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Get the Look: Mischa Barton's Make-up
If you watch any television at all, you probably don't need to be told that Mischa Barton is the star of the wildly popular teen drama The O.C. At barely 20 years of age, she's a virtual emblem of young-adult celebrity. We asked make-up artist Deborah Grayson how to get her fresh, pretty, less-is-more make-up look
STEP 1: Prep skin by washing with a gentle exfoliating scrub to roll off surface dry skin and debris. This'll give your face a polished glow.
STEP 2: Lightly apply a moisturising gel to the face and neck to soothe and hydrate skin.
STEP 3: Next, lightly moisturise eye contours by patting under-eye cream around the lower perimeter and outer corners of eyes.
STEP 4: Skip foundation for this look. Instead, use a cream concealer with a flat-headed concealer brush. This way you'll be targeting specific areas, not covering the entire face with makeup. Dip your brush into the concealer and paint over any spots or discolorations in a light, discreet layer, then blend, don't rub, by patting gently with your finger.
STEP 5: Apply a pore minimising lotion, which is great for absorbing shine and making pores appear smaller. Using fingertips, just pat a small amount over areas with visible pores, such as nose, forehead and chin.
STEP 6: With a small fluff brush, gingerly apply a very sheer, translucent powder over the pore minimiser. This will set it, and give the further impression of nonexistent pores. (Don't use too much powder though or it could look cakey.)
STEP 7: Apply heather-gray cream eyeliner with a pointed liner brush, just tracing along the lower lash line, then smudge with a tiny-pointed 'smudger' sponge.
STEP 8: Beginning at the root, apply one coat of medium black mascara to upper and lower lashes. A make-up artist's trick is to wiggle the brush as you work so as to catch all the eyelashes between the bristles.
STEP 9: Finish by applying a baby-pink sheer gloss to lips for a subtle, luminescent shine.
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