Top ten summer makeup tips that make sense

Molly R. Stern is makeup artist to A-list beauties like Reese Witherspoon, Lily Collins, and Maggie Gyllenhaal and has already created some of the most covetable red carpet looks this year. The LA- based expert gives Rachel Marie Walsh makeup advice for the season ahead ...

Molly R. Stern (below) began working on a Shu Uemura makeup counter at 16 and later took on corporate roles at Clinique and MAC, gaining a respect for “real women” beauty that remains strong in her work for A-list actresses and musicians.

Conspicuous in this age of Instagram-friendly celebrity “fake-up,” her looks champion each woman’s most naturally pretty features, from Lily Collins’ Hepburn-esque brows to Reese Witherspoon’s Tinkerbell cheekbones and Julianna Margulie’s almond eyes.