2024 - We know the secret of Michelle Obama's doe gaze

A few days ago, the former First Lady of the United States put on some stunning eye makeup for the inauguration of Joe Biden. A look she owes to two products that have given her the lashes of dreams. We tell you everything!

Michelle Obama is known as much for eloquence as for her elegant demeanor without ever going overboard. During the tenure of her husband, she thus accustomed us to display a perfect brushing and a make-up always dressed to the nines between the lips daubed with flattering colors and nicely painted eyes, in addition to wearing sublime outfits of course.

If the wife of ex-President Barack Obama has since also proven that she dared to reveal herself without makeup and natural hair during her last birthday on Instagram, she did not fail to make a sensation as in the time when of the investiture ceremony of Joe Biden, on the arm of her husband. Health situation requires, Michelle Obama obviously also wore the mask to avoid any risk of contagion, an essential accessory but which does not facilitate the beauty treatment which must then focus on the look to stand out. The bet was taken for the former First Lady of the United States who stood out for her pretty smoky eye makeup that gave her real doe eyes. An eye make-up that some would like to copy to give themselves allure despite wearing a mask. Good news, the star make-up artist Carl Ray – who for a long time took care of highlighting Michelle Obama and returned to service to make her up for the occasion – revealed to Elle.com online magazine the secrets of this famous smoky eyes perfect by revealing the way he highlighted Michelle Obama's lashes to make her look bigger despite wearing dark eyeshadows.

Michelle Obama's mascara for hot lashes

Unsurprisingly, it was by betting on a mascara that the make-up artist managed to enlarge the eyes of the former First Lady of the United States enough to counteract the shrinking effect of her smoky eyes. This play of dark shadows on the eyelids is certainly appealing, but generally having the small flaw of giving the illusion that the eyes are smaller than they actually are. The exact product he used? The Glossier Lash Slick mascara, a curling mascara whose formula contains fibers that coat the lashes from root to tip to lengthen them without clumping, as well as polymers that lift the lashes while defining them one by one to open the eyes. Applied to the upper and lower lashes, it is clear that it worked miracles. So this is the go-to makeup product to replicate Michelle Obama's doe eyes.

A pair of false eyelashes to intensify the result

In addition to this, Carl Ray admits having perfect the makeup result obtained with mascara – which is quite sufficient for us on a daily basis – using a pair of false eyelashes to adapt this beauty look to the sharp definition of the cameras and lenses that would be aimed at the former First Lady. As the makeup artist expressly explained to Elle.com magazine: “for tv we really need to make things a little more dramatic to make her eyes shine"So he entrusted this treatment with false eyelashes from the brand Lily Lashes which made Michelle Obama's lash bangs more theatrical by adding length and intensifying the color of her natural lashes.