Ever since her Gossip Girl days, Blake Lively has been a fashion and beauty inspiration for many. With her mesmerizing looks, she is undoubtedly one of Hollywood's most enviable. Rocking perfectly contoured cheeks, smokey eyes, and bronzed skin with stunning blonde hair all at once is no easy feat, but Blake does it with ease.
We have delved further into Mrs. Ryan Reynolds' distinct makeup looks to present you with some of her trademark makeup styles so you can try them at home! So, if you're looking to channel your inner Blake Lively and try out some of her iconic makeup looks, keep reading! We've got you covered with some tips and tricks to help you achieve that flawless, effortless beauty that she's known for.
From her signature smoky eyes to her bold red lips, Blake Lively's makeup looks are all about enhancing natural beauty. With a few key products and techniques, you can recreate her iconic looks and feel like a Hollywood starlet in no time!
Blake Lively's Natural Makeup Look
To achieve a flawless complexion like Blake Lively, you'll need to start with washing your face. Using a gentle exfoliating cleanser will prepare your skin really well and not leave it blotchy or irritated. Kate Somerville ExfoliKate Cleanser will do the trick.
From there, moisturize! When going for a natural look, illuminating moisturizer is a great option. It gives off a natural glow and highlights your features without you needing to add that later. Weleda Skin Food Light is perfect for this. This product is used by a lot of famous faces, Hailey Bieber uses it under her makeup to give her skin a natural glow, as well as Heather Graham, to name a few.
If you are using SPF, which is highly recommended, you will use that after your moisturizer has absorbed. Next is minimizing pores. This is an essential step that quite a few celebrities take using Benefit the POREfessional Pore Minimizing Primer. Rosie Huntington-Whitley has a very different and detailed cleansing method, but swears by it as she has cystic acne issues she likes to keep hidden from the cameras.
After that comes a light natural finish foundation to balance the skin tone. Maybelline Fit Me Matte + Poreless Liquid Oil-Free Foundation works amazingly for being a so-called drugstore foundation. Should you choose to give yourself some color in the cheeks, Blake likes to use baked bronzer and blush, as it tends to have more pigment than powder. Laura Geller Baked Bronzer Blush provides the two in one look that will accomplish the job.
How To Do Blake Lively's Glam Makeup Look
We had to go straight to the experts for this one so we didn't miss a beat. Blake Lively is naturally gorgeous, so when glam make-up is applied-well it's mind blowing. Makeup artist Elaine Offers has contributed her expertise to a few of Blake's beautiful looks and you will be happy to know, for one in particular, (The Age of Adeline premiere) she used all L'Oreal products! Talk about great quality and affordability!
You want to start with the first two steps from above: wash and moisturize. Then, to start off, Lively's complexion was prepped with L'Oréal Paris RevitaLift Miracle Blur. This is a primer with SPF 30 built into it. That was followed by the application of L'Oréal Paris Infallible Pro-Matte Foundation in Sun Beige, which provided a seamless and impeccable appearance.
To add a touch of radiance to the Gossip Girl star's face, she utilized the Magic Lumi Highlighter by applying it on the cheekbones and the corners of her eyes.This product helped enhance Blake's natural beauty and gave her a luminous glow that lasted all night. Offers highly recommends it to anyone looking for a simple and effective way to brighten up their complexion.
For the smokey eyes, by using mid-tone browns from the L'Oréal Paris Colour Riche La Palette Nude, Elaine was able to add depth and dimension to Blake's eyes. Additionally, she expertly contoured the corners of her eyes using a darker brown. You can blend these colors where they connect with a simple eyeshadow brush, to ensure there are no definite lines between them.
The remainder of the eye makeup consisted of L'Oreal Paris Super Liner Smokissime, L’Oreal Paris Makeup Voluminous Original Volume Building Mascara, and L’Oreal Unbelieva-brow.
Blake Lively’s lips were done in L’Oreal Color Riche lip liner and L’Oreal Color Riche Lip Paint. Finish this look off with L’Oreal Infallible Pro-Matte Powder and you are ready for the red carpet.
