The Cover Shoot: 'Smash'

Starry, Starry Eyes
In shooting the women of Smash, photographer Ruven Afanador hoped to channel an Old Hollywood feel — and the look of one very particular icon. ”[Katharine McPhee’s makeup artist] Joanne Gair brought a photo of Sophia Loren [below] to show me,” Afanador says. ”My initial inspiration had a stronger lip, and the eye was more smoky. But I really thought her photo was much better.” So what made Gair think of Loren? ”She had that dramatic eye,” she explains. ”The legendary eyes of the great film stars.”

Behind the Looks
On Megan
Chanel Rouge Allure in Séduisante
Hilty loves trying out new looks, and our shoot was no exception. ”She was all about taking it to an exaggerated level,” reports makeup artist Gita Bass. ”We gave her a nude gloss with just a hint of color,” layering a Chanel lipstick (right) with a Tom Ford gloss in Tawny Pink.

On Jennifer
Sable Smoke by Tom Ford
”Jennifer’s always fun,” says Hudson’s makeup artist, Oslyn Holder, who wanted to achieve a ”clean and glamorous” look for the shoot. ”Her skin was really glowy, and we used natural colors. Usually the emphasis is on her lips, but her eyes were just amazing.”

On Katharine
Nars Satin Lipstick in Honolulu Honey
Makeup artist Joanne Gair used warm tones to complement, not compete with, the cat’s-eye. ”If you have it all too dark, it becomes all about makeup,” she says. The pair, who’ve worked together for years, did a similar style for McPhee’s album cover. Says Gair, ”She loves this look.”