Pat McGrath Shares the Secrets and techniques to Taylor Swift’s Shimmering “Bejeweled” Make-up

Whether or not you dove headfirst into Taylor Swift’s celebratory manicure, stocked up on Swift-inspired vogue staples, or have merely lulled your self to sleep with hits like “Lavender Haze, Swifties have had fairly the previous few days within the wake of Swift’s Midnights launch. Nicely, Swift is not letting us relaxation but, and simply dropped the star-studded video for “Bejeweled,” that includes icons like Laura Dern, Dita Von Teese, and make-up artist extraordinaire Dame Pat McGrath.

The video places a spin on the basic Cinderella story, the place Taylor is toiling away for an evil stepmother determine (Dern) and her daughters, performed by the Haim sisters. However, this isn’t any bizarre night time—it’s the night of the ball the place the Queen (McGrath herself) chooses a companion for the prince based mostly on a expertise contest.

Swift is ready to ditch her evil household, and as she takes a magical elevator from the basement to the palace penthouse, her braid crown and naked face are traded for bedazzled magnificence appears match for a princess. Lastly, when she reaches the highest, she places on a present for the Queen and wins the expertise contest with a last dance quantity.

McGrath tells Byrdie that she was past nervous to play the position of Queen (although we predict she’s the proper match).”When the divine Taylor requested me to create appears for ‘Bejeweled,’ I used to be thrilled. I used to be then additional honored when she proposed that I play the position of the Queen, in entrance of the digital camera!”

“Usually, I’m most snug behind the scenes, however Taylor is an excellent and meticulous director,” she continues. “She made me really feel so snug and safe—it was actually a blinding expertise from begin to end.”

McGrath reveals that the inspiration behind Taylor’s appears truly stems from the Swifties themselves. McGrath says, “We had such a superb time creating the appears for ‘Bejeweled’—Taylor is such a visionary and thinks about all the main points! When she talked about that she needed to make a video only for the followers who like shimmer, I knew this was going to be magical.”

The Appears to be like

McGrath tells us that she used her signature dewy complexion combo as a base for every of Taylor’s make-up appears. “After all every look at all times begins with pores and skin! For complexion, I start with Divine Pores and skin: Rose 001 The Essence ($86) and Pores and skin Fetish: Elegant Perfection Basis ($68) for my signature glowing pores and skin.” She aptly named the standout appears: Midnight Muse, Bejeweled Magnificence, and Dreamy Decadent Magnificence.

Midnight Muse

The primary of the most important appears is editorial but simplistic, that includes a barely-there nude lip together with a medley of shimmering blue eyeshadows elongated right into a smokey wing. “To begin, I construct construction and create definition utilizing PermaGel Extremely Glide Eye Pencils in Blitz Blue and Xtreme Black.” McGrath then elongated Swift’s eye form “by mixing Nocturnal Navy to the outer nook of the attention. For added metallic shimmer onto the lid, apply Aquarian Dream & Bronze Infatuation from MTHRSHP Mega: Celestial Nirvana Palette ($82).” She completed it off with a “jewel-toned sparkle from Blitz Emerald from Mothership II: Elegant Palette.”

Bejeweled Magnificence

As Swift reaches the upper flooring of the constructing she’s in, her appears’ glamour escalates, too. Within the subsequent scene, she wears matching make-up with none aside from Dita Von Teese, her “fairy goddess,” as the 2 carry out a burlesque quantity on stage. The make-up features a basic purple lip, which is a staple that each Swift and Von Teese have worn all through the years. Their eye appears are glitzy, with metallic silver lids, a razor-sharp wing (certainly one of Taylor’s go-to eye appears), and a constellation of rhinestones on the interior corners of their eyes.

“Step one was constructing construction within the crease and underneath the eyes utilizing Desert Divinity from MTHRSHP Mega: Celestial Nirvana ($82)” says McGrath. She then created a metallic sheen on the lids by patting Sterling from Mothership IV: Decadence Palette ($128) on with a humid brush. “The look was adorned with ‘Sapphire tears’ within the interior nook and underneath her eyes.”

Dreamy Decadent Magnificence

McGrath turned the dial to full sparkle with Swift’s final look, the place the singer dons a glimmering graphic liner look made totally from rhinestones, which hovers above her crease and connects to the lash line in a v-shape in the direction of the outer nook of her eye. When you suppose you’re having déjà vu, you’re not—Pat McGrath and Swift teased this look on the VMAs earlier this yr, the place the star paired an analogous make-up look with a glitzy rhinestone costume.

Just like her VMA’s look earlier this yr, this eye look options shades Skintense Glow and Xtreme Nocturne from the Mothership X: Moonlit Seduction Eye Palette ($128). McGrath deepens this eye search for the “Bejeweled” music video by including in shades Blitz Venus, Astral Lilac Aura, and Platinum Nightfall from the identical palette, together with shade Sterling from the Mothership IV: Decadence Palette ($128) for a multi-dimensional, nearly holographic look.

McGrath used the Perma Precision Liquid Eyeliner in Xtreme Black ($34) to create a pointy wing, and a coat of FetishEYES Mascara ($32) so as to add quantity and size to Swift’s lashes. She ties the look off with the Permagel Extremely Lip Pencil ($29) in Blood Lust and Deep Dive and LiquiLUST: Legendary Put on Matte Lipstick ($32) in Elson 4 to create Taylor’s iconic purple lip.

When requested her favourite look, McGrath is stumped. “The reality is I really like all the appears and the way they communicated the visible story. From crystal eyes bejeweled wings and dimensional lips… so many fabulous appears! How will you select?”

To have fun the video, McGrath is internet hosting a contest for her TikTok followers—and hand-selecting the winners—and the prize is just too good to overlook: a bundle of Pat McGrath Labs goodies. To enter, merely re-create your favourite look from the video, and tag Pat and use the hashtag #LABSLOVESBEJEWELED. “I am so excited to everybody’s interpretation of those beautiful appears!”