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Celebs Go 'Faux Naturale' In Nude Makeup

Your grandma was right--there's a time and place for everything. High-drama makeup is perfect for a fancy night out, but on a hot spring/summer day, it's always fresher and younger to sport a soft, subtle, barely-there look. The idea is to look like you're not wearing a stitch of makeup (no one needs to know you spent twenty minutes artfully applying neutral-toned eye, lip, and cheek hues). Here's how to rock the perfect no-makeup makeup look: Mask undereye circles and dark spots with a creamy, yellow based concealer like Philosophy The Supernaturals Airbrushed Concealer in Dark ($25, amazon.com), and then set with a pressed powder like CoverGirl Queen Collection Natural Hue Pressed Powder ($8.18, drugstore.com). Brighten eyes with soft golds, bronzes and coppers--try Pop Beauty Lid Bronzer ($22, ulta.com) comes with every shade you need--followed by a thin line of black pencil and two coats of black mascara. Brighten cheeks with a sheer coral blush like Cargo Blush in Laguna ($26, cargocosmetics.com), and slick on a nude gloss like Avon Glazewear Sparkle Lip Gloss in Mocha Latte ($1.99, shop.avon.com).
By · Updated October 29, 2020
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Fresh Face

Your grandma was right—there’s a time and place for everything. High-drama makeup is perfect for a fancy night out, but on a hot spring/summer day, it’s always fresher and younger to sport a soft, subtle, barely-there look. The idea is to look like you’re not wearing a stitch of makeup (no one needs to know you spent twenty minutes artfully applying neutral-toned eye, lip, and cheek hues). From Beyonce to Alek Wek, here are the A-listers who make looking au naturale totally easy!

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Berry Beautiful

With her sheer berry blush, black mascara and clear gloss, Alek Wek looks polished, but not overdone.

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Welcome Matte

The key to Chanel Iman’s barely-there beauty? Clean, matte skin, defined brows, and a sheer plummy-nude lipstain.

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Nude Scene

Keisha Knight Pulliam manages to make barely-there makeup look totally sexy! To get the look, line the inner rims of your eyes with a sharp black eye pencil, layer on two coats of mascara, swipe bronzer over your cheekbones and apply a nude lipstick (Pro tip: Blend concealer over your lips and add Vaseline!).

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Bronze Goddess

With her softly shimmering lids, sun-kissed skin and soft, bronzey lips, Jada Pinkett Smith looks like she just stepped off some glamorous beach resort.

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Get Glowing

Gabrielle Union owes her radiant complexion to a touch of highlighter on her browbones, cheekbones, and bridge of nose. Try Sephora Collection Luminous Glow ($12, sephora.com).

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Hot Stuff

Nude makeup can be super-glamorous! Leona Lewis amps up the drama factor by adding a dramatic swoop of black eyeliner. Hot, hot, hot.

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Easy Breezy

Kelly Rowland’s soft, nude makeup is the perfect shopping-with-your-girls weekend look. To get the look, dab concealer over imperfections, set with powder, and add mascara and clear gloss.

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Eye Do

Halle Berry accentuates her eyes with a thick black line along top lashline and tons of mascara—but she leaves the rest of her face almost totally bare. So pretty!

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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Sunny Delight

Nia Long’s bronzey, natural look is to die for, and it’s not hard to recreate at home! Simply dust a sheer bronzer over cheekbones and the perimeter of your face (we’re obsessed with Iman Sheer Finish Bronzing Powder, $14.99 at ulta.com, and then add mascara and a pearly-nude gloss.

Celebs Go ‘Faux Naturale’ In Nude Makeup
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