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Screen Actors Guild Awards, popularly known as SAG awards, is one of the most awaited in the Hollywood arena be it for acting and red carpet looks. This time around, it was not only about bold lips-polished hair looks, princess curls, embellished hair, monochromatic glam looks and coloured wined liners; the natural beauty trend was peeking through all. Here we picked some of the best beauty looks of 26th SAG awards along with a thorough how-to get it done.
Kathryn Newton’s Peachy Babe Look
The Big Little Lies actress Kathryn Newton went all out with her creamy orange flowy frilled gown. The fresh and summery vibe in her lips, eyes and cheeks created a perfect harmony. She did a smooth twisted updo to balance out her cascading dress. Keeping up with the latest fanned brows trend, the star went for a glimmery peach eye with monotone lips and cheek.
Steps to recreate this look:
- Cleanse the skin; moisturise the face and neck. Apply face primer.
- Start by applying foundation that matches your skin tone exactly. Do a sheer layer and add in more if needed.
- Conceal the under eyes and any pigmentation you want to hide.
- Now set everything with a powder foundation or translucent powder.
- Fill the brows. Brush the brow hair upwards and apply clear brow mascara for a defined fanned brow look.
- Tightline the upper lid with a kohl. Define the crease with a sunset orange-toned matte eyeshadow and add a soft flush of the same tone on the eyelid. Now, apply a satin finish muted coral eye shadow on the lids. Blend all the colours and apply shimmer highlighter on the inner corner and brow bone.
- Now apply mascara generously. Add in some individual lashes for a more defined look. You can also wear natural-looking falsies.
- Bronze the face slightly; no harsh lines, please. Finally, apply an earthy coral toned blush and strobe highlighter.
- Finish it off with a matte peach nude lipstick.
Millie Bobby Brown’s Monochrome Look
Millie Bobby Brown has nailed the trick to perfect the monotone look. Makeup artist Kelsey Deenihan has made no mistake while creating her pastel-toned lip look and soft smokey eyes with her centre-parted sleek hair and pastel-toned asymmetric dress. Millie has used makeup from her own line Florence by Mills to create this look.
Steps to recreate this look:
- Cleanse the skin; moisturise the face and neck. Apply face primer.
- Use a corrector under eyes and any pigmentation you wish to hide.
- Apply a foundation that matches your skin tone. Try to create a flawless base because a clear glowing skin is the central attraction for this look.
- Now, comb your brows and fill them with a brown or grey brow powder or cream only if you have scanty brows. Otherwise, comb and set with a clear brow gel for a finished look.
- Apply a brown matte eye shadow with a fluffy brush for a soft wash of colour. Apply the same shadows on the bottom lid with a pencil brush.
- Take a light shimmery rose gold eyeshadow and apply to the inner 2/3 part of the lid. Fill the outer 1/3 part with a shimmery cool brown. The outer V shade should be the deepest one. Now blend all the colours seamlessly. Blend the same shades in the lower lid as well.
- Put on coats of mascara to finish the eye look.
- Apply an earthy peach-toned blush and bronze the face lightly for a chiselled look.
- Dab on an earthy mauve-brown lip colour and top it up with clear gloss to finish the look.
Lupita Nyong’o’s Old School Glam Look
In tribute to the 1940’s classic makeup trends, Lupita Nyong’o has created this stunning natural curl enhancing updo and luminous makeup with nude vibes. The highlight of her makeup is the silver glitter wings that went well with the sheen on her face and tamed curly hair-do. All complemented her natural beauty perfectly.
Steps to recreate this look:
- Cleanse the skin; moisturise the face and neck. Apply the face primer.
- Use corrector under eyes and any pigmentation you want to hide.’
- Use a foundation that matches your skin tone.
- Apply a cream contour and matte liquid highlighter. Blend with soft stippling motion until it gives a nice gradient effect.
- Now set the contour with a cool-toned matte bronzer and highlighted areas using a banana powder.
- Fill the brows with brow cream to achieve strong yet natural brow look.
- For the eyes, take a matte finish taupe brown shimmer eyeshadow for the lid. Blend it in the crease using the same contour powder used for face or a matte brown eyeshadow. Do not forget to highlight brow bone and inner corners of the eyes.
- Now tightline the upper waterline and draw a dramatic wing on the upper lid with a shimmer black liner. Do a thin wing with a silver shimmer eyeliner just above the black wing for a dual colour winged liner look.
- Use a mascara and a flesh-toned blush. When it dries, apply a pair of volumising false lashes.
- Finish it off with a mauve lipstick followed by a clear gloss. You can also use a mauve gloss to intensify the colour on the lips.
Natalia Dyer’s Kohl Look
Natalie opted for classic black kohled eyes and fanned brows while the flawless base of her face created a perfect canvas. The makeup look used the natural contours of her face instead of too much artificial contouring. The main focus of her face was the eyes and the clever use of falsies made her eyes even more gorgeous. Her statement gold dress brought a royal vibe to her persona.
Steps to recreate this look:
- Start with applying moisturiser on freshly cleansed skin.
- Fill in the eyebrows with a suitable eyebrow filler (powder, pencil or pomade as per your liking) 1-2 tone lighter than your eyebrow’s natural tone. The finish should be natural. Now brush the brows upwards and set with tinted brow gel.
- Prime eyelids and apply a bone coloured eyeshadow or loose powder to set the primer.
- Take a light brown matte eyeshadow and define the crease with it by blending slightly above and below the crease. Create a slightly elongated shape with this matte brown for a defined eye contour.
- Apply black kohl on outer V of the eyelid and blend it seamlessly to the crease shade. Now do a thick jet black liner with the same kohl on upper lid.
- Tighltline both upper and lower lashes and smudge the lower lash line with a q-tip or smudger brush. Finally, highlight the inner corners and brow bone with a pale gold shimmer shadow.
- Apply mascara generously on upper and lower lashes. Finish the eye look with a lengthening and volumizing false lash.
- Highlight the brow bone and inner corner of the eye with a rose-gold shimmer highlighter.
- Now correct the undereye if required with a peach corrector.
- Apply a foundation using a stippling brush or beauty blender.
- Blend a highlighting concealer to the high points of face and contour on required places.
- Set the contour and highlight with translucent powder or contour powder.
- Finish off with shimmer highlighter and a cool-toned brown matte lipstick like MAC Velvet Teddy.
Jennifer Lopez’s Signature Smokey Look
Once again, JLo proved to the audience why she is JLo! This Latin beauty was seen in a satiny black off-shoulder gown with a big bow at the back. She opted for her signature smokey eye look which she paired with cool-toned nude lips. The star has been the queen of buns and this time also she did a pretty bun keeping some face-framing loose strands.
Steps to recreate this look:
- Start with applying moisturizer on freshly cleansed skin.
- Fill in the eyebrows with a suitable eyebrow filler (powder, pencil or pomade as per your liking) 1-2 tone lighter than your eyebrow’s natural tone. The finish should be natural.
- Prime eyelids and apply a bone coloured eyeshadow or loose powder to set the primer.
- Take a matte taupe eyeshadow and define the crease with it by blending slightly above and below the crease.
- Apply black kohl in a thick rim on the eyelid and blend it seamlessly with the crease shade. Tightline upper lid and apply mascara.
- Highlight the brow bone and inner corner of the eye with a shimmer highlighter.
- Now correct undereye if required with a peach corrector.
- Apply foundation using a stippling brush or beauty blender.
- Apply highlighting concealer to the high points of face and contour on required places.
- Set the contour and highlight with translucent powder or contour powder.
- Finish off with shimmer powder highlighter and cool-toned nude lip colour. Top it with a clear gloss. You can apply falsies like Jennifer has done here.
Article by – Shalini Srivastava