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Brush out your eyebrows and use a neutral shade that works for your coloring of brow color. You can use powder or a pencil. My favorites are the 'Lingering' brow pencil by M.A.C. and the Anastasia Brow Kit that comes with brow wax and a few shades to custom match. Always work the color from the top of the brow, elevating the line of your brow naturally -- never fill in from underneath first. Use feather strokes in the direction the hair grows, and never extend the line of the brow too far out. Stencils are amazing for those unsure of their free hand. Anastasia Brow Kits have several styles of arch you can play with too.

Use a good concealer like Laura Mercier Secret Camouflage to color correct prior to foundation. Apply with a concealer brush and make sure your under eye area is well covered.

Pro tip: Use a lightweight foundation like Kevyn Aucoin Dew Drop Powder Foundation in a lighter shade to cover around your eyes and upper brow. Apply it in a sideways “V” pattern so your entire eye cage area is highlighted first before your foundation application. It creates a more dramatic yet natural backdrop for the eye makeup.

Jennifer Lopez uses Gleam Body Radiance for her face and body. Her shade of Gleam mixed into her foundation is a touch of both Rose Gold and Bronze Gold. You can do a 1 to 3 ratio of Gleam to liquid makeup to achieve this lit from within look. This is a key step; a flat matte foundation will not do the trick, you have to pump it up with a touch of Gleam.

Use a foundation brush (FACE atelier’s foundation brush is one of my favorites) to smash the product together and apply from the nose outward in angles downward light strokes, making sure to blend and cover the face, except directly under the eyes. To get a perfect finish, use a pink Beauty Blender sponge (soaked in hot water then squeezed out completely) to gently blend. The Beauty Blender is the best makeup sponge on the market, hands down.

Your cheek and eye palette will be a nude and neutral one, highlighted with bronze elements. On cheeks, make sure you use something soft like Cargo Matte Bronzer or Dior Bronze 'Original Tan' Healthy Glow Bronzing Powder to contour the face. You can even finish your eye makeup once applied brushing a light application of this bronzer on the outer upper brow to pull the colors together even more.

For eyes, use a soft pearl eyeshadow like Girlactik’s ‘Glamour’ or Laura Mercier Sateen eyeshadow in 'Baroque.' Blend around the inner corners of your eyes to widen and pop open the eye. Then take a bronze brown shadow like Hard Candy’s Eye Def in ‘Ditch’ or Bobbi Brown 'Bronze Tortoiseshell' Eye Palette (use a bronze brown in the kit) and apply it all over lid toward the outer corner of your eye in an upward and outward “V” shape.

Take a matte brown shadow and accentuate outside the “V” for depth. Blend more of the bronze shadow under the eye with a precise liner brush to keep it tight under the lash line, then follow with the matte brown under the outer rim of your eye.

Remember, you are carefully building layers of product on the eye to create this smoky depth. Make sure to take a cream brown eyeliner like Chanel ‘Brun-Teak,’ M.A.C. ‘Brownborder’ Technakohl Liner, Urban Decay ‘Corrupt’ 24/7 Liner or Make Up For Ever Aqua Eyes liner pencil in ‘Pearly Brown 21’ and line just under the outer corner of your eye.

On the upper lashes, apply M.A.C. Gel liner in ‘Black Track’ using a very thin brush. Finish with lots of mascara like DiorShow ‘Black’ on your top and bottom lashes.

The finishing touch for getting the lashy big eye look that J-Lo always wears is a full strip of lashes, like Ardell ‘117’ applied with Duo’s Dark Adhesive. Then, even more mascara.

Use a good matte bone-colored pencil on the eye waterline. For a fine line, sharpen the tip and draw a line inside the lower eyelid, close to the lash line. Press gently on the skin below your eye to bring the lid forward, and apply with care. For longer wear and richer color, apply more than once. This bone shade of eyeliner will wake up your looks and add a pop to your eyes. It’s tricky at first -- but lining the inside of the upper lid gives even greater eye-widening effect.

Lips should be lined with a matte nude pencil such as T. LeClerc 'Plaisir' Lip Pencil or M.A.C. ‘Spice’ topped with a creamy nude lipstick like Nars ‘Barbarella,’ NARS ‘Honolulu Honey’ lipstick, Benefit's Silky Finish Lipstick in ‘Skinny Dip’ or YSL Rouge Volupte in ‘Nude Beige.’ Add a glaze of Gleam Lip Radiance in ‘Naked’ to finish this sexy smoldering look.

Caliente!