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"I was backstage at the Stella McCartney show this morning (trying not to stare like a wacko at Gwyneth Paltrow--her hair is as shiny as a new BMW) and I was pretty shocked to see the makeup artists spend 88% of their time doing this:\nBrushing on, blending and perfecting highlighter on the facial section that spans from the top of your ear to the bottom of the eyebrow, from one side of the face to the other. (Basically where you&amp;#39;d put a sleeping mask or um, Zorro&amp;#39;s bandana or something, on your face.)\nSeriously, they spent tons of time just perfecting the makeup in that ear-to-ear section. They barely did any foundation stuff and they hardly touched the lips but their focus paid off: at the end, all the models glowed and looked as if they had been sleeping and eating bon-bons--not clomping around in rickety platforms, having their hair pulled, getting undressed and re-dressed 60 times a day--for the past two weeks.\nPinterestFacebookThe makeup team (helmed by the almighty Pat McGrath) used a mix of MAX Factor and Covergirl products--plus a few tricks of the trade to get that oh-so-important eye area so insanely ethereal. Here are a few products and how-to tips you might want to have on hand for when you want to dupe the look:\nPinterestFacebook__1. A shimmery (but not glittery or sparkly) highlighter. __Using a brush, makeup artists applied the highlighter to both the inner and outer eye area. For the inner area, they used a fine brush and applied it like a shadow and for the outer, they used a wider, softer brush and swept it on in a small &amp;quot;V&amp;quot; shape from the top of the cheek up into the far end of the eyelid (just beyond the underneath side the brow, right along the bone lines). The fact that they applied highlighter farther back and higher up than you&amp;#39;d normally think (this is where the ear-measuring thing comes into play) is what upgraded this look from just &amp;quot;pretty good&amp;quot; to &amp;quot;please oh, please let me look that pretty one day.&amp;quot;\n2. Matte beige shadow. Just a hint of it was applied to the lid, via brush. Go easy on it because there&amp;#39;s nothing like a clump of eyeshadow to raise the red flag about how much time you actually spent doing your no-makeup makeup look.\n3. A cream or off-white eye pencil. The top lashline was rimmed with pale pencil, and a touch of it was used in the inner eye &amp;quot;V&amp;quot;, just to open eyes up a bit more.\n4. Brown mascara. It looks much more realistic than inky black and can make eyes seem even bigger.\n__5. A huge round brush.__Don&amp;#39;t use those itty-bitty brushes that normally come with your pot o&amp;#39; blush. The makeup pros used a huge brush to add a hint of color to the cheeks, and since it added the hue in a uniform fashion, it looked like a natural flush--you know, the kind of &amp;quot;oh gosh&amp;quot; color that comes to the surface when someone compliments you on your look.\nPinterestFacebookPretty gorgeous right? I don&amp;#39;t think my pictures really do the makeup (or models) justice, but trust me when I tell you that they all just glowed. Is anyone else a fan of the whole no-makeup makeup thing or do you like a little drama with your look? If you&amp;#39;re loving the Stella look as much as I am, here are some goodies to add to your beauty bag:\n*Beauty Cheapies: Update Your Look (for Under 15 Bucks!)\n*Dos and Don&amp;#39;ts of Runway Beauty \n*The 10 Most Flattering Fall Hair and Makeup Looks\n*Watch Pat McGrath Take You Through A Few Pretty Beauty Looks\nMore Ways to Get Glamour\nYou could win $50,000 just for registering or logging in to Glamour.com!\nSign up for Glamour.com&amp;#39;s Beauty Tip of the Day newsletter!\nAdd Glamour to your iGoogle homepage.\nSign up for Glamour.com&amp;#39;s Beauty Tip of the Day newsletter!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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