Rosie HW's Makeup Artist Gave Me a Glowing Summer Makeup Look—Here's How

I used to think the most important thing about a flawless makeup application was, well, a flawless makeup application. While I wish I had been enlightened much sooner (and pounds of bronzer earlier—eek), it wasn't until I began working as a beauty editor—regularly talking with and observing makeup artists—that I realized skincare and skin prep is pretty much the first commandment of an amazing makeup look. If you're not prepping your skin properly, your makeup probably won't be all that great either.

To prove my point, celebrity makeup artist and Elemis glow expert Katie Jane Hughes recently stopped by the Who What Wear headquarters to give me the ultimate scoop on creating a glittering, glowing summer skin-and-makeup look. Take one glance at her Instagram (worshipped by a whopping 293K followers), and you'll know she's the perfect woman for the job. Not only does she regularly bless models like Rosie Huntington-Whiteley and Ashley Graham with her mesmerizing makeup talents, but she's also beloved for creating some of the coolest eye and lip looks on the World Wide Web and regularly shares her getting-ready process on social media. A notable constant? Glowing, lusciously dewy skin.

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For the tutorial Hughes did on me, it was all about creating the perfect base with great skincare before building a glittering, sunset-hued summer eye and a pouty nude lip for balance. I highly recommend going ahead and watching the video tutorial yourself, but I'm also breaking the process down step by step and product by product below. Keep scrolling! Your new summer skin-and-makeup MO awaits.

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The Skin Prep

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Beauty Director

Erin has been writing a mix of beauty and wellness content for Who What Wear for over four years. Prior to that, she spent two and half years writing for Byrdie. She now calls Santa Monica home but grew up in Minnetonka, Minnesota, and studied writing, rhetoric, and communication at University of Wisconsin, La Crosse. She studied abroad in Galway, Ireland, and spent a summer in L.A. interning with the Byrdie and Who What Wear family. After graduating from UW, she spent one year in San Francisco, where she worked as a writer for Pottery Barn Kids and PBteen before moving down to L.A. to begin her career as a beauty editor. She considers her day-to-day beauty aesthetic very low-maintenance and relies on staples like clear brow serum (from Kimiko!), Lawless's Lip Plumping Mask in Cherry Vanilla, and an eyelash curler. For special occasions or days when she's taking more meetings or has an event, she'll wear anything and everything from Charlotte Tilbury (the foundations are game-changing), some shimmer on her lids (Stila and Róen do it best), and a few coats of the best mascara-type product on earth, Surratt's Noir Lash Tint.