Cyndle Komarovski dishes on her favorite Chanel products and makeup looks.

Photography by An Le

Peer behind the curtains on a <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/chanel-fall-winter-2020-21-haute-couture-tk">Chanel</a> photoshoot set and you might not be able to tell who&rsquo;s the model and who&rsquo;s the makeup artist. That&rsquo;s because Cyndle Komarovski, a Chanel celebrity makeup artist, with her refined bone structure and sylphlike form, is flitting about with a calm <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/princess-diana-style">grace</a> befitting a modern-day Coco Chanel. But as much as she nearly <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/natural-oils-for-skin-face">glows</a> with glamour, she also brushes it off. &ldquo;Oh, I&rsquo;m just a big makeup nerd,&rdquo; she says and laughs. She&rsquo;s also real when it comes to her approach to makeup. In fact, she started her career far from the Champs-Elysees: working on everyday women. &ldquo;I wasn&rsquo;t working on a 17-year-old with a perfect face,&rdquo; she recalls. &ldquo;When a woman sits in your chair, the first thing they do is they start saying things like, &lsquo;I&rsquo;m sorry I look really <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/travel-living/5-reasons-espresso-martinis-back-summer-2020">tired</a> today,&rsquo; or &lsquo;I&rsquo;m sorry that I have this pimple.&rsquo; And it became about doing makeup with a different approach, a sensitive approach, which is helping this person find what they love about themselves and highlighting that.&rdquo;

"I have always been obsessed with skin and making it really beautiful."

That&rsquo;s not to say Komarovski can&rsquo;t dial up the looks for a photoshoot.&nbsp;After studying <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/politics-culture/9-Black-Photographers-Capture-Power-of-Protest">photography</a> at the Art Institute of Boston (she dropped out to move to New York to pursue a career as a makeup artist), she adores playing with light and texture. &ldquo;I love that part of the process of working with a photographer on how makeup might react to different light sources,&rdquo; she says. But there is one theme that unifies all her work. &ldquo;I have always been obsessed with skin and making it really beautiful. Get that right and then you can do a very <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/fashion/best-haute-couture-fall-2020-outfits">dramatic</a>&nbsp;eye or just play with the details,&rdquo; she says. And &ldquo;play&rdquo; is exactly how she views makeup now.&nbsp;

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Forget the perfectly defined pounds of Instagram makeup. With a painterly, <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/dr-barbara-sturm-best-skincare-routine">unfussy approach</a>, Komarovski raves about multipurpose products and often advocates for fingers over brushes. The new <a href="https://www.chanel.com/us/makeup/p/175026/ombre-premiere-laque-longwear-liquid-eyeshadow/">Chanel&nbsp;Ombre Premi&egrave;re Laque</a> in Quartz Rose from the Spring collection, which you can swipe on and smudge with your fingers, she says. She&rsquo;ll add on a flick of the new metallic&nbsp;<a href="https://www.chanel.com/us/makeup/p/187512/le-liner-de-chanel-liquid-eyeliner-high-precision-longwear/">Le Liner de Chanel</a> pens. &ldquo;I love that it has a texture to it and it adds a hint of light to the eye&mdash;even the darker shades,&rdquo; she says. She might cap that off with accented &ldquo;fluffy brows&rdquo; using the <a href="https://www.chanel.com/us/makeup/p/182450/la-palette-sourcils-brow-wax-and-brow-powder-duo/">Chanel&nbsp;La Palette Sourcils</a> in Light Brow Wax and Brow Powder Duo. &ldquo;The way the powder is you can build up volume,&rdquo; she explains. As for her tip on achieving the perfectly-done-but-minimal skin that&rsquo;s become her signature? Komarovski reaches for the <a href="https://www.chanel.com/us/makeup/p/158810/les-beiges-water-fresh-tint/">Chanel&nbsp;Les Beiges Water-Fresh Tint</a> in Medium Light, which is possibly the freshest kind of tinted moisturizer around. &ldquo;It&rsquo;s this beautiful summery kind of look that still allows <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/diy-masks-face-homemade-beauty-skin-care">skin to look like skin</a>,&rdquo; she says. But if there is one <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/beauty/broad-spectrum-sunscreen-beauty-skincare-travel">secret weapon</a> to invest in, Komarovski says it&rsquo;s the <a href="https://www.chanel.com/us/makeup/p/169060/baume-essentiel-multi-use-glow-stick/">Chanel&nbsp;Baume Essentiel</a> in Sculpting, which gives a wet-dewy look (without the oil slick) to anything it touches. &ldquo;There are the classic high points of the face like the cheekbones, bridge of the nose and the cupid&rsquo;s bow that you can accent, or you can even brush it into your eyebrow for a wet eyebrow look, or use on your shoulders and d&eacute;colletage for a summer glow,&rdquo; she advises. &ldquo;We&rsquo;re all tired and running around. This just brings a look of <a href="https://www.lofficielusa.com/wellness/why-should-we-drink-lemon-water">health</a> immediately.&rdquo;&nbsp;Sold.

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Makeup&nbsp;Cyndle Komarovski

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