Celebrity Makeup How-To: Jennifer Lopez

Forbes Magazine named Jennifer Lopez the richest person of Latin American descent in Hollywood — and with her work as an actress, singer, dancer, producer, and fashion designer, she’s worked hard to earn that title. Here’s a step by step guide to scoring one of Jennifer’s sultry makeup looks with heavily lined eyes, sculpted cheeks, and glossy nude lips:

STEP I: FACE MAKEUP

1. Jennifer starts by creating a clean canvas, so apply liquid foundation as needed.
2. Use a small amount of foundation to cover any undereye circles and create a base for the eyeshadow on the eyelids.
3. To achieve Jennifer’s look,  makeup contouring is key. Apply a peachy-pink blush to the apples of cheeks for a natural-looking highlight. Then, blend bronzer from cheekbones toward the area just below the cheeks’ apples to give more shape to the face.

STEP II: EYE MAKEUP

Accentuate the eyes with bronzed, metallic tones and dark eyeliner.

1. Begin by applying a neutral-toned eyeshadow as a base from the lash line up to the eyebrow.
2. Use a gold eyeshadow such as Revlon Diamond Lust Sheer Shadow in #605 Grab Me Gold to highlight the eyelid. Apply from the eyelashes up to the crease of the eye.
3. Use a dark reddish-bronze eyeshadow (I actually use a blush shade: Pur Minerals Marble Powder in Spice) for the crease area. Apply to the crease from corner to corner, then use the skinny edge of your eyeshadow brush to smudge the same shade across the lower lash line.
4. Line the eyes using black liquid eyeliner along both the upper and lower lash lines all the way from the inner corner to the outer corner.
5. Apply two coats of black mascara (my current mascara obsession: MAC Zoomlash in Zoom Black).

STEP III: J.LO-WORTHY LIPS

1. To finish, line the lips with a natural-looking shade of lipliner (try THEVI Automatic Long-lasting Lip liner in Mauve or Heather) just outside the natural lip line to give the appearance of a fuller lip. Keep this very subtle and match the color very closely; we don’t wanr to look fake, just super sexy!
2. Top lips off with your favorite super-shiny pink lip gloss.