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 season. The remix album carried us into Brat autumn, and now, because of her actually iconic look on Saturday Evening Dwell, it seems like we’ll be heading into Brat winter.

On November 16, Charli made her third look on SNL, however it was her first time internet hosting in addition to performing. Along with her numerous costumes and wigs, she appeared in some quintessential XCX seems, 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, after all.

“Since internet hosting SNL is all about appearing and taking part in completely different characters, we wished Charli’s glam to be probably the most basic Charli look—which is, after all, a bratty, attractive wing with a good looking 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 turned the ambassador for the model) within the shade Rosa combined 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 Smooth Matte Colour in Into the Nude. “The highlighter and blush helped hold her pores and skin trying pure,” she says, which properly contrasted her sharp black wing that prolonged out to the tail of her eyebrows. “For SNL, we stored it extra clear and basic since she was going by way of a ton of various costume modifications, and we did not need there to be an excessive amount of happening with the glam, particularly with the eyes,” provides Instanbuli. “Generally, for the purple carpet, we’d do extra smoky or one thing extra dramatic, however for this, we wished to make a press release with a basic wing and a good looking, sturdy 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 stored her lips hydrated and excellent all through the present,” says Instanbuli of the system, which she touched up proper earlier than Charli took the stage for her perfomance.

A daring wing, glowing pores and skin, and an easy nude lip? It does not get extra Brat than that.