Jessica Chastain, Amanda Seyfried and Catherine Zeta-Jones ooze glamour   If like us you were mesmerised by the stunning looks on the red carpet at this years Oscars but not sure how to recreate the amazing looks - then fret not, because we bring you the Academy Awards makeup and hair how-to. With a beauty and style guide from top experts including Michelle White, Creative Director at Frontcover Cosmetics, Ken Picton British Colourist of the Year, organic colour specialist and former London hairdresser of the year Karine Jackson and Darren Ambrose, multi award winning hairdresser, recreating those winner looks has never been easier.

Michelle: Jessica Chastain beautiful deep brick red lips are her statement look against translucent skin and twinkling nude dress, her pout is perfect and works beautifully with her red hair. Eyes are simple with a slick of eyeliner over a neutral eyeshadow. The black flick is straight and to the end of the eye – not retro or flicky, just very classic. To apply liner like this, start at the inner corner, steady your elbow on a surface, draw a line along the upper lash line to edge of eye, repeat to thicken line to desired effect and apply lashing of mascara to top and bottom lashes.
Ken: Jessica’s gorgeous red hair looks stunning in these classic waves. Start by applying Shu Uemura Essence Absolue for this shine, and a heat protection product, then using a large barrelled tong, work through the hair from around chin length. Clip the curls in place as you go so that they can cool without dropping. At the last moment, remove all the clips and spray to keep the shape.

 

Michelle: Ever the natural beauty, Reese has completely nude matted out lips, flushed pink cheeks, and a very natural eye. Frontcover’s Sunkist mini lipstick is perfect for this look. Reese’s hair is very classic Hollywood waves so by going for this look rather than red lips and smoky eyes she’s kept it really modern rather than retro. Apply foundation to lips, blot, and then dot the lipstick across the lips using a brush before blotting again.
Karine Jackson: Reese’s Hollywood waves are super glam without being too rigid. Spritz with a heat protection spray and then work in Organic Colour Systems no plastic Volume Mousse. Part hair down the side and start curling from the fringe section around the head using barrel tongs. Slick the side down with a small amount of gel and push that hair over the shoulder on the fringe side.

Michelle: Catherine is wearing the Spring/Summer trend of All Over Colour – matching your eyes and cheeks and lips, as seen on the catwalk at Chloe. To get this healthy glow, with a dewy complexion – start with a dewy foundation base and accentuate cheekbones by sucking in cheeks and shading just beneath the cheekbone with a bronze blusher. Dot a lighter, peachier blusher onto the apples of the cheek. Warm smoky eye with a sable brown washed across the eye and deeper brown in the socket line. Her lips were the same colour, bronzy, with detail picked out on her nails with a soft gold polish. Use Frontcover’s All over Colour kit get the look, and Nail Art Nouveau for this soft gold shade.

 

Michelle: This look is about using warm greys and winging out the shape at the outer edges for a feline shape. Sweep colour along the lower lash line to increase the drama and build on the darker shade at the outer edge of the eye to make them an almond shape. Leave brows light and keep the rest of the face simple – just a hint of gloss on the lips. Jennifer Lawrence also working this look but with a less feline shape to the eyes – less exaggerated, more Grace Kelly classic.

Michelle: Adele is wearing her signature retro monochromatic smoky eye concentrating on fifty shades of grey to achieve a cool, dramatic, classic and slick look. Her pinky toned nude lips are true to the trend. To get this look, add definition to a smoky eye by using a kohl pencil to line upper lashes from inner to outer corner extending flick in the direction of the end of your eyebrow – this maintains the correct angle of flick for your face shape. Complete by lining the inner rim of eyes and for a pro make-up artist touch, the upper inner rim of eye.

 

Michelle: With Anne’s dark crop the classic statement red lips and black eyeliner works really well. For the perfect red lip, line and fill with a colour matched lip liner, then apply lipstick with brush, blot, reapply and blot lightly. A touch of gloss in the centre of the upper and lower lip will make them appear fuller.
Darren: Anne’s hair is growing into a longer crop now, and starting to look longer through the front which gives the style more versatility. It’s so quick to style; simply dry on a small barrel brush and finish with a crème for gentle definition and to banish frizz.