When it comes to music royalty, there are few people in the same stratosphere as Joni Mitchell. The award-winning singer-songwriter graced us with her presence at the 68th annual Grammy Awards on February 1st, looking like a vision in gold—a nod, perhaps, to her previous 11 wins at the ceremony. She's up for an award tonight for Best Historical Album for Joni Mitchell Archives − Vol. 4: The Asylum Years (1976-1980), but truthfully, it was her stunning red lip that won the evening.
"Joni loves a pop of color on her lips," her makeup artist, Loren Canby, tells me over the phone. "She loves rosy tones, and she has beautiful blue eyes, [so] she wants her makeup to enhance her, but to still look like her." Canby used Merit products to achieve Mitchell's red carpet look, and the Merit Signature Lip in Vermillion, a warm red shade in a matte finish, looked absolutely stunning on the 82-year-old. As for the trick to helping the lipstick last for mature skin, without feathering or settling into fine lines? It's all about layering.
