It’s a rainy Monday night in Los Angeles, and Awkwafina is getting ready to celebrate the launch of her new Rouge Dior lipstick at Dior Beauty. But instead of listening to her favorite Spotify playlist, she watches local news station KTLA. Although we are in an emergency situation, this multifaceted star’s success does not stop. She’s currently at La Dolce Vita, LA’s newest hotspot for celebrities who don’t want to be overwhelmed by paparazzi. But later that night, it would serve as the backdrop for the launch of the new Rouge Dior.
Aukafina is a Dior girl through and through. She recalls her first memory about this brand. Her mother had a “cool wallet”. “It was one of her most treasured possessions that she left behind,” she exclusively told ELLE.com. Unbeknownst to Nora Lamb at the time, she would grow up to be an entertainer and wear the iconic luxury brand to a Golden Globe Award. “Golden Globes, Critics Choice, every time I win, it always goes to Dior. It’s kind of crazy,” she says.
We start talking about makeup, specifically Rouge Dior. “I’ve always really loved Dior beauty products. I’m a huge fan,” says the native New Yorker. We both raved about the texture. Her makeup artist Emily Chen says: “I think matte lips will be very popular this year, so it’s perfect timing that Dior has reinvented their iconic Rouge Dior lipstick in a velvet shade.” And while Awkwafina is here for the lipstick, she’s not here for the lip service, especially the “small talk.” She also explains how people avoid “deeply engaging” and how it becomes a “social habit of not engaging.”
but I Despite her porcelain smooth skin and gorgeous eyes trying to distract me, she was completely immersed and actively listening. As we talked about her beauty routine, she brought up her own eyes and talked about how applying her eyeliner is always a different experience for her. “Until recently, I couldn’t go on YouTube and learn how to catch the Asian eye. I definitely learned how to create things like eyes and wings and the techniques I learned from Asian American makeup artists. “There’s a huge difference,” she says. She went on to tell me one of her secrets. I will keep it in the back of my mind to share with a close friend who is struggling with this very issue.
“No one taught me how to do makeup until I was an adult. It’s trial and error. It’s done every day,” Awkwafina says. But her salvation (and her beauty inspiration) is her first makeup artist, Kirin Batty. He wrote step-by-step instructions on how to create a beautiful look that she loves. “I have this ratty torn piece of paper on my dressing table,” she reveals.
But for the Dior Beauty event, Awkwafina didn’t have to do her own makeup. She enlisted her glam team to help transform her look and gave ELLE.com a glimpse into her preparation process. Check out all the exclusive images below.
Watch Awkwafina get ready for the Rouge Dior launch party in Los Angeles, California
