Beauty Onscreen: Natalie Portman (part deux)

Mathilda, Evey Hammond and Alice Ayres - these are some of the beautiful characters Natalie Portman brought to life.

Looking cool and romantic in her Miss Dior “La Vie En Rose” ad campaign

I did mention in an earlier post that I'll be showing off Natalie Portman's most memorable movie looks to me. If you're not yet acquainted with these characters, better look up the titles and I suggest you do a proper Natalie movie marathon. ;)

Alice Ayres/Jane Jones in Closer (2004)
That short hair. That red hair. That pink wig. And the best opening and ending scenes of a movie.

"Lying is the most fun a girl can have, without taking her clothes off, but it's better if you do."

Nina Sayers in Black Swan (2010)

I knew in my heart that she'd win an Oscar for a Best Actress role someday and she did (yay!). I'm not a fan of her transformation into this deathly skinny ballerina but the black swan make up is now an iconic movie look all thanks to Makeup designer Judy Chin.

Leslie in My Blueberry Nights (2007)
She was a curly blonde-haired poker player & I wished there was more of her in this movie.

If you're wondering, that is Norah Jones in the blurry foreground.

Mathilda in Léon: The Professional (1994)

This is Natalie's breakout performance as the lolita-esque and troubled teen Mathilda with veteran actors Jean Reno and Gary Oldman also starring in the film. 

Anne Boleyn in The Other Boleyn Girl (2008)

She makes a lovely queen and it's nice seeing her do a period piece for a change. Although Natalie Dormer of The Tudors is still my favorite Anne Boleyn.

Evey Hammond in V for Vendetta (2006)
With such interesting and complex set of characters, this is one of my favorite movies to watch on repeat. Natalie looks gorgeous with or without hair apparently.

Inés Bilbatúa in Goya's Ghosts (2006)

I hated the film (maybe that's why this is so memorable) but this is the first time onscreen that Natalie "bares it all" for a scene and then regrets having done it. This is a memorable look from her but it's the least beautiful and most tragic one.

Francine in Paris, je t'aime (2006)

This is an anthology movie featuring different shorts filmed in the arrondissements of Paris. She wears this wig briefly (too briefly, in fact) but I do love seeing her try something new onscreen

Padmé Amidala in Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)

Eighteen-year-old Natalie wore the most elaborate and extravagant wardrobe and makeup as royal leader Padmé. The makeup does remind me of a geisha but with a regal twist.

What's your favorite Natalie Portman movie look? 

*Images courtesy of N-Portman.org

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Beauty Onscreen: Natalie Portman

Intelligent and a versatile actress with those striking almond-shaped eyes and bone structure - Natalie Portman is my favorite actress of all time.

77th Annual Academy Awards 2005

The first movie I've ever seen of hers was Anywhere But Here on Star Movies. I think I was 13 or 14 years old at the time and I thought she was the most beautiful girl I've seen on TV. She played such a likable character in the form of the charismatic and mature teen, Ann, and she gave a moving performance that from there I wanted to watch every single movie she'd be and was in. My favorite Natalie movie would have to be V for Vendetta (Closer & Garden State are tied at second place) where she plays Evey Hammond and does a believable English accent. I never really not liked any of her films only with the exception of that tragedy of a movie called No Strings Attached. And after being on a short unofficial hiatus as a new mother, she reminds us that she'll be back on the big screen as Jane Foster in Thor 2: The Dark World on November 2013.

The classic Natalie Portman look is all about the browns, coppery and gold hues with slightly flushed cheeks and petal pink lips. Her eye shadow is almost always winged ever so slightly to accentuate that  almond eye shape and her eyebrows are feathery and never heavily drawn in. I think she's got one of the best pairs of brows in Hollywood. Now Natalie is no Emma Stone in the beauty department i.e. she doesn't experiment a lot with her makeup and hair but sticks to what she knows looks best on her. As someone who is quoted to saying, "I like to wear as little makeup as possible," she still manages to get those Dior beauty campaigns. Now here are some of her best red carpet makeup looks.

Smokey and tightlined at the 2012 New York City Ballet's Spring Gala

Thick lashes & sheer lavender pink lippy at the 2013 Vanity Fair Oscar Party

Cropped up & monochromatic with orange hues at the 2006 ShoWest Awards

Vamped up look with a deep red lip at the 2010 Black Swan New York Premiere

Gold eyeshadow & loose side waves at the 2011 83rd Annual Academy Awards

Pink lip & brown smokey eyes at the 2011 22nd Palm Springs International Film Festival Awards

Au naturel and wearing just a tee at the 2008 65th Venice Film Festival Photocall

Watch out for the second part of this where I feature her memorable movie looks. For being my favorite actress, I think it's only fair that she gets to be in more than one post. ;)

What are your favorite Natalie red carpet looks?
What beauty trends would you want to see her try out?


*Images courtesy of N-Portman.org

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Beauty Onscreen: Emma Stone

Those large green eyes and that distinct low pitched voice - Emma Stone has the talent and an endearing screen presence that easily makes her everybody's girl crush.

Golden Globes 2012

I've first seen her as the witty and opinionated teen Olive Penderghast in Easy A (still my favorite movie of hers) and since then vowed to watch whatever movie she's in. I've seen her in Zombieland, The House Bunny, Crazy, Stupid, Love., The Help (she was still cute despite wearing the most hideous looking wigs I've seen in a movie), Friends with Benefits (a cameo as Justin Timberlake's John Mayer-obsessed girlfriend), The Amazing Spider-man (where she went back to her original blonde roots and had almost everyone wanting her to go back to being a redhead) and The Croods (she lent her voice to the curious Eep Crood). Her next movie is The Amazing Spider-man 2 where she'll be reprising her role as Gwen Stacy and that will be out on May 2014. Hopefully she gets to do more SNL gigs while waiting to see her on the big screen again.

Easy A (2010)

Gangster Squad (2013)

Zombieland (2009)

The Amazing Spider-man (2012)

She's usually fresh faced in movies since she has the best skin and loveliest freckles to show off but on the red carpet, she takes risks on the beauty department. I guess it makes sense for someone who's not afraid to be goofy and funny in front of people to not be afraid of trying out & having fun with different makeup looks as well. Emma often wears her flicked out eyeliner and Just Bitten or ColorBurst lipsticks (she's a Revlon girl after all) but doesn't shy away from bright to smokey and dark colors. Here are  some of my favorite looks of her on the red carpet and her makeup artist, Rachel Goodwin, evidently can do no wrong by her.

Pink eyeshadow and black liner at the 2012 Oscars

Bright fuchsia lippy at the 2011 Conde Nast Traveler Annual Hot List Party

Metallic smokey shadow with a peach lip at the 2012 UK Premiere of The Amazing-Spider-man

A soft cat eyeliner with a nude lip at the 2010 Trevor LIVE event (might I add, her hair looks like silk here)

All bronzed up & wearing navy blue liner

Glossy red lip at the 2011 NYC Crazy, Stupid, Love. Premiere

Do you have any favorite makeup looks of hers & have you tried to recreate any of them? 

What's your favorite Emma Stone movie?

*Images courtesy of Facebook.com/Emma.Stone & Rotten Tomatoes

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Beauty Onscreen: Eva Green

Always seductive and mysterious with that lovely French air about her - Eva Green is the ultimate femme fatale.

Photo credit: Zibi /WENN

I've seen her in Camelot, Dark Shadows, The Dreamers (directed by the great Bernardo Bertolucci), and then having recently watched Casino Royale, Eva Green is officially in my beauty crush books. She was such an effective Morgan Pendragon and a captivating Vesper Lynd and we'll get to see more of her this year in 300: Rise of an Empire, prequel to 300. She's always had a sly demeanor about her, which is why I think she's getting cast in these empowered and cunning roles. Her go-to look is dark, smokey and sexy, best paired with a MAC Russian red lip. 

Here are my favorite movie makeup looks from her.

Casino Royale (2006)

Dark Shadows (2012)

Camelot (2011)

And have you noticed how her brows are straighter than the typical? Love it. Yeah, I'm all about the brows lately. 

Have you seen any of her movies? If you have, what's your favorite Eva Green look?

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