Met Gala Beauty: Looks by Charlotte Tilbury | Nordstrom Beauty Blog

Met Gala Beauty: Looks by Charlotte Tilbury | Nordstrom Beauty Blog

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While it helps to work with some of the loveliest faces in the land, Charlotte Tilbury and her team repeatedly find new ways to accentuate and complement celebrity glamor at every red carpet event. Even if we're not going to be wearing a gown anytime soon, we love learning how Team Tilbury accomplishes such stunning makeup.

Here are just two beauties from the Met Gala and how to achieve their glowing good looks. Whether you're in jeans or a gown, when you give face like that, who cares what you're wearing?

Model and muse Poppy Delevingne was red-carpet ready in a beguiling, bejeweled Marchesa gown and a rock chick makeup look by Team Tilbury. Bringing the Manus x Machina theme to life with the hypnotizing network of beading and jewels, Poppy straddled both the vintage and future fashion worlds.

For her makeup look, Charlotte wanted to channel the flawless skin of a silver screen siren with a sexy, smoky, silver-grey futuristic rock chick eye. "I love the idea of straddling two worlds-the vintage and the future. For Poppy's look, my team created a futuristic metallic rock chick eye, paired with an update on the Old Hollywood Bombshell lip in my Matte Revolution lipstick: Glastonberry," said Charlotte Tilbury.

Recreate Poppy's red-carpet look:

  1. To prep Poppy's skin and ensure a flawless canvas, the best-selling Magic Cream was massaged into the entire face and Magic Eye Rescue was used reinvigorate the eye area. Next, Wonderglow was used to create a flawless soft focus finish and an instant "spotlight" effect, which acted as the perfect base for Magic Foundation, Shade 5. The foundation formula closes pores after application and doesn't budge on the red carpet.
  2. Next, Mini Miracle Eye Wand in Shade 2 was applied to bounce the light under Poppy's eyes, faking eight hours of sleep. Then a light dusting of Air Brush Flawless Finish Skin Perfecting Micro-Powder in 1 Fair & 2 Medium was used to mattify the skin and create a red carpet-ready complexion.
  3. Brow Lift in Brooke S was used to perfect the brows and frame Poppy's mesmerizing eyes.
  4. For the vintage rock chick look, lashes were lined with Colour Chameleon Eyeshadow Pencil in Black Diamonds, and the rock 'n' roll vibe was accented with Rock 'N' Kohl in Bedroom Black. A smokey, silver-grey eye was created with the Rock Chick Luxury Palette and finished with Charlotte's trademark Hollywood flutter using her new mascara, Legendary Lashes (available this month).
  5. To add unbeatable highlight and subtle contour, the red carpet staple, Filmstar Bronze & Glow in Light-Medium was applied using the Powder & Sculpt Brush to highlight and sculpt Poppy's beautiful face shape. Her complexion was finished with a swish and pop of Cheek to Chic Blusher in First Love for a luminous glow.
  6. Poppy's lips were lined with Lip Cheat Lip Liner in Berry Naughty, followed by the deep berry Matte Revolution in Glastonberry.

To complete the look, Charlotte created the illusion of elongated, gilded-looking limbs with her Supermodel Body, a slimmer shimmer that acts as shapewear lingerie for the body and catches the light for a glowing finish.

Tonight, model Bella Hadid stunned on the red carpet in a sleek, chic Givenchy gown, complemented with luminous, glowing skin, a Sophisticate smoky eye and a gorgeous nude lip look created by Vincent Oquendo for Charlotte Tilbury.

Below, Oquendo shares the key steps he took to create Bella's red-carpet look:

  1. To prep Bella's skin and ensure a flawless canvas, Oquendo applied Charlotte's Magic Cream generously to the entire face, massaging it in an angel wing motion. Then, he followed with Charlotte Tilbury Wonderglow, creating a flawless soft focus finish and the perfect base for Charlotte's Magic Foundation.
  2. To create a subtle contour and unbeatable highlight, he used the red carpet essential Charlotte Tilbury Filmstar Bronze & Glow in Light-Medium and framed her face by enhancing her already-gorgeous brows with Charlotte Tilbury Brow Lift in Cara D.
  3. Oquendo applied the "enhance" shade from the Luxury Palette in The Sophisticate, to create a base on the eyelids, and used the "prime" shade on the inner corners of the eyes to create a mesmerizing, wide-awake eye. Next, he blended the shadows along the lash line to add depth and lined the lower lash waterline with Rock 'N' Kohl in Eye Cheat to brighten her eyes. He finished with one gold stud on the corner of her eye and Charlotte Tilbury Full Fat Lashes to the bottom lashes.
  4. Oquendo softly applied the Charlotte Tilbury Beach Stick in Moon Beach to add a healthy warmth to her cheekbones.
  5. To complete the look, Oquendo opted for a nude lip by applying Charlotte Tilbury Lip Cheat Lip Liner in Pillowtalk followed by Charlotte Tilbury K.I.S.S.I.N.G Lipstick in Stoned Rose to perfect the shape of Bella's lips.
  6. As a finishing touch, Oquendo lightly dusted on Air Brush Flawless Finish Micro-Perfecting Powder in Shade 1 to mattify the skin and create a red carpet ready complexion.
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