The focus of Hilson's makeup is her metallic, smoky eye. To get it, follow these steps:
Step 1: Apply copper-colored eyeshadow from your lashlines all the way to the top of your creases. Then apply a nude-colored eyeshadow just under your brows.
Step 2: Sweep shimmery, gunmetal-colored eyeshadow (try Mac Pigment in Dark Soul, $19.50) from lashlines to creases and blend well.
Step 3: Apply black eyeliner on the inner rims of your top and bottom lashlines.
Step 4: Dip an eyeliner brush in black eyeshadow and trace the liner around your eyes. At the outer corner of each eye, blend and wing the black eyeshadow outward.
Step 5: To finish the look, sweep a taupe-colored blush on the apples of your cheeks and slick on a ude-colored lip gloss, so they don't distract from the eyes.
# 2. Jennifer Hudson
Step 1: Apply primer to your face, then apply foundation.
Step 2: Lightly dust your skin with a translucent powder to set the makeup.
Step 3: Apply a bone-colored eyeshadow from lashlines to creases.
Step 4: Line eyes with black liquid eyeliner, gently sweeping the ends of each line outward to create a slight cat-eye effect.
Step 5: Sweep a soft pink blush on your cheeks and top lips with a shimmery gold lip gloss.
#3 Brandy.. lets not focus on the lace front this is about makeup
The focus of Brandy's makeup is her sultry, red lips. To get the look, follow these steps:
Step 1: First set your skin with a mattifying face powder.
Step 2: Apply a shimmery, caramel-colored eyeshadow from lashlines to creases.
Step 3: Play up your eyes by applying several coats of lengthening mascara.
Step 4: Swipe on a bright red lipstick like Revlon ColorBurst Lipstick in True Red, $6.49 on your lips, then dab a clear gloss on the center of your lips to give them an extra pop of shine.
#4 Amber Riley
Riley's makeup is simple, but makes her eyes sparkle. To get the look, follow these steps:
Step 1: Set the skin with loose powder to minimize any oily areas.
Step 2: Apply a shimmery, cream-colored eyeshadow from lashlines to creases.
Step 3: Line your eyes -- lashlines and inner rims -- with black eyeliner (try Chanel Stylo Yeux Waterproof Long Lasting Eyeliner in Ebene, $28 so it won't budge).
Step 4: Swipe your lashes with thickening mascara.
Step 5: To finish the look, apply a creamy, nude-colored lipstick to your lips and top it with a clear gloss for added shine.
# 5 Gabrielle Union
With this look, Union focused on making her cheeks and lips glow. To recreate it, follow these steps:
Step 1: Set skin with pressed powder to minimize shine.
Step 2: Line your eyes with a black liquid liner on the top lashlines, then use a black pencil on the bottom lashlines.
Step 3: Swipe lengthening mascara on your lashes.
Step 4: Apply a pink blush that has a touch of gold shimmer to it (try Bobbi Brown Shimmer Brick Compact in Pink Quartz, $38) on the apples of your cheeks.
Step 5: Coat lips with a rosy pink lip gloss that also has a touch of gold.
#6 Jennifer Hudson
Makeup Tutorial
Coverage: Every great look begins great coverage. Jennifer has beautiful skin, but like many women of color, she has varied tones. I use foundation to unify those varying tones. One of my favorites is the Queen Collection Natural Hue Compact Foundation because it’s cream- to- powder, so it dries down to a powdery finish and looks really natural.
Bronzer: Bronzer is always a must for all women to illuminate their complexion. It’s important to choose a bronzer that’s one shade darker than your natural skin tone and appy it to the outer perimeter of your face to warm the skin and create a halo of glow. After applying bronzer, you can go back and layer over blush to give the skin a pop of color. On Jennifer, I used CoverGirl Natural Hue Mineral Bronzer and Cargo’s matte blush in Laguna.
Eyes: To create Jennifer’s classic, natural eye, I used a brown shadow. Shu Uemura makes a great pressed eye shadow in an array of shades – in this case, their Matte Taupe with Golden Flakes Eyeshadow works perfectly. For this look, I didn’t use a ton of liner, and totally avoided lining underneath her eyes to keep them soft. We used tons of mascara to enhance her look – my favorite is Lash Blast from CoverGirl. I always like to apply a coat of mascara, and then move on to something else to let the first coat dry. I’ll come back a few minutes later, curl the lashes, and then layer on a few more coats of mascara to really build the lashes. This makes them much more dramatic and makes the curl hold well. It’s like spraying your hair with a coat of hairspray before using a curling iron.
Lips: To complete her look, I gave Jennifer a beautiful nude lip. The key to a nude lip is to begin by lining the lips with liner that is one shade darker than your natural lip color. Don’t worry about matching the liner to your lipstick – if you match it to your lips, it will look great with any shade of lipstick. After lining the lips, feather the liner towards the center of the mouth to great a base for the lipstick. Next, apply your lipstick. On Jennifer, I chose IMAN Cosmetics’ Luxury Moisturizing Lipstick in Citron. I finished by slicking on a golden gloss add dimension and shine. CoverGIRL’s Shine Blast Lip Gloss is perfect!
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