Applying Makeup for an Alicia Keys Look

Series Summary

Let’s face it. Without judgment or degradation, we can admit that most teenage girls today where more makeup than the escorts of a century ago. But this doesn’t have to be bad. Painting the face has been a religious and cultural tradition for thousands of years, and many people forget that makeup and sexual attractiveness are not always related. Wearing makeup for aesthetic reasons probably began with men, just like dresses, perfume, leggings, and jewelry. In different cultures different customs become popular. Think: it wasn’t so long ago that a male who manicured his eyebrows was creepy. We now have eyeliner-wearing guys all over the media and metropolitan areas of America. French men and women of the 16th and 17th centuries wore more makeup than stage actors do today, so let’s give our teenage face-painters some slack.

In this free video clip our expert, Jenny Karl, has broken down the steps and tips you will need to know in order to achieve the Alicia Keys look. All celebrities have their signature looks that belong only to them and are worn everywhere. Jack Nicholson with his sunglasses is an example of the male version of this. Int his free video clip series Jenny will walk you through every step to get you on your way to achieving your perfect make up goal.

Video Transcript

"Hi! I'm Jenny Karl and I'm a professional makeup artist in Los Angeles, and you are watching a part of my celebrity series, where I take celebrity looks and kind of duplicate them on my model. Now, we're going to do the Alicia Keys fearless rock star look. The way she applies her makeup or has her makeup done is usually she has no fear of color or any sort of glitz or glitter. She just using anything bold and dramatic, especially on her eyes. You'll see her use bright greens and anything that's glittery and just glamorous. It just looks like there's a piece of art on her eyelids. We're going to kind of duplicate that kind of bold, glitzy glam rock star look on my model Erin. You can see all my other celebrity series and also my high fashion series and all my other how tos on expertvillage.com. You can also go to my website, jennykarl.com. You can email any questions or comments, you look up my portfolio, my resume and such, and stay tuned for the Alicia Keys fearless rock star look."