As a beauty editor, one of the major privileges of my job is getting to talk to celebrities. Not only that, but I get to talk to stars about beauty products, which is basically a dream come true. Many celebrities have their own brands, but I live for celebrities telling me what products they actually use and love in their daily lives.
Many celeb favorites are available at none other than Sephora, which is basically my beauty product mecca. Right now, Sephora is having its annual Spring Savings Event, which means that you can find celeb-loved products at a discount. If you’re a Rouge member, the savings start today. Here’s everything you need to know to save: From April 14 to April 24, Rouge members get 20% off their purchases.
But Rouge members aren’t the only ones able to save. From April 18 to April 24, VIB members can take 15% off their purchases, and Insider members can take 10% off. Plus,all Beauty Insiders, regardless of tier, can receive 30% off Sephora Collection products during their designated sale dates. Enter the promo code SAVENOW at checkout. Keep reading for the products celebs have shared their love for with our editors that you can get at a discount right now at Sephora.
If you’re anything like me, you’ve been a Sephora Insider for, well, forever. You probably also wait all year for the Sephora Savings Event. This year, in preparation, I spent three (yes, three) total hours shopping at Sephora to find the best products across skincare, makeup, hair, and fragrance categories. You can call it an irresponsible use of time, but I call it research. I’m a beauty editor, and seeking out the best in beauty is quite literally part of my job.
On my most recent trip to Sephora, I walked the hallowed halls and found some seriously stellar items. I’m talking about a lightweight sunscreen that neither pills nor leaves a white cast. I’m talking about a high-pigmented lip color that feels like butter on your lips. And I’m talking about a hair mask that leaves your strands bouncy and moisturized without residue. As I said, these products are stellar.
The best part? They’re on sale. Rouge members receive 20% off plus early access to the sale on April 14. VIB members receive 15% off starting April 18. Finally, Beauty Insiders receive 10% off starting April 18. Use the code SAVENOW at checkout.
Every spring, I look forward to Sephora‘s Spring Savings Event. For a beauty lover, it’s akin to Christmas as you can snag your absolute favorite Sephora beauty products for less only a few times a year. This sale is the perfect time to take the plunge on splurges you wouldn’t normally buy at full price.
If you’re a Rouge member, you get first dibs on the sale (along with an amazing discount). Here’s everything you need to know to save: From April 14 to April 24, Rouge members get 20% off their purchases.
But Rouge members aren’t the only ones able to save. From April 18 to April 24, VIB members can take 15% off their purchases, and Insider members can take 10% off. Plus,all Beauty Insiders, regardless of tier, can receive 30% off Sephora Collection products during their designated sale dates. Enter the promo code SAVENOW at checkout.
This year, I’m prioritizing products I love but wouldn’t pay full price for as I’m trying to save as much money as possible. That includes things like cult-favorite hair tools, makeup products I’ll reach for every day, and fragrances I know I’ll use for years to come. Read on for my unbiased picks below.
If there’s one thing we know about Hailey Bieber, it’s that she’s always up-to-date on the latest beauty trends. Not only that, but many of her “get ready with me” TikToks feature the latest and greatest products in the beauty space (and no, she does not exclusively use products from her own brand, Rhode).
The brand founder and model has long favored a minimal getting ready routine. She’s basically the pioneer of “clean girl” makeup, and goes for products that enhance her features and give off a “no-makeup” vibe. In her latest get ready with me video, sandwiched between a few Rhode products and minimal makeup, we noticed Bieber reaching for one of the season’s buzziest new products—Kosas DreamBeam.
DreamBeam is joining the ranks of new-gen sunscreens that don’t feel like sunscreen. It’s a mineral-based formula that’s chock-full of ceramides and peptides to smooth and brighten skin and hyaluronic acid and allantoin to hydrate and soothe. Plus, unlike many mineral formulas, it doesn’t leave a white cast—its unique peachy tone cancels any whiteness, making it the perfect universal formula. Did I mention it’s waterproof? You can mimic Bieber and use DreamBeam on its own, but it also works double-duty as a makeup primer.
Every makeup artist we spoke to explained that without a well-prepped base (aka hydrated and healthy skin) any foundation application will flounder. Prepping the skin with the right products and ample moisture is crucial for a seamless, long-lasting finish.
“I am really, really big on prep—prep is everything,” exclaims celebrity makeup artist Tamah Krinsky, whose clients include Julianna Margulies, Mary Steenburgen, Judy Greer, Idina Menzel, and Christy Turlington. “Regardless of age, how you prep your skin determines how your foundation will sit on your skin, and the more hydrated and healthy your skin is to start, the better your foundation will look. My clients would tell you skin prep is the longest part of their time in the makeup chair with me!”
Krinsky recommends starting the process with a luxe spray like Josh Rosebrook’s Hydration Accelerator ($44) before moving on to an oil. She typically applies around six drops, although it depends on the day and client. “I take three to five minutes to massage the oil from the hairline to the collarbones. It’s amazing what that alone can do for your complexion! My favorites are Drunk Elephant Virgin Marula Antioxidant Oil ($72), Eve Lom Radiance Face Oil ($80), and the Josh Rosebrook Herbal Infusion Oil ($44),” she says.
Afterward, she’ll press a pea-size amount of moisturizer into the skin to lock all the magic in. She loves anything from Tatcha, Drunk Elephant, Dr. Hauschka, or La Roche-Posay.
If you’re super cautious and follow all of the tips above, your chances of making a huge mistake are low—but never none. If you’ve overplucked, trimmed to short, or botched the shape entirely, start by putting the tools down.
If you have access to an eyebrow expert, book an appointment ASAP. These brow rehab jobs can be difficult to master at home, but experts may have a way to mask the mishap.
Don’t want to take that route? You can also call upon patience and makeup skills. Simply fill in the brows daily and use a brow growth serum to help accelerate the growth process.
Co-founder and creative director of Westman Atelier, Gucci Westman, shared a bit about what makes the brand’s first venture into skincare unique. For starters, it’s truly an all-in-one serum packed with 12 active ingredients known to soften fine lines while dramatically boosting hydration levels and firmness within the skin.
“We worked with the leading skincare scientist in Korea who invented the multi-lamellar emulsion, the world’s first skin-like non-prescription formula to treat the skin barrier,” Westman shared. “With this technology, we were able to use 12 potent ingredients that work together to achieve a healthy skin barrier. The key ingredients are hyaluronic acid (four types) that delivers hydration continuously throughout the day and treats the skin barrier while strengthening it, niacinamide to even the skin tone, minimize pores, lighten pigmentation, smooth fine lines, and create plumper and juicy skin, and prickly pear cactus extract to sooth. Noni fruit [in the formula also] supports natural collagen [production], peptides smooth lines, and EGCG prevents premature skin damage.”
Westman, being a beloved industry makeup artist, also kept artistry in mind when creating this product. After all, it wouldn’t be a Westman Atelier product unless it worked well under makeup. What makes the perfect base for makeup, you ask? Hydrated, dewy skin and the skin activator offers it up on a silver platter. “I wanted to create something that had a meaningful effect on the skin that enters the dermis,” Westman says. “I loved this proprietary lamellar system formula where we could include several potent ingredients that don’t cancel each other out and work together. It creates a juicier, plumper finish to the skin that lasts the entire day.”
Another day, another makeup technique going viral on TikTok. We’ve seen tons of TikTok makeup trends get popular over the past few years—from dot contouring to underpainting to “I’m cold” makeup—and there’s no indication that TikTok makeup will start slowing down any time soon. The latest makeup trend that keeps popping up on my For You page is called the “supermodel face lift,” and after seeing it consistently gain more and more momentum, I decided it was time I tried it for myself.
Inspired by the lifted look we see on models like Bella Hadid, this makeup trend is all about giving your features an upward illusion. It’s fairly simple to understand—for every product you put on your face, make sure that it’s trending in an upward direction so it doesn’t look like anything is pulling you down. I followed along step by step with a TikTok explaining the trend, and the results are honestly pretty impressive.
If you’ve been on TikTok lately, you’ve probably seen some of Lizzo’s content. The singer’s TikToks are some of the best celebrity TikToks in the game—she gives fans behind the scenes looks at concerts and her day to day life, she uses her platform to educate fans on racism and body shaming, and she even posts get ready with me videos where she shares how she gets glam.
Lizzo doesn’t often disclose the products she uses in a voiceover or caption, but as a beauty editor with a keen eye for brands, I can usually figure out a product when I see it. Luckily, most of Lizzo’s favorite beauty products seem to be items I know and love. Keep reading for all of the best makeup products that Lizzo is constantly using in her
MakeWaves is the perfect daytime mascara. It’s super creamy yet lightweight, so I’m never globbing on too much product; it’s also extremely buildable, so I can add multiple layers if I’m craving more volume. I don’t like to coat on a ton of mascara during the day, as it can look harsh on my naturally light flutters, but this formula provides just the right amount of oomph while still appearing quite natural.
My favorite perk, however, is the mascara’s Aquaflex Technology, which I can only describe as “memory foam for your lashes.” It’s an ingredient traditionally used in the hair care space, able to memorize the natural bend of your strands and hold their shape all day long—this, combined with the curved, flexible shape of the wand, keeps your lashes lifted and doe-like.
Not to mention, this ingredient keeps humidity from wrecking your lash “style.” (Your eyelash hairs are hairs, after all, and they can technically fall victim to muggy temperatures, which often leads to dreaded raccoon eyes.) To test the formula’s curl-enhancing abilities, I even decided to forgo my trusty lash curler to discover whether the mascara alone was enough to keep my lashes lifted. Much to my delight, my eyelashes remained perky and upright.
If you’ve scrolled through Instagram or TikTok recently, you’ve probably seen the “deinfluencing” trend. It’s just as it sounds. People who are normally known for sharing recommendations and encouraging their followers to buy products (AKA influencers) are flipping the script by sharing the products they don’t recommend. It’s in an effort to save their followers time and money, and we think that’s pretty cool. After all, the beauty market is incredibly saturated, and it can be difficult to know what products are worth it, and which ones you should leave sitting squarely on the shelf.
So, in the spirit of it all, we thought we’d share our take on the trend. After all, as beauty and fashion editors, it’s literally our job to weed out the best from the rest. Ahead, see the 7 beauty products we want to deinfluence (and 17 alternatives that we think are way better).
What would you say your everyday makeup routine looks like?
It’s pretty simple but has also become slightly more complicated because I’ve gotten into gadgets and tools and stuff. On a perfect day, I would have a minute to do some of that stuff like skin prep. It would be a toner, some moisturizer depending on what the weather’s like and what my skin needs. I have gotten really into primer, and Armani Beauty makes a lovely primer that I use now if I’m going to do makeup. Typically, an everyday thing for me is a no-makeup makeup [look]. [I like] just a little bit of foundation. Sometimes, I’ll even mix it with my moisturizer, serum, or a little bit of oil. I like to use corrector under my eyes, so a little bit of orange, then a little bit of concealer, and then not that much powder—maybe just in the middle of my face. Then I use some rose water, and off I go. For every day probably, I would wear Armani’s Lip Power Lipstick because it’s really moisturizing, and if I’m not doing a color color, I would do something closer to my natural lip color and work it out almost like a stain, and that would be a good five-minute makeup look.
Something that’s really good is using a liquid highlighter too! Sometimes, I will mix that with a little bit of foundation, a little bit of oil, and then it’ll give sort of a sheen. Remember when BB balm was so big? Kind of like that!
Yes! It’ll give you a really natural, dewy glow.
Exactly. You mix a little bit of Armani’s Fluid Sheer Glow Enhancer ($33) with a little bit of foundation, a little bit of oil, and even a little bit of moisturizer. I just take a blush brush and just lightly brush that across my face. That’s an easy no-makeup makeup look and creates a healthy glow.
I know you already mentioned a few, but what are your all-time favorite Armani Beauty products?
I have so many! The Luminous Silk Foundation is why I’m really happy to get to represent this brand and this product because I’ve been using it for so long and, at the time—I know this sounds silly to say about makeup—it really was life changing when I discovered it because I had been working mostly in television and on some indie films. I was a young actor, and I would sit in chairs, and artists would have such a hard time shade-matching my skin. At the time, there weren’t a ton of brands that had a wide range of shades. And typically, they would put stuff on me, and I would look either orange, or I would look ashy. Then, I had my first big red carpet, and an artist used Luminous Silk on me, and he actually mixed two shades—one that was way too light for me and way too dark for me—and made his own special thing. Then he said, “You should look into this brand,” and I did. I remember going to a department store and finding something. It was the first time there was a shade that was right for me and came out of a bottle.
Not just for me, but for friends and family, it’s been so easy for me to color-match for people in my life because there’s such a wide range of shades. Their foundation really did help me feel and look like myself when I was at work. As I mentioned, their primer’s really good. Another thing that I have discovered more recently in the last couple of years is the Fluid Sheer, which is so beautiful. You can use it, as I said, mixed with your foundation, and so many of their products are so user-friendly. I’ll be done with a full face of makeup and set it, then I can use Fluid Sheer and put it right on top, and it doesn’t do anything weird or funky to the makeup. It sits perfectly and just makes you look really dewy. I also love to use it on my shoulders or my clavicle if I have skin showing, and it just gives you this very healthy, dewy look. I find that with some highlighters, you can sort of see the glitter a little too much. My approach is usually to do pretty easy makeup, so I like it to be a little more invisible. This one can be, but it’s also buildable, so if you want it to be a bit more dramatic, you just use a little more when applying.
First thing’s first: You can’t achieve a dewy dumpling glow without focusing on skin care. “Instead of investing in the best concealer and foundation then creating the illusion of good skin, you should work for the real thing, right?” Vo quips.
So she starts off by emphasizing the basics—sunscreen, exfoliation, and moisturizer—but she really touts the power of a good exfoliation game. Of course, everyone has a different cadence and product choice (toners, gentle scrubs, peels, et al.), but “sloughing off the dead skin so you could see that dewy baby skin underneath is important,” she notes.
Even those with super dry, flaky skin might want to dabble in a little skin buffing, especially if it seems your skin just won’t stay moisturized. “Your moisturizer isn’t working because you have so much dead skin, so it’s not able to absorb,” Vo adds. “That’s the reason why you have so much dead skin—your moisturizer isn’t able to sink in.”
Opinions vary when it comes to whether primers are essential to a makeup routine. We’ve written about the debate before. Some people sit in the “yes” camp, while others might think it’s “just a waste of a product.” Either way, there’s no denying that primers can be helpful in the quest for flawless makeup. They set the stage, so to speak, for your products and can help your makeup last throughout the day. Some can even hydrate if you’ve got dry skin, while others can get your oily skin under control.
“Primer is not necessary, in my opinion, for day-to-day wear, but for that completely perfect makeup look,” says celebrity makeup artist Maud Laceppe, whose clients include Vanessa Paradis and Julianne Moore. “It will give more of a photoshopped finish. Primer will definitely make your makeup last longer. It smoothes the fine lines, evens out the skin tone, and reduces the size of your pores.”
But not all primers are created equally, just like everyone’s skin is not the same. “There are primers for all different skin types, so chose one that best suits your skin,” recommends celebrity makeup artist and groomer Georgie Eisdell, who has worked with Gwyneth Paltrow and Sophie Turner. “So if you have oily skin, you might want to use a primer that is oil-free so it can help keep your base looking fresh but not too shiny. If you have drier skin, then locate more hydrating primers or pruning oil to help get a nice glow to the skin.”
I am always on the lookout for cool brands that make high-quality products that people might not know about—bonus points if said products are also affordable! Nabla, an indie beauty brand based in Italy, checks off every box—the products are high-performing, incredibly chic, and they won’t break the bank.
Today, many Nabla eyeshadow palettes are on major sale at Ulta. These palettes are buttery, pigmented, blendable, and don’t create fallout or patchiness. Make moves—they’re only on sale today at Ulta as part of the Ulta 21 Days of Beauty Event running through April 1. For the next few days, a selection of products in every category from skincare to haircare and makeup will be 50% off for that day only. Keep reading for the best deals at Ulta today.
First there was kohl. That was ancient Egypt, where both men and women used malachite and kohl to darken their lashes, but it took until the 19th century to bottle mascara and start the false-lash trend. Back then, the French began sewing hairs onto their eyelids, and a Canadian in the US patented an early version of “strip lashes,” the familiar crescent of lashes we now buy in pharmacies. Since then, oversized lashes have been intermittently popular—think Twiggy in the 1960s—with the current explosion beginning in the early 2000s, when the Asian eyelash-extension craze began to rip through Hollywood, with celebrities from Jennifer Lopez to Paris Hilton cramming into estheticians’ chairs to achieve peak flutter.
During these years, I was living in Los Angeles, and I had a friend who was obsessed with lashes. Sahara Lotti was a screenwriter who was also furiously buying and selling Balenciaga bags. She’d noticed that most of what she saw for sale online was fake, and wrote a manifesto about how to spot it, then sold a PDF of instructions online for five dollars. After that, she started calling around to Barneys and other department stores to order real Balenciagas, flipping them for a higher price on eBay. This sideline faded when she landed a script deal with Fox, but then she started moonlighting as an online intuitive, gathering Hollywood clients before she went on retainer for a member of the royal family of Qatar.
In other words, Lotti was a woman who could spot a hole in the market. And as she became increasingly intolerant of going out without her lashes, and increasingly bored of sitting in Koreatown having them applied on end, she started messing with lashes herself, trying to suss out a DIY method. My husband introduced her to an industrial designer for Starbucks who was interested in picking up freelance work, and the industrial designer introduced her to a brand designer. Within a few months, they all flew off to Korea. After that, when I’d visit her at home on Sunset Plaza Drive, she’d be focused on hair irons, glues, and cut-up lashes. She created a tweezer shaped like a Nike swoosh she called a “wand”; she wanted to attach each little cluster of hairs to the eye individually, which made fake lashes look more natural.
Sahara LottiCourtesy of Lashify.
Lotti set Lashify’s price point high, and the margin higher. She rented a loft office on Greene Street, a warehouse in North Hollywood, a pop-up store in SoHo. Lupita Nyong’o and Nicole Kidman were wearing Lashify, and so was Cynthia Nixonduring her campaign for mayor. Not that there was anything glamorous about the eyelash business; it was a grind, and she worked around the clock, convinced she was going to win this lash game. Like all entrepreneurs, particularly one who thinks she can read the future, she believed it was only a matter of time before everyone on earth realized they didn’t need mascara or extensions. They just needed Lashify.
There were other female inventors in the space, but not many. In 2012, Alexandra Byrne of Beta Beauty Lab patented a segmented style of strip lashes. Byrne wrote via email, “My technology came from being a makeup artist for runway shows in London, Europe, and New York. When I wanted the models to all look exactly the same, like an army, I started cutting apart different strip lashes into pieces (I called it the lash hospital) and then fitting every model individually—it was the only way to make all lashes look identical, by customizing them for each eye shape and face.”
There was also Katy Stoka,inventor of the wildly popular magnetic lash. Stoka’s lashes used rectangular magnets to attach fake lashes to your real ones. “It was a lot of blood, sweat, and tears developing the product, and then it was the biggest thrill of my life,” says Stoka. “I wasn’t even in the beauty industry and I invented something, built a patent around it, somehow got the prototype made. Next thing I knew, I was on the shelf in Sephora, and then we were the number-one-googled beauty question of 2018.”
Stoka was knocked off by Asian suppliers, who flooded the market with dupes—not a surprise in the IP game. You probably know that music is heavily copyrighted in the United States, and that fashion is largely not (the evidence is on display every time you walk into an H&M), but beauty giants take out loads of patents. For example, as of July 2020, L’Oréal has 3,717 patent families to guard against the types of lawsuits and conflicts that abound these days. Charlotte Tilbury pursued and won a copyright claim in the UK against Aldi after it released a makeup palette that she claimed copied her Filmstar Bronze and Glow. (At the time, an Aldi spokesperson said, “This matter relates to a product that was on sale for a very short period around December 2018.”) Revolution Beauty pulled its Honey Bear brow product off the market after indie brand Pink Honey accused it on social media of copying its Honey Glue Original Superhold for brows. Olaplex initially won a suit against L’Oréal, claiming the brand copied its hair-treatment tech, but an appeals court later threw out the ruling. (The case has since been settled to “mutual satisfaction,” the CEO of Olaplex toldThe New York Times.)
I might not need to say this, but I’m going to say it anyway. If you have oily skin, drying it out isn’t the fix. It’s also important to understand the difference between, dry, dehydrated, and oily skin. Personally, I’ve struggled with dehydrated skin that still gets oily on the surface—making it tough to find a concealer that works well for my skin. Board-certified dermatologist Azadeh Shirazi explains a little bit more about this.
“Dry skin produces less sebum, the oily substances secreted by our sebaceous glands,” she says. “Our skin needs lipids in oil to protect against external irritants, support the moisture barrier, and maintain hydration. Dryness refers to a skin type whereas dehydration is considered a skin condition or state where skin cells lack adequate water, not oil. Oily skin types naturally produce more oil than dry skin types. It’s important to also note oil secretion is heavily influenced by our body’s hormonal climate. Dehydrated skin is mostly due to external factors that result in diminished water content within the skin like dry weather. Now if the skin is over stripped with too many exfoliants or harsh cleansers, or if it becomes irritated, then it may signal the oil glands to rev up oil production to compensate and those with oily skin will become oilier.”
There are a few different factors that determine your skin’s oil production levels. According to Shirazi, the main ones are genetics, stress, and hormones. But like I said above, over scrubbing or drying it out isn’t the answer, either. “If you over cleanse or over scrub your skin, it will compensate by increasing oil production,” says Shirazi. “It’s best to use lightweight moisturizers, water-based makeup removers, and gentle cleansers to maintain a strong skin barrier.”
Finding the best concealer for your oily skin will depend on the above things. It took me a while to realize that I needed a hydrating, noncomedogenic formula and not a matte formula. If you also struggle with skin that gets dehydrated but remains oily on the surface, you may want to try one of the hydrating formulas below. Shirazi says to also look for hydrating formulas with humectants like glycerin and hyaluronic acid. Most importantly, look for a label that says “noncomedogenic.” For both some hydrating and matte concealer options, keep scrolling below.
As versatile as almond-shaped eyes are, embracing your natural shape can truly make them stand out. “I personally believe each eye will bring out the most flattering and natural shape of each eye on its own,” begins Baker. “Some eyes work particularly well with eyeliner and the feline look. And some are rounder, where I go for the more Dolly look. Each eye almost takes me to a different look.” For example, when working with clients like Olivia Wilde, Baker goes for a smoldering feline definition, but when working with a round shape, she goes for more of a romantic makeup look. No matter the eye shape, your makeup look is what you make of it.
Let’s be clear: If you already swear by skipping a morning cleanse, then don’t worry about changing up your routine. Some skin types, particularly dry and sensitive skin types, may benefit from a simple water rinse in the morning rather than a full cleanse.
However, Rouleau suggests considering a morning wash for the sake of serum efficacy. See, when you apply heavy, occlusive night creams and oils to the face in the evening, a simple splash of water might not fully wash them away.
This occlusive layer may even block other ingredients from penetrating into the skin and working their magic, like vitamin C, for example. Rouleau mentions that in order for this popular brightening ingredient to work, it has to be able to actually reach the skin.
So, washing off any residual skin care layers from the evening before may help this serum (and other products you use in the morning) be even more effective.
That being said, you don’t have to do a double cleanse with micellar water or an oil cleanser first, as there’s no stubborn SPF or makeup to remove. Simply splash your face with water, apply your cleanser, and follow the rest of your normal morning routine.
If you notice your skin begins to get dry, consider switching to a hydrating gel or cream cleanser if you don’t have one already.
We study iconic makeup looks like it’s nobody’s business—that’s no secret. What we have been gatekeeping a bit, however, is how easy some of the biggest stars’ looks are to re-create using products you already have at home. There’s no better time to make our case than during Women’s History Month—a time we celebrate women everywhere.
The WWW beauty team in particular loves to look back on the pop culture icons of our time and their contributions to the beauty world. Each of us felt inspired by one particular celebrity’s look and re-created a version of it using our own handy makeup collection. It was surprisingly easy to find items to use quickly and almost all of the items we used are under the $50 mark. For each iconic look, keep scrolling. We’ve shared how they turned out and the exact products we used for each.
I’m not usually one to think I was born at the wrong time, but I will say that I’ve always felt a special connection to the ’70s. The music of Fleetwood Mac, Elton John, Joy Division, Led Zeppelin, and many more solidified this for me, but there’s one particular type of music I would have loved to experience the rise of firsthand: disco. That’s why I was drawn to this particular look sported by Foxxy Cleopatra (played by Beyoncé) in Austin Powers in Goldmember. Cleopatra took disco glam to a whole new level by sporting larger-than-life hair, gold shadow for days, and outfits I still think about at least once a day.
I put my own spin on her look by adding a couple of $5 jewels from the drugstore to it, but other than that, it was surprisingly simple to create with just one gold shadow layered up to my brow area. I couldn’t find the exact gems I used for this particular look, but I’ve included some top-notch ones below that will still get the job done.
“There’s something about French icons like Brigitte Bardot and Jane Birkin that have had a hold on me for, well, forever. They exude effortlessness and confidence, and obviously, I want to as well. When choosing which photo I wanted to re-create, I was drawn to this picture of Brigitte Bardot on the set of her 1963 film Contempt. Everything about this look is perfect. Her textured, windswept hair, her moody winged liner, and her plump neutral lips. I tried to do it justice with my own (slightly modernized) version of the look using some old standbys, including an amazing designer mascara, an inky liquid liner, a waterproof pencil liner, a flexible foundation, a French lipstick, and a lightweight texture spray.” — Kaitlyn McLintock, associate beauty editor
“Say what you will about Julia Fox, but she has people talking about beauty in a way we don’t see a lot of the time. For her, it’s not about enhancing her natural beauty; it’s about subverting it, which I’ve always found really interesting. People absolutely hate Julia Fox’s makeup, and you know who doesn’t care? Julia Fox. I think we always think of beauty as a tool to make ourselves look better, but maybe we should all be more like Julia Fox sometimes and use it like a weapon. I chose a Julia Fox look from last year that really got people talking—plus, this era was the peak for people telling me I looked like her.” — Katie Berohn, beauty editor
“After bouncing back and forth between icons like Janet Jackson and Donna Summer, I finally settled on creating a look worn by singer-songwriter H.E.R. I tend to keep my makeup very minimal and natural-looking, so I wanted to challenge myself to step out of my comfort zone and try a makeup look I wouldn’t usually gravitate toward. I chose to re-create the look H.E.R. wore last year at the 94th annual Academy Awards: a sheer bright orange lip, matching blush, and a fun cat eye. I finished off my look with a super-chic pair of shades!” — Maya Thomas, assistant beauty editor
