The World's Best Makeup Artist Demonstrates How to Create The Perfect Angelic Glow

A warm, romantic glow is suitable for any season. Thankfully, pro makeup artist Pat McGrath shows and tells us how to recreate it on model Kate King, using Dolce & Gabbana's gorgeous new Spring/Summer 2014 Collection — along with some other beautiful must-haves from D&G — in this exclusive Cosmopolitan.com video.

1. Ace your base. Start with Perfect Liquid Luminous Foundation and the Perfect Luminous Concealer. “Take the foundation and use one shade that's a little warmer around the cheek area for this gorgeous, Sophia Loren, sun-kissed feel,” McGrath says. 

2. Accentuate your eyes. Take a gold eyeshadow and sweep it across the lids and dab a little bit on the inner corners of the eyes. “It’s nice also to do this with a little bit of a wet brush so that you get that real intensity,” McGrath says. Then, take The Eyeshadow Smooth Eye Colour Quad in Desert and use the medium brown tone under the eyes and a little bit in the socket for a soft golden eye. 

3. Line your eyes. To make the eyes brighter and take away any redness, McGrath applied a nude pencil to the waterline. Then she drew a small line on the outer corners of the eyes with The Eyeliner Crayon Intense in Chocolate and went over it with the Glam Liner in Baroque Bronze. 

4. Fake flirty, flushed cheeks. McGrath dusted The Blush Luminous Cheek Colour in Rosebud, Apricot, and Peach on the cheeks, the hairline, and the chin for an all-over glow. 

5. Swipe on a subtle pink lip color. "We have these fantastic new lip colors, Bellisima and Traviata, and I literally mix them together on my hand and then just pat it on the lips to give this fantastic, beautiful, kind of spring fresh color," McGrath says. 

Now you have a natural, sun-kissed glow just like Sophia Loren. Thanks, Pat!

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Hairstylist and Makeup Artist Confessional

"You think cotton pads are soft, right? They’re not," said a model who quit walking runway show during fashion week because of the painful hair and makeup routine. "During the day it's a lot of putting on — and wiping off — makeup with cotton pads. And there's nothing gentle about that process, especially when you get your makeup changed about five plus times a day," she continued. "A Q-tip ends up feeling like a tiny knife after it’s used to straighten eye liner and get rid of smudges for the one hundredth time (a lot of the shows call for a smoky eye)." 

So, do the hairstylists, makeup artists, and manicurists working on hectic fashion shows even know they're hurting the models? Do they try to avoid it, at least? A top hairstylist, makeup artist, and manicurist explain their end of things.

"I don't care," laughed Guido, the lead hairstylist at Rag & Bone. "I think the girls realize you're frantic, because unlike the studio where it's a lot more relaxed, here there is a time constraint and a lot of girls to work on. I don't know that we're ever that rough, but it also depends on the look—if there is tight braiding or something, we might tug and pull a bit more. It's not that we're out to hurt the girls or anything, but there definitely is an understanding that there is sort of a drama to it all. During New York Fashion Week, most of the girls sit there quietly, especially because they just got off of holiday. But when the girls get to Paris, that's when the complaints and cries start, because at that point they're tired of being tugged and pulled. They're just done."

Makeup artist Gucci Westman (pictured above), key makeup team at Rag & Bone, prefers the gentle route, "I'm not rough when I apply makeup," she says. "I've never been a jammer when it comes to using my makeup brushes, I've always been aware of my hand. I think it depends on your personality though. I always try to be sensitive to being in someone's face, especially when everyone is rushing. You have to have some place of calm." 

Yeonjae Yuk, the head nail pro at Vivienne Tam, adds, "As a manicurist, I have to get a job done and sometimes that requires cutting the models' nails when they don't want them cut or putting on tips, which can harm the nail if they're not removed properly. And then there's the occasional nip with the cuticle nippers. So you can imagine that they're not always happy with me, but I try to be as gentle as possible while I'm working on them. A lot of times the girls will have sensitive cuticles and nail beds, so if I'm rough with my tools, they’ll definitely let me know. It's hard though because I have to be quick—there are a lot of girls to do in a very little time period, but I try to make it painless.”So soulless they aren't, but busy they are. Follow Carly Cardellino on Facebook and Twitter.

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