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Get the celebrity look: Jennifer Lopez

Here's how to get the smouldering J-Lo glow

Jennifer Lopez's taste in clothes may vary between hip hop and high fashion, but her choice in make-up remains constant. Always opting for the ultra-feminine, she chooses light shimmers and soft, smoky shadows, which highlight her features without being overpowering. If you'd like to get Jennifer's radiant look, follow these simple steps from celebrity make-up artist Sonia Kashuk. This look is dewy and fresh, so make sure you use a light moisturiser and lip conditioner to prime your face before you apply your make-up:

What you'll need:

• Cream foundation
• Concealer
• Powder
• Light-shimmer cream eyeshadow
• Neutral beige powder shadow
• Eyelash curler
• Black mascara
• Eyebrow pencil four shades lighter than your hair colour
• Rosy cream blusher
• Taupe lip-liner
• Shimmering lip-gloss

STEP 1 Dot a small amount of cream foundation onto the skin, and blend with fingers. Keep the application very sheer. If your skin is in good shape, use just a bit of foundation to cover any small imperfections and skip the overall application. If needed, follow with a little concealer under the eyes and blend well. Don't use powder to set the foundation.

STEP 2 Before you begin the eyes, apply a light layer of foundation over the entire lid, which will act as a base coat for the shadow. Brush a little excess powder, under the eye only, to catch any fallout from the powder shadows. This should be brushed away after the eye make-up is complete.

STEP 3 Apply a layer of a light-shimmer cream eyeshadow from the brow bone down to the lash line, blending well with your fingers. Cover this with a light application of facial powder. The powder will help set the cream shadow and enable you to apply powder shadow on top of the cream. Using a small-to-medium eye contour brush, apply a neutral beige shadow to the crease for added depth and contour.

STEP 4 Curl lashes with an eyelash curler, then apply numerous coats of black mascara to upper lashes only. For more definition, use a liner brush and 'smudge' a little black shadow on the outermost corner of the lash line, top and bottom.

STEP 5 Using an eyebrow pencil, lightly fill in the brows as needed. In choosing a brow pencil colour, go at least four shades lighter than your hair colour, so the colour always looks soft and the brow isn't too severe. Blend the colour, and groom the brows using a bristle brow brush.

STEP 6 For glowing cheek colour, use a cream blusher in a warm, rosy shade. Use your fingertips to dot blusher onto the apples of the cheeks and blend back toward the hairline, keeping the edges very soft. Cream blusher can be heavily pigmented so start light and build until you get the desired colour and effect.

STEP 7 Line the lips with a neutral taupe lip liner. On the inside of the lip, apply light shimmering gloss.

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