"Whitney's bronzed glow is great for an everyday look," says Schlip.
Copy this look: Step 1: Start by applying tinted moisturizer (check out these highly-rated ones to find your new fave). A tinted moisturizer will allow your natural skin's texture to shine through and create a dewy glow. But, if you have trouble areas, feel free to dab concealer where needed. Step 2: Define brows with powder that is a shade lighter than the roots of your head hair. Try Ardell Brow Defining Powder, $4.99. "Just because you are going natural doesn't mean you should neglect your brows," advises Schlip. Step 3: Brush your eyelids with a light silver shadow. For a range of silvers try Physicians Formula Bright Collection Shimmery Quad Eye Shadow in Metallic Quartz, $6.69 . Step 4: Curl lashes and apply three coats of black lengthening mascara to top lashes only. CoverGirl Volume Exact Mascara, $6.99 is a reader fave. Step 5: Smile big and use a blush brush to apply bronzer on the apples of your cheeks to bring out a healthy glow. Try Estee Lauder Bronze Goddess Loose Shimmer Bronzer, $30. Step 6: Finish by dabbing on a sheer pinky-rose lip gloss (try Nars Lip Gloss in Sweet Dreams, $24 and powdering your t-zone with a translucent loose powder to control midday shine.
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Hair: Emma Watson
"Emma's loose curl set is a perfect balance of styled, but not over-styled," says Knight. And it's easiest to recreate on naturally curly, thick or fine hair. Women with straight hair can also try the look, but it will take a little more time.
Copy this look: Step 1: Start by applying a volume and texture boosting product to damp hair. Knight likes Aveda Volumizing Tonic, $14. Step 2: If hair is naturally straight, blow dry it using only your hands. If your hair is naturally curly, use a flat paddle brush while blow drying to smooth hair. Step 3: Once hair is dry, grab random one-inch thick vertical sections of hair in an off-set (think brick-like) pattern. Set each section with a mist of spray like Paul Mitchell Fast Drying Sculpting Spray, $17.99 before wrapping strands around a large-barreled curling iron. Leave the ends out and alternate the direction of the curls (curl some towards the face and others away from the face) until all of your hair is curled. Step 4: Finish by spritzing curls with a light-hold hairspray. Try Dove Flexible Hold Aerosol Hairspray with Natural Movement, $4.99.
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Makeup: Abbie Cornish
"Abbie's flawless skin is naturally gorgeous" and lends itself to a totally bare makeup look, says Schlip. Don't have clear skin like Abbie? No worries, check out this video on how to fake it.
Copy this look: Step 1: Start by applying an almost transparent foundation like Benefit Some Kind-A Gorgeous, $28 which perfects skin by smoothing out imperfections and evening out your tone -- all with a sheer, lightweight finish. "You want people to see your skin," says Schlip. Step 2: Comb and brush brows with a gel to keep them in place. Try Bare Escentuals Brow Finishing Gel, $14. Step 3: Curl lashes and apply just one coat of mascara -- enough to define them. Check out our all time favorite mascaras. Step 4: Skip the blush and finish by applying a glossy lipstick in a neutral tone. Schlip recommends Korres Natural Products Mango Butter Lipstick in Natural Pink, $14 .
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Hair: Scarlett Johansson
"Scarlet's slightly altered modern version of a classic French twist is beautiful," says Knight and looks so earthy and natural with all that wispy texture on top. This style is easily achieved with naturally wavy hair, but can be accomplished with straight hair with a little help from a curling iron.
Copy this look: Step 1: If hair is naturally straight, start by applying a texturizing agent like KMS California Hair Play Texture Blast, $16.95 to damp hair and blow dry while lightly finger combing too add texture. Step 2: Section hair from ear to ear, creating an angled part that runs from your ears to the back of your crown -- clip this section out of the way. Step 3: Backcomb the bottom section lightly for texture. Then hold and roll it vertically toward your scalp (much like a French twist but flat, not as round) and secure with bobby pins. Step 4: Undo the top section and pull it straight back loosely with hands, and pin it onto the bottom roll. Step 5: Finish by misting with hairspray. Check out our readers' favorite hairsprays.
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Makeup: Olivia Palermo
"Olivia's simple, uniform makeup is elegant with the addition of strip eyelashes, which give the look more bang for the buck," says Schlip.
Copy this look: Step 1: Start by applying foundation to your entire face to even out your skin tone and perfect your canvas. This allows your eyes to be the main focus. Check out these top-rated foundations to find one that's best for you. Step 2: Dab your ring finger into a rose-colored cream blush and lightly tap the color on your lids, apples of your cheeks, and lips. Try Clarins Multi-Blush Cream Compact in Lychee, $28.50. Step 3: Now, time for the eyelashes. Curl yours and apply a couple coats of one of these top-rated drugstore mascaras to top lashes only. Step 4: Grab a toothpick and dull down one end to diminish the point. Dab the dull-ended side into clear-drying eyelash glue and line your top lash lines with the glue. Step 5: Take a pair of strip lashes (try Make Up For Ever Eyelashes, $15, which come in a variety of sizes and styles) and carefully press the middle of the strip onto the middle of your lash line and slowly tap the inner and outer corners of the strip onto the line of glue.
You are beautiful. No really, YOU. ARE. BEAUTIFUL.
We know that for most, the utterance of such a statement from someone induces an immediate eye roll, especially when coming from some lamo trying to pick you up at the bar. But unlike him, we have the most honorable intentions when telling you this. Seriously, you are a unique, one of a kind, gorgeous woman in your own special way. And you should flaunt what you have: your hair, your eyes, your lips, your face. Besides, it's not only easy to be you, its actually hip too. Natural hairstyles and natural makeup looks are all over the runways and red carpets.
Not only is this earthy hair and makeup trend taking over Hollywood with its simplistic style, it is the perfect way to showcase your one-of-a-kind natural beauty. This of course doesn't mean ditching all your fave beauty products, it just means you'll embrace the good ol' saying "less is more." To recreate this "make under," makeup is used to simply enhance your best features as opposed to covering them up, and hairstyles are chosen for their elegant simplicity so they don't steal the show away from the main attraction: you.
To get the bare-naked basics on how to get naturally beautiful, we went to the best in the biz of inherent beauty. For makeup, we got Physician's Formula celebrity makeup artist Joanna Schlip, who's made up stars like Christina Applegate and Ellen Pompeo. For naturally beautiful hairstyles, we went to Aveda master stylist Pearson Knight, who has styled Jules Asner, Giada De Laurentiis, and a plethora of supermodels on the runway.
Here we share their step-by-step how-tos on bringing out your best, beautiful self. So go ahead, flaunt what you got because no one can pull off you like you know whom.
