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Key Takeaways
- Leighton Meester wore glowy, romantic makeup to the 2026 Golden Globes.
- Celebrity MUA Bethany McCarty used Bubble Skincare and Beauty Pie makeup to get the look—and shared the exact products in her kit.
While Leighton Meester attends a lot of award shows to support her husband, Adam Brody, we’re always going to care more about what Blair Waldorf is wearing/using/generally doing than what Seth Cohen has going on. Sorry, cutie boy—but you get it! You fell in love with a Summer Roberts.
A prime example of this phenomenon: the 2026 Golden Globes. On Sunday, January 11, the I Love LA actress attended the show in a strapless, yellow satin-sashed and baby pink-embroidered Miu Miu gown. Her hair, the work of celeb stylist Clariss Rubenstein and a lineup of Nexxus products and BondiBoost tools, was elegantly updoed and her face, the work of angels and celeb makeup artist Bethany McCarty, was luminized.
Keep reading to discover exactly how her glowy glam came to be, product lineup included.
Leighton Meester’s Glowy Glam
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McCarty used a kit full of Bubble skincare and Beauty Pie makeup for the big night. Her client’s skin was dewy and flushed, with her famous brown eyes highlighted by shimmering pink shadow and brows shaded slightly darker than the blonde highlights that framed her face.
An “is it highlighter or is it perfect skin” gleam and touch of rosy blush accentuated Meester’s cheeks, and her lips were painted a light, neutral matte pink-brown shade.
The Skin Prep
A dewy makeup look deserves a dewy face for its canvas. The actress’s glow is natural, but Bubble Skincare helps it reach its full luminescence.
McCarty started things off by prepping Meester’s skin with the brand’s Slam Dunk Hydrating Moisturizer. In classic skincare routine fashion, she built on the radiance with a mixture of Bubble Cosmic Silk Hydrating Milky Toner and a shimmer serum, applying the concoction to the chest and shoulders for an “all-over luminous finish.”
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Then, she grabbed the brand-new and super silky Bubble Soft Swerve Barrier Restore Balm, which officially launches January 15. She dabbed the balm onto all the extra-dry areas of Meester’s face, hands, and arms for some extra hydration courtesy of ingredients like squalane, ceramides, and shea butter. (FYI, a clinical study showed it increasing skin hydration by 82%.)
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The look was completed, per usual, with Bounce Back Balancing Mist “to balance the skin and keep it looking fresh and radiant all night long.”
The Makeup
“Leighton’s look centered around radiance and modern romance, featuring a softly smoldering eye, rosy cheeks, a pinky-nude lip, and skin polished to a luminous, dewy finish,” shared the brand.
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McCarty utilized Beauty Pie’s Super Luminous Tinted Skin Glow Serum and Triple Beauty Luminizing Wand to up the glow ante even further. The “softly smoldering eye” made use of three Wonder Color Cream Shadow Sticks in the shades Arabica, Miracoli, and Wild Violet, all brought together with a sweep of Wrap Star Tubing Mascara.
For blush, they used two shades of Cream Blush: Perfect Nude and Fresh Faced. The whole look was topped off with One Powder Wonder and a dash of Velvety Matte Lip Crayon in Rummy Pink.
Brody didn’t win, but his wife did! And in a way, that’s what these things are all about.
