Love this beauty look that Kim Kardashian West was rocking out at the 2016 Video Music Awards crafted by her makeup artist, Mario Dedivanovic. He said he, "wanted Kim to look like a Greek goddess, with a dewy complexion and a natural glow".
This makeup look was teamed back with tousled wet-looking hair, the perfect foil for the vintage Galliano mini dress that she had had in her "closet for forever".
Get the red carpet look
(Be warned: makeup this good takes time, and I mean a long time.)
- To prep the skin and create a moisturised base, Dedivanovic began with Laura Mercier Infusion de Rose Nourishing Cream. He applied it all over her face, neck and chest to help the foundation blend and look seamless.
- Next Dedivanovic applied a light reflecting foundation to even out Kim's skin tone and give her that dewy complexion that he (and we) are so fond of. He worked this coverage over her eyelids, ears, chest, arms, legs and feet to get her red carpet ready. For us mere mortals his tip is to dab some foundation over the ears so that they don't appear red in photos.
- To set this base in place to last the distance, Dedivanovic dusted on a translucent setting powder on Kim's t-zone.
- Never one to totally abandon the contour completely, he applied a light dusting of bronzer on Kim's hairline, nose and cheeks. Over the bronzer on her cheeks he added a dusting of summery peachy blush on the apples of her cheeks and then blended this out to the temples.
- After all the base work on the face is done and dusted he always loops his fingers through a powder puff pressed against the face while filling in brows and applying eyeliner and eyeshadow. This means no smudging of the artfully applied foundation.
- To make sure Kim's skin looked completely polished Dedivanovic dusted a luminiser on her décolletage and legs and then spritzed them with a skin mist. Oh boy and that's just for starters.
- To make Kim's eyes look sultry, Dedivanovic coloured in the lid with a clever eyestick and then smudged on a copper eyeshadow on the outer corners of her eyes and across the lower lash.
- The finishing touch was those signature nude lips. Dedivanovic lined Kim's lips with a hazelnut lip pencil and then applied the perfect nude lipstick to give her the signature nude pout.