Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Oscar Beauty Look

One of the faces I fell in love with during the Academy Awards was Maggie Gyllenhaal. I LOVED her fresh peachy-bronze eye makeup and pink lips. (Wondering how that would look on a brown-eyed brunette. Thoughts?)

Celebrity makeup artist Molly Stern was kind enough to detail all of the products and tips she used to make Maggie look so gorgeous. Thanks, Molly!

Maggie is the muse of spring. Her Dries Van Noten gown is a swirl of bright colors that fades into white. For her makeup I wanted to bring out the color of her eyes with some depth while keeping with the brightness of her overall style.

We started off the look by refreshing the skin with Jurlique Rose Water spray. Then I prepped the skin with Shu Uemura red:juvenus vitalizing concentrate and lightly moisturized with La Mer moisturizing lotion.

For a flawless complexion, I primed Maggie’s skin with COVERGIRL & Olay Simply Ageless Serum Primer (out in July!!).

Then I lightly applied some Chantecaille future skin foundation in the color ‘cream’ only where she needed it. Lastly I dusted La Mer powder foundation in ‘Ivory’ to set the skin for the big night.

For her amber peachy cheeks I used COVERGIRL & Olay Simply Ageless Sculpting Blush in Rich Cinnamon and dusted some NARS Dolce Vita blush on the apples.

For Maggie’s eyes of layered copper smoke I based her eye with COVERGIRL Smoky ShadowBlast in Bronze Fire . Next I deepened her lid with NARS soft touch shadow pencil Skorpios. Then I blended into the crease Shu Uemura pressed eye shadow P Brown 810 and lastly I lightly dusted Shu Uemura pressed eyeshadow in N Me Brown 860 all over the lid for a golden finish. For the undereye, I resmudged the COVERGIRL Smoky ShadowBlast under her lash line to bring out the blue of Maggie’s eyes. Finally I defined her lashes by combining brown and black mascara. I painted the lashes with both colors using COVERGIRL LashBlast Length for perfectly flirty long lashes.

On Maggies lips, I applied NARS Schiap lip color –it was the perfect shade to finish off the look. Its bright hue matches Maggie’s vibrant sense of style and confidence.

The finished product was perfection. She looked like herself. Authentic, cool and beautiful. Being a part of Oscar day with a nominee is such an honor. It’s like an actress’ wedding day with Hollywood. I love being here. I feel so blessed.

3 Comments to "Maggie Gyllenhaal’s Oscar Beauty Look"

  • Kerry

    #1 on 3-9-2010 1:53 pm

    Let me just put my makeup artist hat on here….
    The bronze looks so great on her because of her blue eyes. While people with brown eyes can get away with most colours of eyeshadow, I’d recommend a plum-y smokey eye, rather than bronze.

    • Kelly

      #2 on 3-9-2010 3:00 pm

      Love the eye makeup, but really – it’s all about that fabulous daring different dress!

      • Karla

        #3 on 3-10-2010 10:32 am

        So surprised to see so much Covergirl makeup was used. Nice!

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