline and blended up and out. A candy pink shadow was dabbed on the inner third of the lids and under the brow bones to create highlights and dimension. This kind of technique takes a bit of practice and time but the reward is a subtle dimensional eye makeup rather than a flat block of colour on the lids.

For maximum colour and impact rather than a lipstick Kay used a Sleek Pout Paint, a full saturated opaque cream lip colour, painted on with a brush. The lips were lined with a pencil liner first to create the outline and then painted in: definitely a high maintenance diva lip.

Hairstylist Philippe worked with Corinne's wonderful natural hair texture to tease out a wild untamed style which is full of movement. The finishing touch was a chrome finish foiled silver nail reminiscent of the disco ball the diva would dance under.

Red lips are Peony's signature beauty look and a classic style that has become the little black dress of make-up looks. "Red lips are what people know me for beauty wise, so it was fun to play with the idea. It's classic and chic but also fun and kitsch. I think a red lip always makes you feel brave."

Kay shows us two different ways to try a red lip playing with different shapes and textures. The first is an exagerated cupid's bow, a look associated with 20s style. For a perfect finish, start by covering your natural lip shape with foundation or a dab of concealer and then painting in the lip colour with a brush. The next look is a more natural shape, following the natural line of Peony's lips, finishing with a high shine lip gloss. With red lipstick, the challenge is to find a shade you like but a classic cream finish scarlet is a good place to start.

The beautiful, talented and thoroughly lovely Corinne Bailey Rae stars in our latest beauty video. Corinne slips into character and talks us through the her thoughts on beauty, the roaring 20s and what inspired her look.

Why the 20s?

"I love the glamour of the 1920s era. The decadence is especially poignant from the vantage point of history, in terms of what's around the corner. It was a last indulgent hooray for the wealthy before The Great Depression and Second World War.

The style was so distinctive with the paste jewellery and bobbed hair. Women wore dropped-waist dresses, a sign of their liberation. At last no more long unwieldy dresses and no more corsets.

I'm looking forward to seeing The Great Gatsby movie when it comes out. The director Baz Luhrmann is perfect for it."

The look

"It's fun to have my hair shorter and a dark lip which I rarely wear. I enjoyed my purple nails, although they had to come right off so I could play my guitar!"

Behind the look

Inspired by the silent movie actresses of the 1920s we went strong on both eyes and lips. Kay often starts eye makeup with a soft pencil eyeliner. Working it into the lashes the aim is to get a lot of product around the eye, it doesn't need to be precise. Kay then used her fingers and a small firm brush to blend the eyeliner out all around the eye and onto the lid. This acts as a base to give the powder eyeshadow depth and make the colour more vivid. The eyeshadow used was a beautiful duochrome colour from the new bareMinerals READY eyeshadow collection. Flashing blue and brown in different lights, it has a soft texture as well as intense pigment.

When you can't quite get the colour you want... create your own. Kay blended two lipsticks to get Corinne's deep cherry lips. Chanel's Rouge Coco in Rouge Noir was applied first all around the lips with a brush. Then a deeper denser colour, TopShop's lipstick in Beguiled, was patted on top. The combination creates a deep three-dimensional lip, rather than looking dark and flat.