Tips from Katharine McPhee's Glam Squad
If you've seen our exclusive
Video Diary of Katharine McPhee getting ready for the Billboard Awards, you know she got some help getting red-carpet ready from her hairstylist Campbell and her makeup artist Jake Bailey. They let us in on a few tricks they used on Katharine that night, like Jake's no-smudge mascara trick of putting cardboard right under the lashes while applying.
To get Katharine's hair wild and rock 'n' roll, Campbell scrunch-dried her hair and then started curling it on a medium barrel iron from the bottom of her head up. Now, here's a trick we've never heard of (but sounds brilliant!) -- he took random sections between the curls, braided them, and ran a flat iron over them to lock in the wave. Shake it out, and you have a fabulous wavy texture to toughen up the curls. To keep it locked in place for the big show, Campbell gave her hair more than one spritz of hairspray (try Spray and Play from
BigSexyHair,
Katharine's fave).
For tips on Katharine's smoky, sexy eyes and more, keep reading!
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http://www.thefashionspot.com/forums/What was the inspiration behind Katharine's makeup? Says her makeup artist Jake Bailey, "Simply Katherine herself. She is such a natural beauty." To keep the singer from looking washed out on camera, Jake used a slightly darker foundation on her face, followed by a dusting of
Benefit's Dallas blush which he says "has just the right amount of shimmer to highlight the apples of her cheeks when she flashes her gorgeous smile." Jake used
Prescriptives Liner in Jet on her eys, and to recreate the look, he recommends you "start by lining the inner rim of the eye than work it into the lashes and outside the lash line just a few millimeters." Blend a little with your finger if you want to make it look smoky. He finished her off with a waterproof lip liner from
Styli-Style and
Chanel Glossimer in Pagoda. Picture-perfect!
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