Shining - Hannah Morrill

Best Beauty Looks
Shining
STARS
The year’s most memorable—and mesmerizing—hair and makeup
looks have a bit of daring and a lot of sex appeal. By Hannah Morrill
Eyes
These eyes are the prize: Smoldering
shadows and thick, dramatic lashes.
MUTED PLUM
Mila Kunis
Avoiding ubiquitous gray tones,
Kunis’s makeup artist, Tracey Levy,
mixed two more unexpected
colors: eggplant and chocolate.
“Blended together, the shades
look almost like gunmetal, but with a
depth and warmth that contrasts
perfectly with hazel eyes,” she says.
CRANBERRY
SHADOW
Taylor Swift
Makeup artist Lorrie Turk
used a berry shadow
to showcase Swift’s bluegreen eyes. “I faded the
shadow past her crease,
then smudged it below
her bottom lashes with a
Q-tip,” says Turk. (Blending
well, then defining with
black liner, keeps reddish
tones from looking sickly.)
From top: CoverGirl LiquilineBlast
eye pencil in Black Fire and
CoverGirl ExactEyelights Eye
Brightening Shadow Palette
in Vivid Greens.
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FULL LASHES
Angelina Jolie
Real eyelashes aren’t all one length, and fake
ones shouldn’t be, either. Makeup artist Toni G.
placed long faux lashes at the outer corners of
Jolie’s eyes, adding shorter clusters as she worked
inward. Trim falsies before you place them, or look
for a set with varied lengths, like M.A.C. 30 Lash.
WINGED LINER
Zoë
Saldana
Makeup artist Vera
Steimberg created
structured cat eyes for
Saldana with a thick
streak of black gel liner
extended up past
the outer corners. (If that
seems a bit tricky, a
liquid-liner pen is easier
to apply, she says.) She
then swept black, navy,
and chocolate shadows
up to the crease of the
lid—but no farther. “It’s
a very precise look, not
a diffuse one,” she says.
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
From left: Yves
Saint Laurent
Pure Chromatics
eye shadow
quads in 4 and 3.
CLASSIC SMOKY EYES
Keira Knightley
REX/REX USA; DAVID COOK (STILL LIFES)
Smoky eyes are as common on the red carpet
as borrowed diamonds. What makes
Knightley’s look so special is the way it blends
three shades for a sooty effect—taupe,
steel, and espresso. To open up the eyes,
makeup artist Zoë Taylor dabbed pearly cream
shadow on the inner corners, then lined the
eyes with black pencil. She finished with tons
of black mascara—and no fake lashes.
“Unbelievably, they’re all hers,” she says.
From top: M.A.C. Cream
Colour Base in Pearl,
Bobbi Brown Eye Shadow
in Espresso, and Chanel
Ombre Essentielle Soft Touch
Eyeshadow in Gris Exquis.
allure.com: Watch our how-to video to re-create Keira Knightley’s sultry eye look at allure.com/popupshop.
Best Beauty Looks
Tip
ALLOVER COLOR
Karlie Kloss
“It’s a very sexy look, but with Karlie’s
freshness, it stays cool,” says Kloss’s makeup
artist, Jeanine Lobell. “I love the mix of gold
and purple shadows with the fuchsia lips. The
gold helps airbrush bold colors.”
RASPBERRY PINK
Sofia Vergara
From left: Yves
Saint Laurent
Ombre Solo
Lasting-Radiance
Smoothing
Eye Shadows in
4 and 15.
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CoverGirl
Queen
Collection
lipstick in
Powderpuff
Pink
To keep hot pink from looking juvenile
or jarring, Vergara’s makeup artist,
Kayleen McAdams, presses it on her
lips with a fingertip. “The finish
becomes more sheer, and the natural
lips peek through,” she says.
FAIRCHILD ARCHIVE (KLOSS); REX USA (VERGARA); DAVID COOK (STILL LIFES)
Sweep on gold
shimmer to
help blend
bold shadows
together.
Lips
Worn matte or with a vinyl shine, these
colors make our mouths water.
Burberry
Beauty Lip
Cover
in Cameo
SOFT ROSE
Cate Blanchett
JUICY CURRANT
Camilla Belle
From left: L’Oréal
Paris Infallible
Lipstick in
Mesmerizing
Merlot and CK One
Lipgloss in Mad.
“At first, Camilla was worried this chestnut
shade was too severe,” says makeup artist
Hung Vanngo. A dab of wine-colored gloss
on the center of the bottom lip toned things
down, along with glow-y skin (courtesy of CK
One 3-in-1 Face Makeup in Tan plus CK One
Skin Illuminator in Warm). “It felt
sophisticated, not scary or goth,” he says.
A nude mouth on the red carpet can make you
look like you forgot your lipstick. That’s why Lobell
picked a warm, muted pink instead of beige.
“Priming the lips with foundation mellows the
rosiness of the shade and helps it last,” she says.
DIVA RED
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
Adele
“I mixed two of my favorite
reds—Chanel lipstick in La
Fascinante and Illamasqua
lipstick in Sangers—to give
Adele a custom shade,” says
makeup artist Michael Ashton
of the singer’s Grammy look.
He worked outward from
the center using a firm brush,
blotted with a tissue, then
traced just inside her lip line
with a ruby pencil. “Because
it’s drier than lipstick, liner acts
as a bumper to keep color
in place,” he says. “She didn’t
even need a touch-up.”
From top: Dolce & Gabbana
The Lipliner in 3 and Chanel
Rouge Allure Velvet lipstick in
La Fascinante.
BRIGHT ORANGE
Emmy Rossum
“This is a really easy way to pull off
bright statement lips and have
fun with makeup,” says Rossum’s
makeup artist, Amy Nadine. To
intensify the shade, Nadine lined
the lips with an equally
bright pencil before filling in with
“Tropicana orange” lipstick.
From left: Make
Up For Ever
Aqua Lip liner
in 17C and
Shiseido
Makeup Perfect
Rouge lipstick
in OR 418.
allure.com: Watch our how-to video to re-create Camilla Belle’s dark-lipstick look at allure.com/popupshop.
Best Beauty Looks
Hair
These cool styles are worn
up, down, or in between.
Above: Theron’s
braids from
the back.
BRAIDED BUN
Charlize Theron
Kate Beckinsale
“I wanted Kate’s hair to look really soft and ’70s,” says hairstylist
Adir Abergel. After rough-drying, he set her entire head in
large hot curlers. “For that real Barbarella volume, brush the hair
straight forward over the face before rolling it up,” he says.
MODERN BOUFFANT
Julianne Hough
FISHTAIL BRAID
Blake Lively
“A skinny braid is not appealing,”
“Updos can be so formal,”
says hairstylist Serge Normant,
says Hough’s hairstylist, Carlos
who created this thick, swingy
Ferraz. “This one is playful.” To
one for Lively. He gathered
give Hough’s hair texture a
boost and create a matte finish, her day-old hair and put it into
a high, tight ponytail that
he used thickening spray and
dry shampoo at the roots before he teased with a comb before
braiding. “Afterward, spread
gently teasing the top, sides,
the braid with your fingertips to
and back of the hair with a
give it even more disheveled
comb. A thin headband provides
texture,” he says.
just enough control.
allure.com: Watch our how-to videos to get Blake Lively’s
braid and Salma Hayek’s waves at allure.com/popupshop.
LUSH WAVES
Salma Hayek
Curling all of Hayek’s hair with a three-quarter-inch
iron was how hairstylist Robert Vetica started this
look—but it wasn’t the most important step. “Once
the spirals cooled, I brushed and brushed through
them with a paddle brush,” he says. “The waves
became soft and touchable.”
FOR PHOTOGRAPHERS’ CREDITS, SEE CREDITS PAGE.
HALF-UP
“I wanted Charlize’s hair to look intriguing
from every angle,” says hairstylist Enzo Angileri.
Before blow-drying, he worked in a few drops
of oil for shine. He parted the hair on the side,
then French-braided it across the back of the
head, beginning just above the ear. “I
started tight but got looser as I went,” he says.
He twisted the plait into a low, offcenter bun and secured it with hairpins.