“Zoe Saldana’s smoky liner made her look really sexy and alluring,” says celeb makeup artist Sam Fine, who gave us his expert insight into Oscar night’s boldest beauties. “Smoky liner is very different than a smoky eye. A smoky liner lives close to the lash line, but a smoky eye is where the shadow is blended past the crease and into the brow bone.”
“Mo’Nique’s message here is about contour, not color,” says Fine. “She’s wearing a blue gown, but didn’t choose to wear blue eye shadow. Tonight was a night she’d look back on forever…she didn’t want to wonder if her beauty choices were wearing her! Hence, the softly bleached brow, neutral smoky eye and nude lip. Beautiful!”
“Mariah’s been to thousands of these awards shows and she is very comfortable with being Mariah!” says Sam Fine. “I can’t say that she took any risks, but she looks beautiful. The key to her look is tons of gloss and using individual lashes versus a strip…this gives the lashes a really natural look.”
“One of my favorite looks of the night!” raves Fine. “Smoky eyes look so naturally beautiful on her. She paired her smoky eye with a softly blushed cheek and a really rich suede, pinkish mouth. She used bronzer instead of blush to give her skin and shoulders warmth. Definitely the show-stopper of the night.”