How Jodie Foster’s Makeup Artist Achieved Her Glamorous ‘Less Is More’ Look at Cannes 2021

When Jodie Foster receives her makeup completed, she puts all her have confidence in in her pro, makeup artist Brett Freedman. She believes in his do the job so substantially that frequently before pink carpets, she doesn’t even just take a look at the ultimate look prior to strolling out the doorway. But Foster, 58, could not assist but admire her make-up when Freedman finished it forward of the opening ceremony at the Cannes Movie Pageant 2021 opening ceremony, wherever she was a guest of honor,

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Makeup artist Brett Freedman gave the actress a dewy, fresh make-up look for the Cannes Film Competition 2021 opening ceremony

“Yesterday [before the red carpet], she arrived out and explained, ‘I never ever look, but I appeared. The eye makeup appears pleasant!’ And I was like, ‘Oh, properly, thank you!'” Freedman tells People today.

The actress and director, who was awarded an honorary Palme d’Or by the competition, likes embracing a normal aesthetic, which is exactly what she and Freedman did for their initially time operating with each other at Cannes (Freedman has accomplished her makeup for the previous 4 many years).

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“With Jodie, a lot less is a lot more. She’s a single of these women that seems to be improved with considerably less makeup. She has this kind of a relaxed design. Everything’s sheer. For this event, I required to do a refreshing and summery night search with neutral eyes and juicy lips,” states Freedman.

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The makeup artist relied on skincare and makeup from Charlotte Tilbury to enhance Foster’s luminous, French Riviera natural beauty vibe. “It truly is pretty captivating, dewy French Riviera summertime,” Freedman claimed of her appear.

Freedman concentrated on skin prep and hydration in get to give Foster comprehensive coverage without risking foundation caking into any fine strains.

“You can tailor matte foundation, like the Charlotte Tilbury Airbrush Flawless Foundation I applied on Jodie, to drier, extra mature skin. Individuals never understand that,” Freedman points out. “I combined a very little little bit of the Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream and a several drops of the Charlotte Tilbury Wonderglow Experience Primer. Then you get protection, keeping ability and luminosity.”

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Then he gave her pores and skin a minimal bit of bronzed shade with the Charlotte Tilbury Cheek to Chic in Ecstasy. “We needed the pores and skin to pop a contact since it is really summer season and she was carrying white,” he suggests.

For the eyes, there is a person issue Foster tells Freedman hardly ever to do: “She explained to me eyeliner underneath the eyes make it search like she hasn’t slept.”

Rather, the make-up skilled made use of the Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Communicate Quick Eye Palette, loaded with shimmer and matte heat-toned shades, to blend a bit of “champagne and golden apricot” on the lids.

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However Freedman likes to experiment with brilliant or dark lip shades, they “usually are not seriously her detail,” he claims. In its place, “we have a entertaining eye bash and keep the lips nude.”

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Sticking with the dewy concept, Foster’s lips have been lacquered with the gold-flecked Charlotte Tilbury Jewel Lip Gloss in Champagne Diamonds. But the key to retaining the shine lengthy-lasting is actually in the lip liner.

Freedman explains: “I do the lip liner all around and shimmery gloss on major. The pencil gives great coloration and keeping ability. Then the gloss provides a very little youth. It seems to be juicy and fresh new. So which is anything I do with Jodie, much too.”