Check out an inventory of Priscilla Ono’s shoppers, and there is a good likelihood you will initially mistake it for an inventory of The Coolest Girlies in Any Given Room. Maybe finest generally known as a worldwide make-up artist for Fenty Magnificence—and the fingers behind a few of Rihanna’s most iconic magnificence appears to be like—Ono has painted such iconic faces as Megan Thee Stallion, Kali Uchis, and Latto. And a scroll via her Instagram will ship you on a bookmarking spree: Together with all of the superstar inspo, Ono frequently creates gorgeous make-up appears to be like on herself, too. (Possibly she did not invent the pink lip/blue eye combo, however she undoubtedly perfected it.)

We chatted with Ono about her favourite magnificence traits, partnership with Secret, and finest suggestions for attaining a summer time complexion that is all glow, no grease. Hold studying for what she advised us.

The Magnificence Pattern She’s Loving

“I am actually into glowy pores and skin. I really feel prefer it’s been a development since lockdown; everyone seems to be into glowy pores and skin. I assume it is ‘The extra pure, the higher.’ So for me, it is like, how do I create that look, however nonetheless put make-up on myself and on my shoppers—as a result of we’re make-up girlies, and we would like the blurring! I believe lots of make-up manufacturers proper now are form of up to the mark, they usually’re popping out with so many actually cool, light-weight, blurring applied sciences in order that your pores and skin appears to be like actual, however you are undoubtedly utilizing basis—you are protecting all of your imperfections, you are simply blurring them out. So I am actually into that. I am actually loving all the completely different make-up manufacturers which might be popping out with all of their new applied sciences, I believe that that simply makes the sweetness business stronger. And it provides us the facility to seem like we’re not sporting make-up, however we’re.”

Her Finest Recommendation for Attaining Kali Uchis-Stage Lip Liner

“I believe beginning off with a really clear mouth. I really like utilizing lip masks and lip oils earlier than make-up to moisturize the lips so that they are actually easy, [but you have to make] positive you’re taking that every one off. Generally in case you even go away a bit of little bit of residue of lip masks or lip oil earlier than you set your lip liner on, it is gonna slip all over the place. It isn’t going to have longevity, you are not going to get that exact line.

“Simply clear them off and do not moisturize them once more—go away them form of dry. Then [do] your lip liner, then apply your lip oil or no matter you wish to apply within the heart. After which on the skin, after I’m accomplished, I prefer to take a bit of little bit of the inspiration on a small brush and I simply form of edge and carve round, in order that it makes it excellent, form of like while you carve brows. It makes the form actual excellent, but in addition [creates] a barrier in order that your lip liner… doesn’t bleed all through the day. It’s form of a protecting layer. Lots of people don’t learn about that, however that’s the most important secret: We name it reverse lip liner, while you use that basis colour—not concealer!—across the lips.”

Three Magnificence Merchandise She Cannot Get Sufficient Of 

“I actually love moisturizers, I really like moisturizing the pores and skin. One among my favorites is definitely a drugstore model, Cetaphil…. as a result of I can apply it to everybody, [even] probably the most delicate of pores and skin, which is nice. I really like my Secret Weightless Dry Spray. It is my go-to proper now, particularly all the brand new scents that they’ve, which I am loving. I can apply it to myself, but in addition my shoppers. It has a sprig applicator, so the sharability is there. 48-hour sweat and odor safety—lots of the occasions, after I’m engaged on set with myself and my shoppers, we do not actually have time to return residence and bathe, this, that; typically we’re working via jobs and occurring to the subsequent. So I really like that it has that safety. And actually, they simply scent good, and every little thing about summer time is simply, like, smelling good and good scents.

“I am additionally loving no-color powders; Fenty has one. It is mainly a powder that you would be able to apply all through the day with out including extra make-up to your pores and skin. As a result of nobody needs to look cakey all through the day—we simply wish to take away the shine and oil—no-color powder is the go-to. It is one colour, so it is primarily for anybody.”

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On Her Partnership With Secret

“Actually, I believe that all of it went again to my childhood. I bear in mind vividly after I was, like, 12 years previous, that coming-of-age time in your life. It is like a core reminiscence, the place my grandma—she raised me—would actually put a stick of Secret deodorant in my backpack and ship me off to highschool. It is like a core reminiscence for me. So when Secret reached out, I used to be like, “Oh my God, in fact.” I have been utilizing Secret because the starting of my adolescence, as I used to be rising up. So for me, it hit near residence, you recognize; it is part of my upbringing and tradition. After I companion with manufacturers, I really need there to be a connection, and I felt just like the connection was there. And it is one thing that I’ve at all times cherished and one thing that I undoubtedly use on myself, however even in my workspace, in my equipment, in my set bag—I gotta have it in there. It at all times has my again.”

On the Finest Methods to Summer season-Proof Your Make-up

“I believe moisturizing is vital. Lots of people assume ‘Oh, I do not wish to over moisturize as a result of I am gonna be oily all through the day.’ However really, in case you deprive your pores and skin of moisture, your pores and skin form of reacts and goes loopy and produces much more oil. So that you undoubtedly wish to be sure to moisturize rather well. And I’d say utilizing foundations which might be extra gentle, matte velvety. They do not should be true matte, as a result of no person needs to look dry.

“I really just lately noticed Tiktok by Nicole Richie, and he or she stated that within the solar nobody needs to look powdery or cakey, that is not very flattering. And I used to be like, “You recognize what, that is so true.” When the solar hits your face, in case you simply see this cake make-up, like, that is not summery pores and skin. So that you wish to be sure that the pores and skin is not tremendous matte—you desire a gentle matte, a velvet matte, one thing that also appears to be like contemporary. However do not go for that tremendous glow basis, as a result of all through the day, you are going to slip and slide all over the place. You need one thing within the center. And clearly, your Secret Weightless Dry Spray that retains you cool, calm, and picked up all through the day.”

On Lashes Worthy of the Grid

“Earlier than I even apply mascara, [I love to] brush them out and form of see the place the sample of the lashes goes. The lashes [at the] heart of the attention, I prefer to push them up and out… you recognize, how folks apply it. However on the ends, I at all times like to use it extra in a swooping movement, to form of make the lashes exit, and it simply creates this raise on the attention. So the eyelashes are lifted. That is at all times form of my factor. After which I do not at all times use the wand the standard means. Lots of people, after they do mascara, they go up, down, up, down. I typically take the comb vertically, and I coat every lash so that every lash will get quantity of mascara. I really feel like that means, you really get these lashes to look good and full and thick. As a result of typically, some get misplaced within the sauce, proper?”