Get Glowing: Top Tips for Luminescent Skin

Cloudy days are no match for these beauty basics.

Jennifer Hudson, on getting married...  - “We’re going to get married, and I know they said we had broken up. We’ve never broken up.” (Photo: Mark Von Holden/Mark Von Holden/WireImage)

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Bright and Beautiful - With the help of a few celebrities and their makeup artists, we’ve identified several makeup tricks to help you look like a glowing goddess even when it’s drab and dreary outside.(Photo: Mark Von Holden/Mark Von Holden/WireImage)

Jennifer Hudson - Harsh light will enhance imperfections, so Jennifer Hudson’s makeup artist, Tia Dantzler, recommends using a primer to ensure your flawless foundation stays put. “I prime the skin with Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer. It’s great because it helps everything last. It gives the foundation something to hold on to.”  (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

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Jennifer Hudson - Harsh light will enhance imperfections, so Jennifer Hudson’s makeup artist, Tia Dantzler, recommends using a primer to ensure your flawless foundation stays put. “I prime the skin with Smashbox Photo Finish Foundation Primer. It’s great because it helps everything last. It gives the foundation something to hold on to.”  (Photo: Pascal Le Segretain/Getty Images)

Beyoncé on wanting to break her pregnancy news herself:  - “Physically I was starting to show, so it was only a matter of days before someone zoomed in. So I just wanted it to be from me, and I wanted it to be something that was a celebration of something so beautiful.”(Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

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Inspired by Beyoncé - "One of the key elements to getting a natural look is to trade in some of your black pencils and dark colors, and make them one shade lighter. You’re not losing any definition, but gaining a more quiet definition,” says brow guru Damone Roberts on the substitutions you should make for a more luminescent face. (Photo: Slaven Vlasic/Getty Images)

Janelle Monáe on what draws her to tuxedos - “I’m just really attracted to a very tailored, classic look that commands attention. The tuxedo, especially on women, does that I think because of the stark black and white. It’s not a trendy thing. It’s timeless. It’s transcendent.” (Photo credit: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

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Janelle Monae - “My favorite makeup trick in the whole wide world is to take a small angle MAC brush (#266) and use Kevyn Aucoin’s Sensual Skin Enhancer (concealer) to trace around the brows. It creates a highlight right around the brows and gives you an instant brow lift. Always use a concealer that’s a shade lighter than your skin tone,” says Janelle Monae’s makeup artist Malika James. (Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images)

Kandi Burruss on producing music for Ms. Lawrence\r  - "I actually picked him because I felt like there was a market for him and he would have a big following. I definitely feel like a gay artist could blow up; you just have to have the right team behind you." \r\r (Photo: Ric Douglas/PictureGroup)

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Kandi Burruss - Singer Kandi Burruss never leaves the house without dabbing on a little Amazing Cosmetics concealer. "It works wonders on dark circles. Use just a pea-sized amount under your eyes to help to brighten your face.”  (Photo: Ric Douglas/PictureGroup)

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Iman - A quick and easy tip to widen eyes is to “add a little sparkle to the inner corners of your eye,” suggests makeup artist Sam Fine. “I use these liquid liner pots. Iman's cosmetics line and many others make them. It’s the quickest, easiest thing to do to add a little bit of drama. I have it in so many colors.” (Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

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Iman - A quick and easy tip to widen eyes is to “add a little sparkle to the inner corners of your eye,” suggests makeup artist Sam Fine. “I use these liquid liner pots. Iman's cosmetics line and many others make them. It’s the quickest, easiest thing to do to add a little bit of drama. I have it in so many colors.” (Photo: Andrew H. Walker/Getty Images)

Inspired by Jennifer Lopez - Editorial makeup artist BP Carmouche says contouring will help you define your features and add touches of sparkle in the right places. “You can do a light contour using a powder or foundation. Contouring refers to defining underneath the natural shape of the cheek. Sweep your brush in the crease of the cheek. Black Radiance makes an amazing Shimmy Shimmer Illuminator powder that comes in several colors.”(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/Fox/PictureGroup)

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Inspired by Jennifer Lopez - Editorial makeup artist BP Carmouche says contouring will help you define your features and add touches of sparkle in the right places. “You can do a light contour using a powder or foundation. Contouring refers to defining underneath the natural shape of the cheek. Sweep your brush in the crease of the cheek. Black Radiance makes an amazing Shimmy Shimmer Illuminator powder that comes in several colors.”(Photo: Gregg DeGuire/Fox/PictureGroup)

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Jazmine Sullivan: April 9 - The Philly-born singer turns 27 this year. (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

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Jazmine Sullivan - “I use Urban Decay Baked Bronzer in Toasted,” says makeup artist Keka Heron. As the key MUA for Jazmine Sullivan’s tour last winter, she explained “bronzer really helped to keep her face from looking dull and one dimensional.” (Photo: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images)

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