How Amanda Seyfried used makeup to complement an eye infection

An eye infection would be enough to make you skip an event. If you really had to attend though, you’d probably go OTT with your makeup to try and hide it or wear your hair loose to cover some of your face. But not Amanda Seyfried. She embraced an inconvenient eye infection and made it actually work – and on a red carpet of all places.
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Amanda Seyfried found herself with an eye infection on the day of a red carpet appearance for Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again in Stockholm. But luckily, her makeup artist Mary Greenwell, who has worked with everyone from Princess Diana to Cate Blanchett, created an eye makeup look that complemented the eye infection.
Not only does Amanda's slate smoky eye and red under-eye shadow look incredible, it distracts from the infected eye. And it’s safe to say Amanda was happy with the result. "Eye infection vs. @marygreenwell’s makeup design," Amanda captioned on Instagram. "Here we come Stockholm fans — Mamma Mia is in Abba Country!"
Mary also had something sweet to say, praising Amanda for hitting the red carpet despite the infection. “I just want to say how wonderful Amanda is. While most people would hide from the camera, here she is looking as beautiful as ever with make up purposefully created to work WITH Amanda’s eye infection. I love this so much,” Mary wrote on Instagram.
Image via @marygreenwell
Luckily, Mary also included a complete breakdown of the products she used on Amanda, so you can recreate the entire look if you want to – eye infection or not!
To prep Amanda's skin, Mary used a combination of Sisley Hydra-Global Serum, Sisley Moisturiser with Cucumber and Sisley Botanical Eye and Lip Contour Balm. For the fresh base, Mary used Chanel Les Beige Sheer Healthy Glow Tinted Moisturiser and Laura Mercier Flawless Fusion Ultra-Longwear Concealer blended with the brand’s Secret Camouflage Concealer. To make Amanda's base glow, Mary added Sensai Powder Blush, Guerlain Bronzer and Guerlain Compact Powder. For those eyes, Mary used the Fenty Beauty Moroccan Spice Palette and the Sensai Beauty 38C Black Mascara. Plus, that pout! Mary lined and filled in Amanda’s lips with Charlotte Tilbury Pillow Talk before adding some Sisley Phyto-Lip Twist in No 1 for gloss.
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Oh she is so beautiful
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I'm pretty sure the only reason I've noticed the eye infection was that I suffer from one at least once a year. I never thought it can be hidden like that. She looks amazing!
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I hope it clears up soon for her! i could tell which eye it was but it looks okay not bad at all!
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I wouldn't have even noticed the infection if it hadn't been pointed out
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Any eye makeup should be avoided if you have an eye infection or any eye irritation, but I guess if you're famous you can do what you like!
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They didn't call it Pink Eye. It annoys me on American Shows they call it Pink Eye. Why not Conjunctivitis?
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Wow! I can't even tell! That is some amazing work.
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Wow! I can't even tell! That is some amazing work.
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I've had eye infections before and have always avoided makeup so I didn't aggrevate it.
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Wow what great makeup artistry!
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She looks amazing. I have had eye infections but tend not to use makeup as I don't want to contaminate my products.
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Great news that her infection has been "covered" but man, that would take down the makeup artist's professional kit as she now needs to thrown out the stuff that touched her face.
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A good makeup artist really helps in this situation.
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Completely disguised.
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The wonders of good makeup application.
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Infection? Where! So cool
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You can't even tell!
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It just shows how makeup can disguise imperfections. She looks lovely and you'd have no idea she had an eye infection.
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It looks great you can't even tell.
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Oh my goodness she is so thin. She looks like she needs bed rest and several good feeds
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I think she is just naturally thin, Chrystalage. Although it's not really a good look on her but some are just like that in body weight I've noticed that in the celebrities too.
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Great makeup job. Just wondering if the eye infection got worse after all that makeup.
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You really can't tell that Amanda had an eye infection with that makeup look! Never would've thought of using red eyeshadow given how fair I am, but it's nice to see that fair girls CAN pull it off with the right compliments.
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Wow, you cant really tell. Hopefully they got rid of all the makeup used so someone else doesn't end up with an infection.
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ewww I hope she threw out all those products after using them! and sanitised the brushes?
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