Mary-Louise Parker’s Pink Pucker

Beauty Intelligence

No red lips for Mary-Louise Parker! When arriving at the Emmys last night, the actress showed off a fabulous fuchsia pout. To find out more about Parker's pucker, see my chat with NARS makeup artist Tina Turnbrow, the one responsible for Parker's look.


What inspired you to give Parker a pink pucker?
The color of her dress really inspired me because it had such a beautiful blue. So I chose a fuchsia lip color that had blue undertones so that it would compliment the vibrancy of the blue dress.


Photo credit: Retna

How did you do the lip?
I just filled in her lip with a lip pencil called Funny Face by NARS. I wanted to keep the look matte and have it last for a long time. I think a dryer formula stains the lip and won't bleed as much as readily as if you use gloss or too much creamy stuff. I also used a lip balm called The Balm—it's a vegan lip treatment and it's so good. It's got the texture of Burt's Bees but it's not glossy so it won't make your lips slippery. It will just condition them and won't make the lip color bleed. I used it under the lip liner and let it sink in. Then I applied the lip liner and blotted it with tissue and dusted the whole lip with powder to set it.

Can everyone wear pink lipstick or does it only work on certain skin tones?
I feel like the `80s are really making a comeback with color on the lip—in the `80s everyone wore color. Fuchsia looks great on really fair skin and it really gave [Parker] a healthy, sweet and sexy look. I feel like red has been pretty popular but I think a lot of people are also a fan of hot pink so I was happy I was able to use it. I love fuchsia on brunettes and redheads. It works on a lot of skin tones but when you get into darker skin tones, you'll have to go into a wine color; berry works on a lot of people.