The 3 products responsible for Selena Gomez's cheekbone-defining updo
She looked *snatched* at the NYFF premiere of 'Emilia Perez'
Between the promotional press tour of her new film Emilia Perez and picking up nominations for her hit television show Only Murders In The Building, Selena Gomez has been delivering on the red carpet beauty inspiration front.
After we saw her Emmy Awards makeup in September, we thought Gomez's hair and makeup looks had peaked. But then the multihyphenate made an appearance at the New York Film Festival for the premiere of Emilia Perez, and we had to rethink all prior statements completely.
Gomez called on makeup artist Soo Park and hair stylist Renato Camporo to assist her with her red carpet glam, and the pair did not disappoint.
From her flawless, manicured arches to her snatched cheekbone-defining chignon, we can't fault it.
Want to know how to achieve the look yourself? These are the exact products Park and Camporo used to create the final hair and makeup look.
She wore a full face of Rare Beauty makeup
It should come as no surprise but Gomez brought a haul of her own makeup products to use, and honestly, if we had a beauty brand, we'd do the exact same thing.
To prep her complexion before applying foundation, Park lightly spritzed her face with the Rare Beauty Always An Optimist 4-In-1 Mist ($53 from Sephora). Then he applied the Always An Optimist Pore Diffusing Primer ($55 from Sephora) and the
Positive Light Liquid Luminizer in 'Mesmerize', focusing the illuminator on the high points of the face.
Next, Park unified Gomez's complexion using a combination of Positive Light Tinted Moisturizer in '16C' ($59 from Sephora) and Liquid Touch Brightening Concealer in the shades '160C' and '180W' ($43 from Sephora). He also applied the Positive Light Under Eye Brightener in the shade 'Light' ($46 from Sephora) under her eyes to minimise the shadow of her dark circles.
To bring a bit of warmth back to her face, Park contoured using the Warm Wishes Effortless Bronzer Stick in 'Bright Side' ($50 from Sephora), and buffed just a touch of the Soft Pinch Liquid Blush in 'Worth' ($45 from Sephora) into the apples of her cheeks in an upwards motion.
Then he set her makeup using the Always An Optimist Soft Radiance Setting Powder in 'Light' ($49 from Sephora) and the True To Myself Tinted Pressed Finishing Powder in 'Ivory' ($53 from Sephora) through the central and oily areas of the face.
Our favourite part of Park's work has got to be the makeup artist's amazing attention to detail when it came to Gomez's arches. He used a cocktail of the Brow Harmony Precision Pencil in the shades 'Soft Blonde' and 'Rich Taupe' ($37 from Sephora) to fill out any sparse areas of her brows, and then he imitated the effect of a brow lamination with a few swipes of the Brow Harmony Flexible Lifting Gel ($30 from Sephora).
After he'd finished sculpting Gomez's eyebrows, Park turned his attention to her eye makeup and prepped her lids prior to eyeliner application with the Always An Optimist Weightless Eye Primer ($41 from Sephora).
When it came to Gomez's eye makeup Park kept things simple with a bold winged liner look using the Perfect Strokes Longwear Gel Eyeliner in 'True Brown' ($37 from Sephora) and the Perfect Strokes Matte Liquid Eyeliner ($41 from Sephora). Then he defined the Rare Beauty founder's lashes with a few coats of the Perfect Strokes Universal Volumizing Mascara ($39 from Sephora).
As for finishing touches? Park lined Gomez's lips with the Kind Words Matte Lip Liner in 'Talented' ($29 from Sephora), and then filled in her pout with the Kind Words Matte Lipstick also in the shade 'Talented' ($39 from Sephora). And then he moisturised her exposed décolletage and limbs with the Find Comfort Hydrating Body Lotion ($49 from Sephora) for a healthy unified complexion.
She only used three products to create her sleek chignon
We'd like to reiterate just how *snatched* Selena Gomez looked at the Emilia Perez premiere in New York, and the culprit was without a doubt her hair stylist Renato Campora.
What's so impressive about the final look was its simplicity — Campora used just three hair styling products to create the chignon.
The chic updo was sleek and pulled back and gave Gomez an undeniably snatched look. In fact, it was so effective that her makeup artist Soo Park didn't even need to use contour when he was painting Gomez's face.
To attain that sleek finish, Campora used our favourite dirty hair trick and saturated Gomez's hair with a hair mask — he used Joico Defy Damage KBOND20 Power Masque ($64.95 from Oz Hair & Beauty). Then he smoothed fly aways with Joico JoiGel Firm Styling Gel ($27.99 from Oz Hair & Beauty) as he twisted her hair into a chignon at the back of her head. Finally, after securing the updo with a few fastening pins and hair elastics, the hair stylist set the style with the Joico Power Spray Fast Dry Finishing Spray ($26.95 from Price Attack).
Main image credit: @selenagomez
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Briar Clark got her start in the media industry in 2017, as an intern for Marie Claire and InStyle. Since then, her keen interest in fashion and beauty has landed her gigs as a Digital Content Producer and Beauty Editor with titles like Girlfriend, Refinery29, BEAUTYcrew and beautyheaven. She loves the way seemingly innocuous topics like skin care and style have the ability to put a smile on people’s faces or make them think about themselves a little differently. A big believer in self love and experimentation, Briar has made a point of becoming the Australian beauty industry’s unofficial guinea pig for unusual treatments and daring hair trends. When she’s not testing out the latest beauty launches, Briar is big on broadening her horizons, mostly in the form of food but she’s also partial to travelling to new destinations both near and far (and of course, allocating an extra bag to bring their best beauty offerings home with her).
