Zendaya Has Me Seriously Considering Red Eyeliner
I think most makeup wearers can relate when I say my default eyeliner shade is always some take on black or brown. Maybe I'll do charcoal on a really wild day. I even have a couple of shades of blue and purple waiting in the wings in case I want to create colorful… well… wings. But red? I'm reluctant to put it lightly. Or at least I was until I saw Zendaya making it look like a new neutral.
Zendaya has been unsurprisingly killing it with the beauty and fashion moments as she promotes her new movie, The Drama. And while she's been looking like a one-woman bridal fashion show for many of the appearances, she took a glamour-goth turn for the Rome premiere, wearing a black Giorgio Armani Privé gown previously worn by Cate Blanchett. (Something borrowed. Get it? Because the movie is about a wedding?)
The dress definitely called for some badass makeup, but instead of the bold, black liner you might expect, makeup artist Nikki Wolff went with red tones that really vibed with the burgundy backdrop at the event. Once you get past her bangs, very much intentionally styled by Ursula Stephen to fall in front of her eyes, Zendaya's lids are covered in a smoky wash of fiery color with a seamless, shimmery blend.
Even her lower waterline is given a bold stroke of red—a look I'm quite sure would make me appear to have not slept for days. But it works so well on Zendaya because a) she's Zendaya and b) it's not a true red. The coppery hue comes through as red in contrast with her eye color and glossy lips, outlined in a tan pencil.
While this may not be an everyday look for most of us (Zendaya included), it absolutely proves there's plenty of room to explore unexpected eyeliner colors—even the ones we previously assumed wouldn't be flattering.
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