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Lexi Underwood’s Guide to Girls-Night-Out Makeup

The actor, who stars in season two of Hulu’s hit thriller 'Cruel Summer', walks us through her everyday skin-care routine and go-to glam. Director: Gabrielle Reich Director of Photography: Josh Herzog Editor: Tajah Smith Associate Producer: Lea Donenberg Production Manager: Kit Fogarty Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar Associate Talent Manager: Phoebe Feinberg Post Production Supervisor: Edward Taylor Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James Supervising Editor: Kameron Key Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds Filmed at: The Standard, High Line

Released on 06/01/2023

Transcript

[soft bright music]

Hey, it's Lexi Underwood.

And this is my everyday skincare routine

and my girl's night out makeup look.

I use the Advanced Snail Mucin gel cleanser.

TikTok has definitely put me on when it comes to this.

I use the Daily Microfoliant.

I've been using it honestly for the past six years,

since I really got into the groove

of an actual skincare routine.

It's like a powder type of vibes here.

The Fat Water toner by Fenty.

I've always been taught from a young age the importance

of making sure that you take care of your skin.

Even sometimes when I don't feel like washing my face

after a long night out or a long night on set,

I always remember the importance of doing it.

I am absolutely obsessed with Dior Prestige.

Advanced serum because I love a good serum.

Supergoop sunscreen.

Shout out to my nana 'cause she was on tour with me

when I did Lion King.

She was the first person that really helped me

get into my skincare regimen

and making sure that I was consistently keeping up with it

and that I was using all of the right products.

My next step is a face roller.

I'm gonna put a little bit more serum on

just to make sure that it properly glides.

Whenever I'm doing my skincare

or I'm doing my makeup routine,

I make sure that I am saying my affirmation.

I start my day by looking myself in the mirror

and saying, I love you.

My mom used to hold me up to the mirror

before I could even talk and would say, I love you.

And she's instilled that in me for so long.

So let's do it together

because I haven't said, I love you in the mirror today.

I look in the mirror, I love you.

Being an actor, it's so easy to kind of be hard

on yourself, but I try not to be.

I naturally have kind of dark under eye circles

so I make it a point to put eye mask on every day.

The Laneige lip mask.

It's time to get into the makeup look.

I'm gonna throw on my headband

to make sure that I don't get any makeup on my edges.

I love NueDerma, their brow seal.

When I was 13, I believe, I tried to do my own brows

and it went very left very fast.

I think I shaved off a good chunk

and they were really thin as well.

And it's quite funny because especially with cool summer,

you know Y2K, all of the eyebrow looks,

they're kind of like thin eyebrows

and so when they asked me to tweeze my eyebrows,

I was like, Absolutely not.

We are going to get into the eyeshadow look.

First I'm going to prime my eyes with my concealer.

This bad guy on the Pat McGrath Moonshine Palette.

A nice little base 'cause I'm gonna go for a red

kind of smoky eye vibe for tonight.

So I wanna add the brown tones in first.

I'm gonna go in with this red right here.

Topicals eye cream.

I use Luminous Silk by Armani.

I absolutely love how this feels on my skin.

When I was 13, that's really when I discovered

the importance of finding a shade that matches for you.

And for a good...

Top of my career honestly,

I was kind of doing my own makeup on set

because nobody could really just get it right

when it came to my shade.

And so for my next step,

I do the Fenty beauty contour stick.

We love Rihanna.

She is incredible, of course.

She made one of the first inclusive skincare

and makeup brands and everything that she does

is just so inspiring when it comes to like...

I feel like idols are people that I look up to.

She's definitely one of them.

I opened my own production company up when I was 15.

I was inspired by Regina King and Meagan Good

'cause I had just worked with them that same year.

Both of those women have their own production companies

and they're directing and producing as well as acting.

And so being able to see them in their element

and talk to them and have them kind of as mentors

guiding me through the process

and understanding the importance of making sure

that us as women, specifically, and women of color

are also making and calling shots behind the scenes

to ensure that we are moving forward in the right direction

when it comes to inclusive storytelling.

Do a double concealer vibe.

I'm first gonna go in with the NARS color corrector.

The red counteracts the blue.

Dior concealer.

I feel like the best advice that I've been given

after working with so many incredible people,

specifically with Kerry, Reese, and Viola,

all three of them kind of essentially

taught me the same thing which is just like

being your character's keeper, your character's advocate

and then also just the importance of speaking up

and being your own biggest advocate on set.

NARS setting powder.

I try not to use a lot

because I don't want to look too matte.

Anastasia contour kit.

This makeup artist that I worked with a year ago,

she taught me this trick on making sure

that your nose contour looks natural.

'Cause I've always just been blending it out with the brush,

like how I apply it.

I go in with my fingers.

I love blush, I'm a blush girl.

Mascara, I usually am a lash extensions girl,

but I'm giving my lashes a bit of a break right now

just so that they can get healthy and full again.

It's time to go in and do the lips.

Makeup by Mario liner.

Dior lip oil.

I feel like everybody uses these.

They're just so great.

I'm going in with the color mahogany.

I use this as an everyday gloss, going out.

I have at least three different shades.

All right, I am ready for my girls' night.

Thank you guys so much for watching.

I hope that you guys got some tips and tricks.

Bye y'all.

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