Get the look: foundation

Finding a very pale foundation for fair skin can be just as difficult as it is to find darker shades for women of colour. Kay Montano, makeup-artist to the stars, used Myface.cosmetics MymixFoundation in Fair 01, £12.99, on Nathalie. It is pale without being chalky, and there’s also a great choice for medium and dark skin tones in the range. It matched perfectly, blending in with and evening out her skin tone – which is exactly the job a foundation should do.‘Only use foundation where necessary,’ says Kay. ‘Most of us need it in the centre of the face, around  the nose and mouth where skin can be red or slightly pigmented. Apply it with fingers or a sponge to  the centre of your face and blend outwards.’

Get the look: eyes

For Nathalie’s eyes, Kay smudged a brown eye pencil along and into the upper lash line, then added a  light apricot shadow over the lids and black mascara. Blondes don’t have to wear brown mascara, says Kay.

Get the look: lips

On light-eyed blondes, pinky-reds are a good choice for lips. Warmer, orangeyreds work better against  olive skin tones. Kay used a lip liner in a nude tone similar to Nathalie’s natural shade all over the  lips to build colour density and longevity. She then applied a pinky-red lip gloss over the top. If you find this too bold, blot it down with a tissue.

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Wearing a bold lip colour? Pare down the rest of your make-up to ensure you won’t look overly made up

GH recommends

Sue Devitt Lip Intensifier Pencil in Kira Kira, £18; Laura Mercier Lip Pencil in Naked, £20.50; Maybelline Color Sensational The Lipstick in Cherry Candy, £7.19; Lancôme L’Absolu Rouge in Amoureuse, £19.50; Rimmel Vinyl Max Lip Gloss in Addictive, £5.49; and Chanel Luminous Satin Lip Colour in Famous, £24. A dusting of loose powder (Kay used lavender-scented Jurlique Silk Finishing Powder, £24, which looks white but can be used on all skin tones) will finish off a very polished look.

Our make up artist

Kay Montano is the creative director of Myface.cosmetics – a genius, foolproof range that simply splits its products into fair, medium and medium/dark skin tones to reduce regret-buys. Make-up maestro Montano has worked with just about every big name you can think of in fashion and film. (Mario Testino, Nicole Kidman, Kate Moss - need we say more?) The key, she says, is focusing on either lips or eyes and choosing the right colours to work with your skin tone. Kay shows you how in her easy-to-follow make up tutorials.

Credits: Make up artist Kay Montano, creative director of Myface.cosmetics; Art direction Suzanne Duckett, Good Housekeeping beauty director; Filming Daniel Ward

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