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Home · Makeup

Star Wars VII: What Every Beauty Gal Should Be Wearing When The Force Awakens

Beauty girls who are also Star Wars fanatics, rejoice! May the beauty force be with you!

By Virginia Lowman · October 21, 2015October 27, 2020
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May The Beauty Force Be With You…

Experiement with color and embrace the light with Janelle Monae. Pat McGrath played up her eyes with gold and shades of blue and topped her lashes with two coats of mascara.

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CoverGirl Star Wars Colorlicious Lipstick

The Star Wars collection features six signature shades which present a constrast between your light and your dark side. Each lipstick is vibrant and packed with skin loving ingrdients like shea, avocado, vitamin E and Aloe Butters. 

Pictured here (L-R): Stormtrooper, Droid, Red, Lilac, Silver, Nude

$7.99, available at drugstores

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Droid

Inspired by the gold Driod Colorlicious lip shade, McGrath painted models lids, lips and cheeks with the brilliant metallic gold hue.

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The Light Side: CoverGirl SuperSizer Mascara

Five waterproof mascaras makeup the “Light Side” that plump up your lashes to reveal voluminous, dramatic lashes. All mascaras cmein one shade, “Very Black Blaze”

$7.49, available at drugstores

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Stormtrooper

Inspired by the dark side Colorlicious lip shade, Stormtrooper, McGrath painted the models’ lips with the dark purple shade and opted for a graphic eye look with a bold brow.

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Mystic

The Lilac Colorlicious shade gets a comic upgrade when paired with shimmer green shadows and flushed contoured cheeks.

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Covergirl Star Wars Nail Gloss

Your nails deserve a little galactic love, too! These long lasting nails glosses are so high-shine that you won’t even need a top coat!

Pictured here (L-R) Light, Nemesis, Red Revenge

$6.99, available at drugstores

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Jedi

Who says nudes have to be boring? Channel your inner Jedi at the premier by embellishing a neutral smokey eye with hints of metallics like gold in the inner corners of your eyes and along your lower lash line. Contour your cheek and opt for a fleshy pink on the lips.

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Chrome Captain

For the beauty commander of the dark side, McGrath opted for chrome lips, bold, graphic eyes with elongated brows and galactic strobing with a silver hue.

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The Dark Side: CoverGirl SuperSizer Mascara

The dark side collection of the supersizer mascaras are equally volumizing, but they aren’t waterproof. Available in a sigle shade, “Very Black Blaze,” the mascaras add drama and dimension to dull, limp lashes.

$7.49, available at drugstores

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Dark Apprentice

Red Lips make for the ultimate villian. McGrath opts for a rouge pout and a graphic cat eye with a pop of red on the lid. On her nails? A dark ombré created using their “Red Revenge” shade, also apart of the collection.

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