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Many people have been asking me lately how they
can get Nicole Kidman’s look in Moulin Rouge: the porcelain
skin, fiery red lips, and smoky charcoal eyes… not to mention
the flaming hair, amazing body and incredible talent! Now unfortunately
I can’t help you much with the hair, the body or the talent,
but the makeup? Yes, you can-can-can! Just follow these steps for
the Moulin Rouge Makeover.
1. Foundation: Use the shade closest to your natural
skin colour – don’t try and go lighter, you’ll just
look ghostly! To achieve that glamorous radiant porcelain glow,
dust your face with a light-reflecting translucent powder (try
Mirenesse Stellar
Dust in Pavo).
2. Blush: Dust some rosy-coloured blush along your
cheekbones, not on the apples of your cheeks.
Bloom's powder
blush in Sweet Pea is a nice muted rose.
3. Eyes: Smoky, smoky, smoky! Blend some charcoal-grey
eyeshadow (SHE Australia Eyeshadow
in Entrance) along the outer corner of your eyelid using
Bloom's small
Eyeshadow Brush, and use
Bloom Eyeliner
Brush to shade about halfway along the lower lid (starting
from the outside and going in towards the middle). If you like,
you can also add some white or very pale eyeshadow like
Bloom Eskimo to highlight
underneath the brow.
Now, line both the upper and lower lids very lightly
with a grey or bronze eye pencil (try SHE
Australia Eye Pencil in Dusk - this can also be used to define
the brows - or
Bloom Eye Definer in Grey) , and then line the top lid only with a black
liquid eyeliner, extending just beyond the outer corner of the
eye. Finish with lots of black mascara (our best seller is
Mirenesse Secret
Weapon Mascara).
4. Lips: The lips are the focus of this look, and
they must be red! If you’re fair-skinned, look for a blue-based
red like SHE Australia Lipstick in “Love”, while darker
skin tones will fare better with a brownier red like SHE Australia
Lipstick in “Flame” or “Siren”. Line the lips
first with a matching lip pencil (we recommend
SHE
Australia lipliner in Garnet), then apply your lipstick, preferably
with a brush (Bloom
Lip Brush is excellent) to get a more defined look.
Voila, you’re done! Now go put on your can-can
dress and kick up those heels!
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