Makeup Tips and Tricks from Your Favorite Super Models
Want to know what your favorite super models do to get flawless-looking skin? Aside from working out religiously, eating clean, and seeing some of the best dermatologists around, many of them contour and highlight their way to perfection. These makeup tips and tricks from your favorite super models are surprisingly easy to replicate.
Kendall Jenner’s routine transforms her face into glow-y, bronzed perfection in less than 2 minutes! Emily Ratajkowski turns her bare face into a sultry date-night worthy look in about 10 minutes. And Abut Akech shows you how to take it all off in under 5. Your nighttime skincare routine is an important step to getting flawless skin as a base before your makeup in the morning.
Here are the beauty products and makeup tips and tricks these five super models swear by:
Kendall Jenner
This supermodel is also a member of the uber-famous Kardashian-Jenner family. While her sisters, Kylie and Kim are known for their heavily contoured makeup looks (and for running wildly successful beauty brand Kylie Cosmetics, Kendall is known for sporting a more natural look. If she’s wearing any makeup at all.
This self-proclaimed tomboy and sports enthusiast have walked the runway for designers like Fendi, Missoni, Versace, and Ralph Lauren. She’s also graced the cover of American Vogue not once but three times! Kendall has a lot of behind-the-scenes makeup exposure. She’s learned makeup tips and tricks backstage from some of the beauty industry’s leading makeup artists. She’s also taken a few cues from her sisters on the importance of contouring, but she’s adapted the technique to suit her minimalist makeup approach.
Kendall Jenner’s Easy Contouring Makeup Trick
Kendal recently let Vogue in on her 2-minute makeup routine and her bronzing trick is one you’re going to want to try. She uses a fluffy bronzing brush and pinches it in the middle so it’s thinner and easier to apply precisely where she wants it. Then with her cheeks sucked in, she applies the bronzer to the hollows of her cheeks, down her neck, just behind her ears, and as an eye shadow on her eyelids. The result? A defined face and natural, sun-kissed glow.
Kendall Jenner’s Favorite Makeup Products:
- Estee Lauder Angled “Brow Now” Brown Definition Pencil
- Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Powder
- Estee Lauder Pure Color Envy Sculpting Gloss
- Estee Lauder Sumptuous Bold Volume Mascara
Emily Ratajkowski
Emily Ratajkowski first came onto the scene when she appeared in Robin Thick’s, Blurred Lines music video. Since then she’s gone on to star in movies like Gone Girl, and modeled for Vogue, GQ, and Harper’s Bazaar. She’s also an outspoken feminist and women’s rights activist—recently seen on Amy Schumer’s Instagram stories protesting the Kavanaugh confirmation sans bra.
“Finger Paint” and High Light Your Way to Perfect Skin
This model, actress, and activist have a five-minute makeup routine that’s easy to take from day to night. Ratajkowski says this is the look she wears almost every time she goes out and that she replicates on all of her friends. “It looks good on everyone,” she recently told Vogue. Emily’s known for doing her own makeup for red carpet appearances and events. After watching her apply her makeup in the video above it’s clear why; she’s a pro.
After applying her foundation with her fingers, a technique she calls “finger painting”, she sculpts her face with bronzer, and piles on the blush. Don’t forget your highlighter! Emily is a huge fan of illuminating your face with a good highlighter. So long as it’s applied in all the right places. A little bit on the nose, a bit on the lip, and of course the cheekbones- all the way up to the eyes.
Emily Ratajkowski’s Favorite Makeup Products:
Taylor Hill
This 22-year-old Victoria’s Secret model is known for her natural beauty, specifically her un-plucked eyebrows. That’s right! Taylor Hill doesn’t pluck her eyebrows. Not only does she leave them au-naturale, she also enhances them even more with black mascara! Bronzer and brows are the key to Taylor’s everyday beauty look.
While she didn’t grow up sporting much makeup, she’s learned a lot of makeup tips and tricks from modeling (and from her mother!). She’s one of the most in-demand supermodels of the moment. Taylor’s a frequent star on the runway for top designers. She’s walked for Versace, Miu Miu, Ralph Lauren, and Dolce & Gabbana. She’s even appeared on the covers of American Vogue, French Vogue, and Spanish Vogue. She’s also the face of the new Estee Lauder campaign, alongside fellow model Hailey Baldwin. Or should we say Hailey Bieber?
Get Bolder Eyebrows With Mascara
Before applying any makeup Taylor piles on the skin care. First a hydrating serum, then a moisturizer, and, lastly, an eye cream. Next, she applies her foundation with her fingers and a brightening cream to conceal those under eye circles we all get. Bronzer and blush are up next followed by her signature cat eye.
The secret to her amazing eyebrows? Aside from not plucking them, Taylor’s makeup trick is to enhance them with mascara. After using mascara on her lashes, she sweeps it gently through her eyebrows without dipping the brush back in.
Taylor Hill’s Favorite Makeup Products:
Abut Akech
Who’s Abut Akech? She’s one of the top models to emerge on the runways this fall. Originally from South Africa, she now jets all over the world to keep up with her exploding modeling career. She recently walked for Saint Laurent, Miu Miu, Alexander Wang, and Valentino—just to name a few.
The nonstop travel and heavy makeup she has to wear for shoots and runway shows can wreak havoc on her skin. Instead of showing us her makeup tips and tricks, Abut decided to let us in on her secret to perfectly clear and healthy skin. Her nighttime routine keeps her face glowing and she’s letting you in on her skincare secrets.
Replace Tap Water with Micellar Water for Clearer Skin
The key to any good skincare routine starts with removing ALL of your makeup. Abut removes her makeup with a cotton ball soaked in Bioderma H20 Micellar water. Using a micellar water instead of tap water can help keep your skin clear. While tap water can be full of harsh chemicals, micellar water is full of clean, hydrating ingredients.
The Secret to Banishing Dry Skin
Abut’s tip for saying goodbye to flaky, dry skin is to layer your skincare products the right way. It’s important to always apply your serum BEFORE heavier creams like a moisturizer. She applies a rose face serum to her forehead and cheekbones, gently blending it out to the rest of her face. Next she applies a heavy moisturizer. Abut’s favorite moisturizer to apply before bed? Asarai’s Ultralight Moisture Cream.
Don’t forget to hydrate your hair! The last step in her beauty routine is applying a rich hair oil.
Abut Akech’s Favorite Skincare Products:
Candice Swanepoel
This South African supermodel, philanthropist, and swimsuit designer is one of Victoria’s Secret’s most famous angels. Between juggling two young sons, running a swimsuit company, and getting back to her modeling career, she’s got little time for quality sleep these days. That’s why she aims to fake a fresh-faced, natural makeup look that brings life back to her tired face. Her makeup tips and tricks involve a sun-kissed glow, bright eyes, and, of course, starting off with a good skincare routine.
Candace Swanepoel’s Makeup Tricks for Looking Well-Rested (Even When You Didn’t Get Any Sleep)
She starts off by applying a highlighting bronzer with her hands, blending it into her face, neck, and décolletage. Next, she mists a beauty blender with rosewater spray and dips it into a heavy concealer which she applies under her eyes and on skin discoloration. Spraying the beauty blender with rosewater helps the foundation look more natural when she applies it.
To set it all, she dusts on mac prep and prime powder with a big fluffy brush. Blush goes on to the apples of her cheeks and the bridge of her nose to fake a natural sun-kissed look. After filling in her brows, she applies mascara and a natural-looking stain to her lips and her eyelids.
Get Easy Beach Waves in 10 Minutes
Candace also has a pretty easy hack for loose, care-free summer waves. Before starting on her makeup, she sprays a little water onto her dry hair and then twists it up into two buns. After finishing her makeup routine, she untwists the buns to reveal the perfect, beachy waves. Just scrunch, spray with a little dry shampoo or texturizing spray and your look is complete.
Candace Swanepoel’s Favorite Makeup Products:
- Peony Pink Pot Stilla Convert-able Blush
- Palmers Cocoa Butter Lip Balm
- Nars Matte Lip Pencil
- Diorshow Precision Brow Pencil
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