Nargis Fakhri's Makeup in Rockstar

I saw Rockstar around 3 weeks ago. Unfortunately I also lost my cell phone that day. But I still enjoyed watching the movie.

Ranbir has acted quite well, and Nargis, uhhh, looks very pretty, I shall say & leave it at that.

I quite liked her makeup in the movie, where she plays a fresh faced Kashmiri girl. In fact I have named it - Color without Texture Look.

That's coz she is wearing makeup in the movie, but all the products are such that it seems like she has no makeup on. The pink rosiness to her cheeks & that pinky brown tint to her lips has been done in a manner that it seems to exude from within her. But I'm pretty sure it does not.

I won't claim to know how exactly they went about recreating her exact look - but I can give you some tips to help you get close to it.


1. Avoid all products with any kind of shimmer. All glittery, shimmery, high shine liners, glosses, lipsticks are a no-go here. Avoid at all costs.

2. But you'll need a highlighter. A good non-shimmery one. At least it shouldn't be discernible shimmer.

3. Get your skin in place. Make sure the look is very dewy, with highlighting. No heavy powder or compact. I think one can either use Tinted Moisturisers with a good creamy concealer for this or else if you use powder, follow up with something like MAC Fix + to remove the power look. Primer is also a must for this look - it will help your foundation go on smoother & as a result you'll apply less of that.

4. Now that your skin is in place, go for a cream blush that is high on pigment. Matt blush, no shimmer, ok? I'd suggest NYX. Go for pink or peach - no muddy brown tones. Apply with a light hand. You just want a *slight* hint of color. Please don't overload your cheeks like how Kareena Kapoor does at times. It won't work in this look. You just want that natural rosiness that living in the hills in winters gives you.

5. For the eyes, I felt they went in for very neutral cream or eye tints or else matt eyeshadows in simple, neutral colors. They defined the crease and used a dark brown eyeshadow powder to line the upper eyes in a thin line, the lower waterline sported a white/skin colored eyeliner to give her a innocent, wide-eyed look, except during the initial college scenes where you can see her wearing a Kohl liner. Simple regular mascara completed her look. No shimmer was used, and the eye shadow colors were all very soft browns, pinks & greys.

6. Something was off with Fakhri's lips. I think she went in for some kind of plumping treatments as her lips were too puffy (like a blow-fish). In some scenes she is wearing a light berry tint on her lips (kinda like benefit - you can recreate that look by using Lakme 432 lipstick as a tint or else you can just use a berry tinted lip balm) and in others she has a pink-brown lip tint. Again no shimmer or uber-glassy looks. The point is to get the color on the lips in such a manner that there is no hint of texture of any lip product, like the creamy finish of a lipstick. They have used a clear gloss in certain sections of the movie to make the lips look more lush, esp in those scenes where she uses a pale pink lipstick.

Have you seen the movie? Did you like Nargis's look in it? Any tips to re-create it? Do Share!