{"id":668772,"date":"2025-05-13T01:10:30","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/celebrity-makeup-artist-shares-tips-for-achieving-summer-ready-glam\/"},"modified":"2025-05-13T01:10:30","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T22:10:30","slug":"celebrity-makeup-artist-shares-tips-for-achieving-summer-ready-glam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/celebrity-makeup-artist-shares-tips-for-achieving-summer-ready-glam\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrity Makeup Artist Shares Tips for Achieving Summer-Ready Glam"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n\tSummertime is known for fun moments, good vacations and low-effort beauty maintenance. Being that the season is quickly app<\/a>roaching \u2014 a little more than a month away \u2014 celebrity makeup artist Kirin Bhatty shares one trend she\u2019s seeing on the rise: \u201cHaving a natural but juicy lip.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe explains, \u201cI feel like people are glamorous all year round now, so I think I\u2019m more just going to be embracing that summer and spring skin-tone shift and adjusting my kit based on that.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tEmbracing tan skin and the desire to look put-together is a specialty of Bhatty\u2019s, whose client list includes Moana<\/em> star Auli\u02bbi Cravalho, Geraldine Viswanathan, Jenny Slate and more.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe makeup artist who\u2019s \u201ca brown girl who\u2019s really proud of that,\u201d with parents who immigrated from Pakistan, knows by experience the struggle to have glam for women of color, sharing with The Hollywood Reporter<\/em>, \u201cIt is so important for me that anyone who sits in my chair feels completely taken care of.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tShe explains, \u201cWhen I came up as a makeup artist, I came up at a time where there was not shade inclusivity, there was not product inclusivity. And I remember being one of the only few artists who could do all the skin tones so models would line up for me.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tNow, having access to stars for their special moments, including premieres and award shows, the makeup artist embraces a \u201cphilosophy about enhancing your own natural beauty.\u201d<\/p>\n

The makeup artist talked to THR<\/em> over Zoom to discuss her favorite red carpet looks, hacks to get the perfect lippie and breaking ground as a woman of color in the makeup industry.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhy did you go into makeup artistry?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tMy journey is an interesting one only because I feel like when you\u2019re meant to do something, it finds you. After college I graduated with a degree in English from Berkeley and I really thought I was going to be a writer and I went to the magazine side. And while I was there, I realized that I wanted to be on set and so a few magical things happened. I met my mentor, who is still to this day one of my dearest friends and mentors still; her name is Lori Taylor.<\/p>\n

\n\tShe took me under her wing and I kind of explored artistry on set in Los Angeles and that\u2019s also how I got into celebrity because in L.A. that\u2019s what we have as our industry. I think to be an artist, you have to have a bit of magical thinking and so that really guided me to where I\u2019m today.<\/p>\n

\n\tYour makeup looks are natural but glam, and it\u2019s a special type of art to master that natural but beat face look.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tYou want to be red carpet ready, but you also want to feel like the best version of yourself, so that\u2019s always my philosophy when it comes to beauty for red carpet. I tend to take people\u2019s features, their natural features, and enhance them rather than re-create them.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhere do you draw your inspiration to create your looks? Walk us through that process.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI draw a lot of inspiration from the client who\u2019s in front of me, and that really comes from having this philosophy about enhancing your own natural beauty. So anyone who\u2019s in my chair, I really try to connect with them and I want them to leave my chair feeling two things: A) really good. But also so good that they know that they don\u2019t need me to do this look themselves. Obviously when you\u2019re expert, I have all the tips and tricks and I can do all the things, but I never want someone to feel like I gave them a different face, so I really do take a lot of inspiration from the person in front of me always.<\/p>\n

\n\tSince people do have so many different unique features and cultural backgrounds, how do you adhere to someone\u2019s uniqueness?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tBeing an artist, there\u2019s a lot of connectivity there because we are literally touching your face, and in our life, the people who touch us that closely, if you think about it, who gets this close to your face, it\u2019s like our mothers and our lovers and that\u2019s kind of it. To be allowed in someone\u2019s personal space, there\u2019s a lot of emotion there. You really do connect and it is an incredible experience. It\u2019s not a job for someone if you\u2019re not a people person because it is so people-y.<\/p>\n

\n\tSpeak to that intimacy when you are with your clients \u2014 because you\u2019re bonding, really \u2014 but they\u2019re also putting so much trust into you to kind of bring their look to life.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tSaying that you\u2019re bonding is big because there is trust not only for you to make this person look amazing for whatever event they may have, but there\u2019s also a bond of maybe you\u2019re having a day where you don\u2019t feel great or you feel puffy or you\u2019re had to break up and you cried all night, or maybe you\u2019re newly pregnant and figuring out your body. It\u2019s all these things and we\u2019re part of all those things. So there is this mutual trust there, and we are essentially, I look at being an artist as being in service to someone. There is an element of just caretaking and really giving your all, not just with your skill but with your products also.<\/p>\n

\n\tIn my bag and my kit, it\u2019s filled with beautiful products that are good for my clients. And I mean, that\u2019s why obviously I love EOS because it\u2019s filled with good-for-you ingredients. It\u2019s such an approachable, beautiful brand and it is also great for all because as you know, I work on multiple skin tones and I align myself with brands that are inclusive so it\u2019s so great for me when I have products like that that I can share with everyone. It means a lot to me as an artist to be able to be really good to all of my clients in the same way.<\/p>\n

\n\tHow have you seen self-care transform the makeup process?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe self-care aspect in skincare is huge and when they exist together, it is a beautiful thing. I look at everything like a piece of a treatment and I\u2019m a big skincare person. For me, lip care is skincare so that is my very first step. But I just think when you have that connection between self-care and skincare, the whole emotional of it all means that you\u2019re going to look better. Whatever you\u2019re doing, whether it\u2019s a red carpet, an event or your own little dinner hour or if you have those intentions set with the actual going through the motions, it\u2019s a better experience.<\/p>\n

\n\tLet\u2019s break down some of your famous looks. First is Auli<\/strong>\u02bb<\/strong>i Cravalho at the Captain America: Brave New World<\/em> premiere.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAuli\u2019i Cravalho at Marvel Studios\u2019 Captain America: Brave New World<\/em> premiere held at El Capitan Theatre on February 11, 2025, in Los Angeles.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tI\u2019m obsessed with her. She is so gorgeous. We\u2019re not always huge lipstick people, but we are lip liner with a Super Balm people. So that\u2019s my look right now. I just feel like that\u2019s the look of the moment.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe always start with an EOS Super Balm. We went in, we did a beautiful black liner on top and bottom, and she actually always lines herself. She does such a beautiful lip liner that I\u2019ll just hand it to her. That Super Balm that has pressed in and really kind of hydrated the lips, I\u2019ll put a second coat on so that it\u2019s juicy enough and it\u2019s not so glossy where you\u2019re overboard gloss. This is a beautiful, hydrated, healthy lip with a liner.<\/p>\n

\n\tFor Geraldine Viswanathan\u2019s Vanity Fair <\/em>Oscar party look, I feel like the makeup stays in place, but I can tell it\u2019s not matte. What are you doing to achieve that look?<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tGeraldine Viswanathan poses before the Vanity Fair Oscar Party<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tSkincare is my life, so whenever someone is in my chair skincare is a huge part of what we\u2019re doing. I always start with the lip Super Balm. I go in with a mask, I do an eye mask, I do a facial massage, I do several mists. I go in with a serum, a cream.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt is crazy, but that\u2019s how you get that beautiful kind of glowy look because no product is going to give you that without the base of having all that care put into it. Then I\u2019ll go in there, we\u2019ll do the foundation, we\u2019ll let all of those beautiful things kind of sit and the longer your skincare and your lip care sits, the better. So often what I\u2019ll do when they have the mask, then we\u2019ll get in there and maybe start the blowout or put hot rollers in, set the hair or start braids or whatever we\u2019re doing. And I just try to let that sit. The longer you marinate it, it\u2019s more delicious. Same for skin. So the longer I can just have them sit in all of that beautiful skincare and lip care the better.<\/p>\n

\n\tDo you find that you ever use your makeup as a sense of expression? Do you get a feel for your clients first, or do you stick to a certain look?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tIf I am getting somebody ready for a dinner, we don\u2019t often do a lipstick and that is because they\u2019re going to be eating or talking, all the things, so I will favor a balm and a lip liner or I\u2019ll hybrid like a bomb and a gloss or even if it is a lipstick, maybe something a little bit more on the sheer side.<\/p>\n

\n\tNow if somebody is walking a carpet, that\u2019s when we will discuss a matte lip or something that is going to be a moment. It\u2019s usually not if there\u2019s eating involved or a lot of talking involved. Same for an eye look or cheek look, sometimes we go based off trends.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019ll have someone sit in my chair and be like, \u201cI really love that beautiful strawberry makeup that everyone\u2019s doing. I want to do that.\u201d So there\u2019s always an element of that. Other times it is embodying something. I had somebody recently who was like, \u201cI want to feel like a Bond girl.\u201d I\u2019m like, done. Let\u2019s be Bond girls. And even for myself, sometimes I want to enhance my own freckles. Other times I want to be moody and have a lot of mascara on and all things. So I think makeup and being an artist and being your own makeup artist, it really lets you kind of play the character you want to be that day. I love it.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m in my soft girl era. I\u2019m not in my villain era right now, so I\u2019m not doing a lot of very snatched looks right now. I\u2019m doing soft freckles and blushes and things like that, but I might embrace my villain era this summer. I\u2019ve been in pilates a lot, so you might see the body out this summer and if that\u2019s the case, you\u2019re going to be [snatched], and we\u2019ll be back to that.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs we\u2019re leaving spring and kind of transitioning into summer, what are your favorite trends right now as far as makeup?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tRight now, I\u2019m really embracing brown mascara and [eyeshadow], and then even a brown lip liner and just a lip balm. I\u2019m just playing with all my kind of neutral tones, and I like a rum raisin tone too. \u00a0I find browns are universally flattering across skin tones and there are so many different browns you can choose from. You can go anywhere, anywhere from super soft sable to deep, beautiful, rich cocoa so I\u2019m really loving that trend. I\u2019m still on Strawberry Girl, I know that it has passed, but I\u2019m still, I love the beautiful cheeks with the fake freckles all across, I think for summer. That\u2019s really cute.<\/p>\n

\n\tI\u2019m actually also really excited for what\u2019s to come because I have a theory: I think matte lipsticks are going to come back. If you are wearing a matte lip and your lip health is not spot on, it looks terrible. \u2026 So for me, if I don\u2019t make sure that my lips are taken care of, which we can all kind of let ourselves go, sometimes I\u2019m like on my water grind and I\u2019m like, I\u2019ve drank 10 glasses today and I\u2019m doing it and I\u2019m eating all my greens and all of that stuff. But when I\u2019m not doing that, I like to cheat with my products.<\/p>\n

\n\tWe just wrapped up awards season not too long ago. Who was your favorite look of the season?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI would say Geraldine and Hannah New were gorge, and we really kind of had a big moment there for both of them. I loved all of Auli\u2019i\u2019s looks too. That was really fun. I mean, it\u2019s just been such a cool, honestly, good, very cool award season this year. I\u2019ve had so much fun getting my girls ready for the carpet and just really excited now for everyone to have their movies<\/a> come out this year and it\u2019s exciting. Those are probably my three faves so far of quarter one of our year. And now I\u2019m looking ahead to the next of what\u2019s going to happen and what\u2019s coming up, which is exciting.<\/p>\n

\n\tBeing done with awards season, we can experiment a little bit with our makeup. I\u2019m curious to see what does that potentially look like for you as a makeup artist?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tOne is we will get people, especially in L.A. because there is so much sun, skin tones start to change, especially as people of color, we tend to shift the most. I have my summer color and then I have my [color for other seasons], it\u2019s a whole vibe. So that is always a fun shift too, because then our makeup tones change and things like that. Obviously the things that kind of stay pretty steady across season is my lip care. That moment is pretty much the same all year round. Other things like maybe for moisturizers, I might change it up or add SPF to a primer. But I\u2019d say lips pretty much stay consistent and also under eyecare stays consistent. Those two parts of the face are related with products in a way. The consistency of eye creams and also lip balms often are very similar.<\/p>\n

\n\tI would say the other thing, even though award season is over, I feel like people are glamorous all year round now so I think I\u2019m more just going to be embracing that summer and spring skin tone shift and adjusting my kit based on that. I have my predictions \u2014 I think lips are going to be a big thing. I think we\u2019re going to still see these beautiful cheeks. I do think you\u2019re going to see more brown mascara. I do think the one thing that is a mainstay though is that this whole skincare self-care vibe, no one, even if you\u2019re a minimalist with your makeup, everyone is kind of maximalist when it comes to hydration, lip care, skincare, sunscreen. It\u2019s like we are too locked in now to go back so I think that will stay true. Healthy skin, healthy lips, healthy hair, that is all classic for a reason.<\/p>\n

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\t\t\t\t\tAuli\u02bbi Cravalho gets makeup done by Kirin Bhatty for \u2018Moana 2\u2019 London Premiere<\/span><\/p>\n

\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tKirin Bhatty<\/cite><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

\n\tSpeak to the importance of bringing women of color looks to life, as a fellow woman of color.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tAs a woman of color, myself, just like you, it is so important for me that anyone who sits in my chair feels completely taken care of. When I came up as a makeup artist, I came up at a time where there was not shade inclusivity, there was not product inclusivity. And I remember being one of the only few artists who could do all the skin tones so models would line up for me, and they were women of color from medium all the way to deep and beautiful. I take a lot of pride in that, but it is, for me, it\u2019s something that stuck where everyone should feel honored and everyone should feel included.<\/p>\n

\n\tAs a woman of color, really focusing and aligning myself with inclusive brands before I even bring a brush out is so important because that integrity behind the brand is important to the integrity in my work and my clients. I feel like my clients really feel that. So yes, I think we\u2019ve come a long way. There\u2019s always room to grow and always room for more. And I\u2019m so excited to be part of that journey and also to be a touch point for people who are maybe afraid to find their right shade or ask for their right shade or wonder, \u201cWhich brown can I use?\u201d And really the great thing for you is that there are so many you get to choose from now. Whereas when I was beginning, we would really be struggling trying to figure it out, and maybe we would have to use an eyeliner to make a lip liner happen. And thank goodness that part of our story has ended, and now it\u2019s more just affordability, inclusivity, and just, I think it\u2019s really nice when brands have a welcome mat at the door for everyone. When I partnered with EOS, it felt like that, and it should feel like that for everyone.<\/p>\n

\n\tWhen you\u2019re building a kit, how do you go about choosing products? It\u2019s more options now for sure (like Fenty Beauty with their 50 foundation shades), but it\u2019s still a process I\u2019d imagine.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tThe cool thing now is that if you were my client, I could just pick one thing for you. Whereas before, I would have to mix three or four or five things to make one thing. And that I love. I remember the first time I actually got my shade because my undertones are different. For South Asian women and South Asian people, we tend to sometimes be green and a little bit gold, but often there\u2019s only red undertone and yellow undertone.<\/p>\n

\n\tI remember the first time I got to, on myself and on a client, use one bottle of something, I was like, \u201cOK, oh my gosh, somebody saw me.\u201d Even when I\u2019m chosen for a partnership, that actually to me shows that brands are really seeing me and seeing us because there\u2019s a lot of us who are able to do this job in front face for brands.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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\n\tFor example, when EOS came to me, I felt so honored how incredible that I get to be the one, and I\u2019m not No. 12 on that list or 20, or an afterthought. I am the first one and they picked me to represent them and teach about these beautiful products. I think when you get to also see people of color front facing, it makes such a huge impact on everybody. And even me in a small level, in a macro level, every time I get to do something like this, I am so thrilled and emotional and I really have to fight the imposter syndrome of it all but every time I get a chance to do something like this, the imposter syndrome voice gets to get a little bit more silenced. And I think the more we see that and embrace that as a human community, the better for all of us.<\/p>\n

\n\tIt really is empowering. When I had saw your profile, I\u2019m like, oh my goodness, this is so cool. A makeup artist who is of Asian descent, a woman of color with dark features.<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tI am a brown girl. True and true. That is what I am. That is who I am, and I am a brown girl who\u2019s really proud of that. But I am so excited that I get to represent for everybody and when I began this career, we didn\u2019t have those chances, and now we do. I just want more of those for myself and for everyone.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis is also an era of self-confidence and kind of silencing the imposter syndrome that really lives in all of us. I think especially for people of color in fields that often have in the past not embraced us, we have to be even louder and more confident in what we\u2019re doing and what we\u2019re presenting because clearly we are being seen. It\u2019s now our time to take whoever is seeing us and giving us that chance and making it grow tenfold, 20-fold and not only being inspirational for other people who look like us, but also for people who don\u2019t look like us and who need to see us.<\/p>\n

\n\tAny favorite behind the scenes moments that you can share of you doing these makeup looks, whether it\u2019s for a premiere or awards?<\/strong><\/p>\n

\n\tBeing backstage or getting people ready for their premieres, it\u2019s my favorite because you get to be forever etched into this monumental moment. And sometimes it\u2019s a little moment \u2026 but other times it\u2019s their biggest film of their life or they\u2019ve been nominated for an Oscar. So, some of my favorite BTS moments have been like Auli\u2019i \u2014 I got her ready in London for her Moana<\/em> premiere \u2014 and it was so special to just be a part of that. And even being with Geraldine so many times \u2026 really being a part of her coming into her own now has been awesome.<\/p>\n

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Then I got to be with [first-time Oscar nominee] Jenny Slate right before her walking the Oscar carpet. To be able to do that with someone is an honor that someone would let you be in their moment that they\u2019re going to cherish forever. \u2026 It\u2019s like all those moments of just being a part of something that is bigger than you in a way has been really cool. I would say all those really kind of iconic movies that I get to be a part of, Oscar moment, premieres, SAG Awards, even Vanity Fair, <\/em>is very special. That\u2019s always fun because it\u2019s a party so anytime I\u2019ve gotten anybody ready for the party for the Vanity Fair<\/em> party, it is like there\u2019s people around, there\u2019s champagne, there\u2019s all the things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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