Northern lights

EVERY year the MTV European Music Awards behemoth rolls into town and this year it was the Northern Ireland capital’s turn.

But it’s only partly about the music: Behind the scenes, a 39-strong team from Mac cosmetics, including senior Irish artist Lesley Keane, worked their magic on artists, dancers and presenters.

320 sets of lashes, 80 lip glosses, 160 packs of MAC wipes and 60 mascaras were just some of the hundreds of products used on the night to create out-of-this world make-up.