Rarely has someone who needed makeup so little played with it so much, and so successfully. A beauty icon for the ’90s and always, the one/only Lauryn Hill, whose face could stop a train and whose eyes were once described by Essence as “like Bambi’s mother’s,” has worn every crazy shade of shadow, lipstick, nailpolish and glitter known to womankind. Our lovely fine-arty intern Elise Troister is as Hill-obsessed as anyone, and here in this fifth installment of the Beauty Myth, she’s painted Lauryn in the season’s richest purples, orange-reds, and browns. (Yes, it’s all makeup. Previously: Elise painted her other music-and-beauty icon, Joni Mitchell.)
SKIN: To get Ms. Hill’s indefatigable glow, Elise mixed Revlon PhotoReady Foundation in “Mocha” ($19.99 at Shoppers Drug Mart) with Quo’s Skincredible in “Buff Beige” ($22 at Shoppers). For the deepest glimmer, she used NARS Shimmer Eyeshadow in “Ponderosa” ($29 at Holt Renfrew, 55 Bloor St., 416-922-2333, and The Bay), part of their special holiday collection.
HAIR and LIPS: Lauryn Hill would love a NARS lipstick called “Joyous Red” ($30 at Holt Renfrew), you just know it. Elise blended the on-trend rust with NARS Longer-than-Life Eyeliner in “Via Appia” and the delicious “Bourbon Street” ($25 each at Holt Renfrew and The Bay).
JEWELLERY and NAILS: Setting off all the warmth, Elise used the coolest thing, NARS Shimmer Nailpolish in “Space Odyssey” ($21 at Holt Renfrew) to paint Hill’s signature hoop earrings and choker.
EYES: Gemmy purple eyeshadow is back, oh yes. Here we see Quo‘s All-About-Eyes palette in “Plum’s the Word” ($25 at Shoppers) and eyeliner in “Amethyst” ($14).
