Where Do Hollywood Makeup Artists Get Their Contact Lenses

Which production is the building block of every celebrity makeup artist's kit? Foundation. "Foundation should always fuse seamlessly with skin for the about natural look," says makeup artist Laura Mercier, founder of the cult eponymous make and pioneer of "the flawless face." But how practice stars achieve that perfectly glowy, red carpeting-prepare pare in the depths of winter, amid a grueling schedule of long haul flights, awards-show mixers and press junkets? With the help of super-charged, quantum formulations that do more than than just cover and conceal. Beneath, six celebrity makeup artists share the foundations they turn to for an award-winning complexion.

1. Kosas Tinted Face up Oil

"One of my favorite products for the winter months is Kosas Tinted Face Oil," says makeup artist Marissa Machado, who used a blend of shades four and 5 on Rami Malek at the Golden Globes to lightly fifty-fifty out tone and build a natural feeling of warm, dominicus-kissed skin. The serum-like formula contains three types of mineral pigment in a base of six active botanical oils to instantly even peel tone, minimize pores and erase imperfections. "It's not only hydrating; it'south super lightweight so your pare never feels cakey. It's the perfect coverage with the most natural-looking cease."

Kosas Tinted Face Oil, $42 at kosas.com

2. Westman Atelier Vital Skin Foundation

"I'm all about skin that looks like skin, and so I dear a blendable, flossy formula," says makeup artist and Westman Atelier founder Gucci Westman, whose clients include Jennifer Aniston, Reese Witherspoon and Gwyneth Paltrow. "I ever use at least two shades of the Westman Atelier Vital Skin Foundation to ensure that I'k creating a customized complexion story — whether it's on myself or my clients." (Westman used shades Five and 6 on Paltrow at her recent hymeneals). Formulated with phytosphingosine to conserve wet, reduce the appearance of fine lines and target redness and inflammation, and vegetable-derived squalane to restore suppleness and flexibility to the pare for a dewy, fresh finish.

Westman Atelier Vital Skin Foundation Stick, $68 at Barneys.com

3. Chanel Ultra Le Teint

Known for her legendary reddish carpet looks, makeup artist Kara Yoshimoto Bua used Chanel's Ultra Le Teint Flawless Finish Foundation, a liquid matte foundation that lasts in even the most environmentally strenuous conditions, on Rachel Weisz and Saoirse Ronan for the Golden Globes. "Take a couple of pumps and get-go blend by rubbing the easily together. then blend upward and outward to create a veil over the face, jawline and cervix to create a satin-like porcelain cease," she advises.

Chanel Ultra Le Teint foundation, $60 at Chanel.com

4. Laura Mercier Flawless Lumiere Radiance-Perfecting Foundation

Formulated with brightening Vitamin C and Silver Ear Mushroom extract (which is 400 times as moisturizing as sodium hyaluronate) to plump the skin and diminish the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles, Laura Mercier Flawless Lumiere Radiance-Perfecting Foundation reveals brighter, clearer, more even-toned skin over time and so that even without makeup, your skin is radiant and hydrated. "It gives you a perfect natural glow and looks luminous no affair what lite you are in," says Mario Dedivanovic, whose clients include Kim Kardashian, Kate Bosworth and Ariana Grande.

Laura Mercier Flawless Lumiere Foundation $48

v. Dior Forever

Actresses Emily Edgeless, Michelle Yeo, Zoey Deutch are all fans of Dior Forever 24-hr-habiliment, loftier-perfection foundation containing ultra-hydrating, antioxidant-loaded wild pansy and rose fruit extracts. "Whatever relationship women take with their makeup, everyone wants that perfect, sublime complexion that foundation gives them," says creative director Peter Philips. The new Forever foundations come in two finishes: a velvet matte and a luminous glow. "The matte terminate evens out the complexion and blurs imperfections and fine lines while the glow is more versatile: in soft lighting information technology catches the calorie-free intermittently, in the sunlight its presence is bolder."

Dior Forever foundation, $52 at Dior.com

vi. Beautycounter Pare Tint Hydrating Foundation

"What's astonishing nigh this production is that it leaves your peel looking like skin, while the hyaluronic acid in information technology acts every bit a moisture magnet," says the clean beauty brand's master artistic officer, Christy Coleman, who used Skin Tint in Honey on Connie Britton for the Aureate Globes. "It's also completely buildable and blends easily, giving y'all the ability to go from a light to medium coverage while simultaneously evening out skin tone." Presenter Maya Rudolph also used Skin Tint in Tan on the night.