Supermodel Bella Hadid Knows the Secret to Erasing Dark Circles—And That’s Not All – Vogue.com

Bella Hadid is just like everyone else. Not that everyone can count on being born into a famous family, globe-trotting on the arm of a Grammy-winning rockstar boyfriend (in her case, Abel Tesfaye, aka The Weeknd), casting a global spell with those famously ice blue eyes and pillowy lips, or Instagramming to an army of 5.9 million online followers. But yes she, too, occasionally finds herself appearing less than bright-eyed in the mirror. “I look really tired because I’ve been traveling for two months straight!” she admits in today’s beauty video.

That’s one of the professional hazards of skyrocketing to the top of the list as one of this year’s most in-demand models—but it’s also a serendipitous byproduct of spending hours on set with the world’s best makeup artists that she’s learned exactly how to hide the tell-tale signs of jet lag. In fact, the 19-year-old Malibu native was reportedly given the green light to wear makeup in public by her model mother, Yolanda, only recently; since then, she’s become a quick study. In May, Hadid signed a major beauty contract with the house of Christian Dior and quickly made fast friends with makeup artist and house creative force Peter Philips, with whom she’s collaborating on a multi-part Web series of videos that kicked off on Dior.com this summer; documenting every aspect of her whirlwind international life, they also offer a highly gratifying glimpse into her best-kept beauty secrets.

Of course, on- and off-camera, Hadid swears the key to covering globe-trotting-induced imperfections—dark circles, a dehydrated post-flight complexion—comes down to concealer. Even the most slapdash of applications can be heightened to editorial levels by way of blending with fingers, kabuki brushes, and the ever-important makeup sponge. “[Peter] has shown me a lot of tips about beautiful skin,” she says, waving a wand of Diorskin Star Concealer as she speaks. From there, a swipe of a contour beneath the cheekbones, “a little brow” action, a double-impact layering of mascara over lash primer, and a touch of light-catching gold pigment on the eyes leaves her ready for what will inevitably be a well-documented day. Not even a hair tie is required to get her out the door. Because, in true It girl fashion, “You just like, wing it, you know?”

Director: Lucas Flores Piran
Fashion Editor: Celestine Cooney
Filmed at The London NYC