For Dancing with the Stars’ twentieth birthday celebration, Julianne Hough’s glam needed to strike the proper stability between nostalgia and now. With flashbacks to her most iconic magnificence moments anticipated all through the episode, superstar make-up artist Afton Williams got down to create one thing traditional, radiant and undeniably Julianne.
“We knew there would be a lot of flashbacks to Jules’ looks over the years, both on the show and across socials,” Williams shares. “So instead of going trendy or overly stylized, we wanted to keep her look timeless and elevated—something that felt like her. Clean, sculpted skin, pinky cheeks and lips with a soft shine, and eyes that were subtly enhanced. We wanted Julianne to look youthful, fresh and for the audience to really see her, not just the glam.”
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To convey that imaginative and prescient to life, Williams reached for RCMA Make-up, a longtime DWTS backstage important trusted by execs and contestants for the reason that present’s earliest seasons. “Julianne had a lot of dancing to do,” she says. “Longevity was key, and RCMA’s products and colors always stand the test of time.” For the flawless complexion, Williams used RCMA’s 5-Half Collection Favourite Basis Palette in KO3 and KO4, the Spotlight & Contour Palette in Mild and the 5-Half Cream Blush Palette #1 in Particular and Gena Pink for that signature radiant flush. A contact of Summer time Lights Illuminating Balm in Solar-Kissed added that lit-from-within sheen, whereas Premiere Pressed Powder in Amethyst and No Colour perfected the end. The identical Solar-Kissed balm introduced a luminous glow to the eyes, and Diamond Shine Lip Gloss accomplished the look with the proper shiny pink end.
RCMA’s legacy runs deep in Hollywood magnificence circles. Based in 1963 by famend make-up artist Vincent JR Kehoe, the model—formally generally known as the Analysis Council of Make-up Artists—was created to raise the requirements {of professional} make-up for movie, tv and stage. Every product is vegan, cruelty-free and crafted in small batches with meticulous colour consistency, making it a favourite amongst artists who demand each high quality and efficiency.
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This season, Dancing with the Stars is having fun with its highest scores thus far, with greater than 12.5 million viewers tuning in—and Williams’ artistry is entrance and middle. Past the ballroom, her roster of A-list purchasers contains Lainey Wilson, Melissa McCarthy, Ariana Madix and Sophia Bush, all identified for his or her effortlessly glamorous magnificence moments. And as Julianne shimmered underneath the stage lights, one factor was clear: luminous magnificence, like nice make-up, by no means goes out of favor.
