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"  Lupita Nyong&amp;#039;o&amp;#039;s red-carpet-lip rainbow\u2014she&amp;#039;s painted her pout with everything from a chalky neon pink pigment to metallic purple eye shadow\u2014has no doubt single-handedly boosted lipstick sales around the world. But although the 31-year-old Academy Award winner (and new Lanc\u00F4me spokesperson) will try any makeup shade, she plays it safe when it comes to her glowing complexion. &amp;quot;I&amp;#039;m very nervous about stripping my skin of its oils,&amp;quot; says Nyong&amp;#039;o, who suffered from severe rashes when she was younger: &amp;quot;My mother finally went to Madagascar for this herbal concoction that did the trick,&amp;quot; she says. &amp;quot;She taught me that nature knows best.&amp;quot; Hollywood historically hasn&amp;#039;t provided many substantial roles for women of color. Do you think this is changing? The fact that I was able to play such a powerful role at the start of my career and that 12 Years a Slave was made means there is an audience. The question is finding it. I cannot lead my life with an attitude of deficit. Related: Lupita Nyong&amp;#039;o: Our Bet for the Breakout Style Star of 2014 You&amp;#039;ve been named the most beautiful person in the world. How does that feel? When someone mentions it to my face, it feels lovely and ticklish\u2014it&amp;#039;s never unappreciated to be considered beautiful. But there are still plenty of things to remind me of how regular I am, like New York traffic or burning myself in a hot shower. Related: Golden Globes Beauty Prep With Lupita Nyong&amp;#039;O Who is your beauty muse? Alek Wek. Once she stepped onto the international scene, I could no longer say that there&amp;#039;s no one like me. She encouraged me and also really scared me, since it&amp;#039;s easier to accept the status quo than to try to change it. But just having her present, I felt more seen, more confident. I couldn&amp;#039;t make any excuse for not stepping into my most powerful self. What product have you most recently fallen in love with? Lip liner! I had always been confused about how and why to use lip liner. [Makeup artist] Nick Barose taught me to match my lip liner not to my lipstick but to my skin tone. It frames the lip, and lipstick seems to stay on longer. What about when you are ready to take off the red-carpet look\u2014what do you use? Regular avocado oil. I dab very lightly, because I don&amp;#039;t want to massage the makeup further into my pores, and then I wipe it off with a gauze cloth. Other essentials? I love having my eyebrows feel done. You just look more well-dressed. I carry Lanc\u00F4me&amp;#039;s Kissed by Gold eye-shadow palette with me all the time. I brush the darkest shade on my brows to give them definition. And for your hair? Sometimes when I comb my hair out there are a lot of strands sticking up and it looks messy, so [hairstylist] Larry Sims taught me to just use a hot towel, placed gently on top, to calm the curls down. It gives my Afro a sleeker look. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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