Charli XCX Wore a “Bratty, Horny Wing” to Host SNL

Charli XCX has given us a lot. Because of her culture-shifting album, we had Brat summer time. The remix album carried us into Brat autumn, and now, due to her really iconic look on Saturday Evening Stay, it appears to be like like we’ll be heading into Brat winter.

On November 16, Charli made her third look on SNL, but it surely was her first time internet hosting in addition to performing. Along with her numerous costumes and wigs, she appeared in some quintessential XCX appears to be like, together with a black corseted Dilara Findikoglu robe for her monologue and a ruffly Sentimento skirt and big Gucci Jackie bag for her perfomance. The one fixed of the night time? Her signature winged eyeliner, in fact.

“Since internet hosting SNL is all about performing and taking part in completely different characters, we needed Charli’s glam to be essentially the most traditional Charli look—which is, in fact, a bratty, attractive wing with an exquisite pure lip,” Charli’s make-up artist Yasmin Istanbouli solely tells Byrdie. Istanbouli complemented the sharp wing with glowing pores and skin, courtesy of the Valentino Magnificence V-Lighter Face Base Primer and Highlighter (the singer simply grew to become the ambassador for the model) within the shade Rosa blended into her basis.

The remainder of the look was pretty easy. Instanbuli added a comfortable flush to the singer’s cheeks with the Liquirosso 2 in 1 Lip & Blush Tender Matte Shade in Into the Nude. “The highlighter and blush helped hold her pores and skin wanting pure,” she says, which properly contrasted her sharp black wing that prolonged out to the tail of her eyebrows. “For SNL, we saved it extra clear and traditional since she was going via a ton of various costume adjustments, and we did not need there to be an excessive amount of occurring with the glam, particularly with the eyes,” provides Instanbuli. “Typically, for the purple carpet, we might do extra smoky or one thing extra dramatic, however for this, we needed to make an announcement with a traditional wing and an exquisite, robust lip.”

The lip in query? Spike Valentino in Charli’s favourite shade, Couture within the Streets, a heat nude. “Though it was matte, it was nonetheless buttery and velvety sufficient that it saved her lips hydrated and ideal all through the present,” says Instanbuli of the method, which she touched up proper earlier than Charli took the stage for her perfomance.

A daring wing, glowing pores and skin, and a simple nude lip? It would not get extra Brat than that.