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Celebrity Makeup Artist Carmindy on Summer Eyes: It’s All About the Lash Line

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To makeup artist Carmindy, a beautiful face is all about the lash line. “It defines your eyes, gives you a youthful appearance, makes everything else stand out,” she tells PEOPLE. “We talk about skin, blush, lipstick, shadow, but a thicker, beautiful lash line is all you need to walk out of the house and look like a million bucks.” So how does one accomplish this?

Liner. The What Not to Wear star — a Latisse spokeswoman — recommends smudging your eyeliner. “My favorite way to do it is to sweep a pencil along the upper lash line, as close to the roots as possible, then wiggle it between those roots. Take a flat angle brush and smooth over the liner, so you don’t have a perfect line, but just a hint of smudge, which makes it look more natural.”

As for colors, “opposites do attract,” Carmindy says. So use chocolate-brown liner on blue eyes, deep navy on brown eyes, eggplant or plum on green eyes and forest green on hazel eyes. (She suggests saving black liner for dramatic nighttime looks.)

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Halle Berry Dishes on Looking Ageless, Effortlessly

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Just because she’s a Revlon spokesperson doesn’t mean Halle Berry wears a lot of makeup. “I hardly ever wear makeup,” Berry admitted to PEOPLE. “I like to give my skin a break — let it breathe.”

However, she definitely wears a product or two when filming and promoting Revlon’s new ColorStay products.

“I actually have this on today in the ‘Honey’ color,” the spokeswoman said at a recent New York press day, pointing to Revlon’s ‘Just Bitten Kissable Balm Stains.’ “I love it — it’s creamy and yummy, not drippy and sticky.”

Revlon is releasing several new ColorStay products this summer — balm stains included — as well as its new ‘ColorStay Whipped Crème Makeup’ foundation, which Berry has actually nicknamed. “I call is soufflé,” the bride-to-be joked, “because when I first saw it, I felt like I wanted to eat it!”

The ageless actress is 45, yet she doesn’t look a day over 30. Her secret? Using Kinara Spa skincare products and staying healthy. “It’s cleansing your skin, watching what you eat, no smoking, not too much drinking, no sugar — just simple,” she admitted. “And using sunscreen! If you don’t have a good base, then it doesn’t matter what you put on it — it’s not going to look as great as it could.”

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Olivia Wilde, Emma Stone Stun in Latest Revlon Ads

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If the eyes have it, then Emma Stone and Olivia Wilde definitely have “it.” Revlon released the stars’ newest cosmetics ads Thursday, a few weeks before they appear in July magazines.

Stone’s ads include one for the brand’s “Grow Luscious” plumping mascara (below), plus another for “Just Bitten Kissable Balm.”

Wilde’s pictorial is for the ColorStay “Smoky Shadow Stick” (left). (Halle Berry has a new “Whipped Creme” makeup ad, too.)

“The eyes say everything about confidence, about how you feel,” Wilde said recently while filming a commercial for Revlon. “For me, makeup is all about finding your own confidence and giving yourself the confidence to go into the world and be the best version of yourself.”

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Why Gabrielle Union Doesn’t Mess Around with Sun Protection

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One in five Americans will develop skin cancer in their lifetime, but Gabrielle Union wants you to avoid becoming a statistic by using her summer must-have: sunscreen.

“I don’t tan on purpose, but I do a lot of beach workouts,” the Think Like a Man star tells PEOPLE. “But I go SPF 110,” she jokes, pointing to two bottles of sunscreen. “I don’t mess around.”

The actress is working with Neutrogena (she’s been a brand spokeswoman since 2004) to promote the company’s Choose Skin Health campaign. The mission is to fight skin cancer and educate people about prevention.

“As an African-American woman, culturally we have been told that we have natural protection against the sun — but we’re absolutely part of the one in five,” Union explains. “As I’ve gotten older, I’ve seen relatives’ moles change shape, and they think ‘That’s cute — it’s like Janet Jackson!’ But it’s not cute — it’s called melanoma.”

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