Hailee Steinfeld has shared her streamlined makeup routine designed for date nights with husband Josh Allen, centered on simplicity and efficiency. The 28-year-old actress and singer emphasized that her routine takes just 15 minutes, perfect for weeknights when there isn’t time for anything elaborate.
The Hailee Steinfeld makeup routine involves a selection of carefully chosen products, allowing her to maintain a polished but natural look without spending too long. She and Buffalo Bills quarterback Josh Allen, 29, have been together since 2023 and married this summer, managing to keep much of their personal life private while she continues to look effortlessly radiant.
Preparation and Organizing Makeup for Speed
One of Steinfeld’s key strategies for making her routine quick and stress-free is organization before starting. She explained,
“Fifteen minutes is plenty of time,”
emphasizing the importance of preparation. She sets out all her makeup beforehand to avoid rummaging through her bag mid-routine.
“If it’s a weeknight and we’re running out, I’m not trying anything new. … Always, less is more,”
she added.
Base Products and Underpainting Technique
Steinfeld begins her regimen by moisturizing with Neutrogena’s Collagen Bank Daily Face Moisturizer, which includes SPF protection. This sets a smooth and protected base before applying makeup products. She follows with an underpainting method, which allows some imperfection in contour application because the final blending is done quickly with a foundation brush.
She shared,
“I’ve been loving underpainting. You can be messy and imperfect, and apply your contour without fully blending it because you’re going to buff everything out with your foundation brush in two seconds.”
Her contouring routine heavily features Mary Phillips’ Underpainting Palette, using the color corrector, highlight, and contour shades for a balanced, natural finish.
Adding Subtle Eye Definition and Finishing Touches
After base and contour, Steinfeld applies a light wash of foundation and lightly dusts Tarte’s Toasted Amazonian Clay Eyeshadow Palette on her eyelids. She employs a tip learned from beauty guru Katie Jane Hughes, where a darker eyeshadow color is applied along the lash line and softly blended out, which adds subtle depth without harsh lines.
Her statement,
“I use this trick I got from a Katie Jane Hughes tutorial [where I] pick up a darker shadow color, spread it across my lashline, and buff it out. It just adds some subtle definition,”
highlights her preference for understated but effective eye makeup.
She shapes her brows and coats her lashes with Tarte’s Tartelette Tubing Mascara. For a natural flush, she uses Patrick Ta’s Major Headlines Double-Take blush on her cheekbones, enhancing her glow without overpowering the look.
Lip Selection and Concealing Beauty Marks
Steinfeld’s lip routine includes outlining her lips with one of three lip liners she rotates between: Charlotte Tilbury Iconic Nude, Makeup Forever Wherever Walnut, or MAC Whirl.
“Honestly, they’re all basically the same,”
she admitted. To finish, she layers a precise balm, favoring Mary Phillips’ Lip Ciggy for its tiny applicator that allows expert control.
An interesting part of her routine is her recent choice to conceal beauty marks, a change she only embraced in the last few years. After a makeup artist once highlighted her freckles by choosing not to cover them, Steinfeld recognized they had been hidden before without her realizing it.
She reflected,
“In the last five years, a makeup artist touched up my beauty marks after doing my makeup. I didn’t realize they’d been covered for so long until she accentuated them. At that moment, I felt like my beauty marks had been with me forever.”
Embracing Natural Beauty and Finding Balance
Steinfeld encourages a balanced approach to makeup, urging people to embrace their natural features while selectively covering what they wish. She advised her younger self,
“When I think about my younger self, I’d tell her to lean into her natural beauty. Cover up what you want, but embrace what makes you you.”
Beyond her beauty routine, she has been enjoying the calm and joy of her married life with Allen. Reflecting on the stability he brings, she remarked,
“That inner peace that you have, that rock, that solid, consistent part of your life is indescribable. I literally thank God every day that I found my person, and it’s the greatest thing in the world. Life makes sense. Everything makes sense. I feel like I am stepping into the version that I’ve always dreamed of being, having so much to do with being with him.”
