"Turns out eye shadows is way less painful than Carolina Reapers."
Self-proclaimed millennial Blake Lively is giving props to Gen Z for one of its many beauty hacks. On Monday, the actress and haircare mogul tried out a beauty trick championed by the younger generation, giving it her stamp of approval. Lively attended the 2024 CFDA Awards in a white-on-white blazer and gown look, and her makeup artist, Carolina Gonzalez, used a viral beauty trend to give Lively voluptuous-looking lips.
Lively shared a close-up look at her glam with a selfie on her Instagram Story, in which she called out the method Gonzalez used.
"When @cgonzalezbeauty does the Gen Z eye shadow lip trick to make your lips look huge…," she wrote over the post, which was set to the tune of Sixpence None the Richer's hit "Kiss Me." At the bottom of the photo, she added, "But then…"
In the next slide, Lively revealed the illusion by sharing a post-washed, make-up free selfie with her hair pulled up. She admitted that the method was much more effective—and less painful—than those that she used in high school.
"But then…You wash off your makeup & accept that you're a millennial girl who, in high school used to wear lip gloss with alarming amounts of chili peppers inside for a plump because we were THAT committed to bad ideas," she wrote. "Turns out eye shadows is way less painful than Carolina Reapers. Thank you @cgonzalezbeauty for not turning my mouth into an episode of Hot Ones."
Lively was referring to the popular trend that garnered attention on TikTok that consists of using eyeshadow in place of a lip liner to accentuate your lip shape. For this particular look, Gonzalez chose a darker shadow to outline Lively’s lips, and finished off the lip combo with a glossy, light pink shade in the middle.
The rest of Lively's glam consisted of a bronzed contour, fringed lashes, and loose voluminous curls. Her Michael Kors outfit featured a long white dress with a cinched waist, layered under an oversized blazer.
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