Emmy Awards Makeup - Stepping Out Of The Comfort Zone

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From left: Jennifer Lopez in Look #1, Look #2 and Look #3. Photo: Getty Images

Every year, we beauty editors breathlessly await the Emmy Awards' red carpet, to see who's wearing the best blush, the savviest shadow, and has the prettiest pout.

And every year, we're totally disappointed.

You see, stars only wear three looks to awards shows. They go with classic red lips and bare eyes, smoky eyes with pale lips, or that natural, I'm-just-this-gorgeous-without-cosmetics look.

Yes, they look pretty, but their makeup is kind of a snore.

So we asked Scott Barnes, the mastermind behind the looks of Jennifer Lopez, Carrie Underwood, Celine Dion and many others, to explain why. "Hollywood is a different animal than New York. In LA it's not about wearing a trend. It's about being stunning." We get it, nobody wants to take a risk lest they be lambasted by the press.

But he did agree with us that stars could pump it up a bit, or as Barnes put it "move out of their comfort zone." And he gave us three examples of when he got Lopez to move out of her comfort zone, to gorgeous results. "They're the ones she'll bring up years later," he said.

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