If you're in need of a beauty technique fit for the red carpet, you'll want to try this trend.

Underpainting has existed backstage at runway shows for years, but it wasn’t until celebrity makeup artist Mary Phillips pulled back the curtain on the technique in late 2025 that it became a ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. We've been taught the same old, standard makeup routine for decades now: foundation, concealer, contour, blush and eye makeup. And ...

Underpainting is the makeup technique that is changing the way we approach everyday glam. Instead of starting with complexion products, then layering blush, contour and highlight, underpainting flips ...

ANOTHER “miraculous” makeup hack has trickled down from expert artists to DIY pros on TikTok: foundation underpainting. The viral method seemed easy enough, but when I gave the spackling strategy a ...

In 2023, a certain makeup application technique went viral on TikTok: “underpainting.” Coined by Mary Phillips, the method entails applying contour and highlighter underneath foundation for a more ...

Over the years, her riff on underpainting has become a favorite of celebs like JLo, who was as radiant as ever at the Shotgun Wedding premiere earlier this month. “Anything I do, this technique is ...

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Welcome to “Unsung Heroes,” my column that asks beauty brands about their respective hero products—their bestsellers, and often a product that embodies the brand’s identity—but also dives a little ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Los Angeles-based makeup artist Jill Powell, who counts Demi Lovato and Sabrina Carpenter among her clients, describes ...