Lily Collins’ “Polished” Winter Glam Is the Best Holiday Ins…

Emily will be back in Paris (well, Rome) soon, and we’ll all be there with her! From the comfort of our couches while we tune into her adventures via our personal television sets, at least.

For now, though, Lily Collins is in New York. And we’re so happy to have her.

On Tuesday, December 9, Collins appeared on The Tonight Show to promote Season 5 of Emily in Paris. For the talk show moment, she worked with celebrity makeup artist Fiona Stiles, who used a lineup of go-to products from Kosas to get her client ready at the Plaza—and taught us exactly how to get the look.

Lily Collins’ Polished Glam

With her hair styled into a sleek, middle-parted bob (with one side tucked behind her ear!), Collins’ makeup was glamorous but unfussy. Her airbrushed skin was warmed with a touch of rosy blush, her lips were painted a warm pink shade, and her eyes—underneath those signature bold brows—stole the show with lush lashes, blurred liner, and a shimmery, wintery shadow look.

“I used a top-secret, brand new Kosas product that is launching on January 6th, just over her pupils in the center of her upper lid,” Stiles explains. “It added a bit of cool-toned, light-catching shimmer to the eyes. Very subtle but it added a touch of wintery frostiness. I can’t wait for everyone to be able to get their hands on this—it’s a first-of-its-kind formula that’s multi-use and safe for cheeks, eyes, body, etc.!” (Writer’s note: We can’t wait either.)

The Inspiration

Stiles exclusively tells Byrdie that Collins’s architectural Balenciaga gown springboarded their “timeless and sophisticated” makeup vision.

“I wanted to make sure the look didn’t read retro, so I went for modern, soft glamour,” she says. This included “gently sculpted eyes with a soft, smudgy barely-there flick and a soft rosy lip.”

Before she got sculpting, the artist had to perfect her canvas.

“Skin is always my first focus. I strive to make the skin look natural with gentle highlights and soft sheen. I was so excited to work with Kosas for this look, because their complexion category is excellent. I love using the Revealer Skin-Improving Foundation and Revealer Concealer, and the Cloud Set Powder makes the skin look flawless,” she adds. “The baked formula has a really lovely soft sheen to it that makes skin look just incredible. I used the new product mentioned above on her cheekbones and high points of the face under the foundation to add a bit of an ethereal glow. I like using it on bare skin under makeup because it blurs beautifully and seamlessly into the foundation that way.”

How to Get the Look

Stiles’ best tip for getting a similar look is to “keep the eyeliner soft.” Hard lines will change the mood.

“A bit of smudgy definition makes it less severe while retaining the sophistication,” she says.

After prepping the skin but before applying foundation, she used her fingers to apply that top-secret new product on the bridge of Collins’ nose and high points of the face “to create soft ethereal highlights.” Then, she used the Revealer Foundation in shade 120, adding Revealer Concealer in 1.5C where needed and Revealer Extra Bright Color Corrector in the shade Magic to brighten.

Then, she powdered the actor’s skin with Cloud Set in Breezy and added Blush is Life in Swoon for a soft flush of color on the cheeks.

“To bring just a hint of warmth to the face, I used a big fluffy brush and very lightly swept The Sun Show bronzer to just the outer edges of Lily’s face, adding just a touch under the cheekbones for definition,” she added. A spritz of Cloud Set Setting Mist set the makeup.

Next: those eyes and brows.

“Lily has iconic brows and I don’t have to do much to them, but I filled in any gaps with the Brow Pop Nano in Brown Black and set them with Air Brow in Clear,” says Stiles. “I used the Soulgazer Eyeliner in Hypnotize to tightline her lashes and pushed the liner into the lash line on top to define the further. A bit of buffed out Soulgazer Eyeliner in Orbit gave the eyes a slightly elongated feeling and a few coats of Soulgazer Mascara gave her lashes length and volume.”

The lip combo was just one product this time: Weightless Lip Color in Turned On, which Stiles describes as “a beautiful warm, pinkish brown.”

And lastly? “My final finishing touch is always to check the brow and the lips and add a little loose powder where needed.”

Enchanté, Lily in Manhattan.