Lupita Nyong'o: "I Use Beauty Products as a Celebration of Just Naked Me"

The unexpected makeup color she hopes to try next:

"I need to find a way to wear green lipstick. I don't know if that's ever going to happen, but I'd like to try that."

Amazing makeup tricks she's learned from her makeup artist, Nick Barose:

"He taught me to apply lipstick from the center out — just using the tube and working from the center out, rather than out to in, which is my instinct. Start from the widest part of your lip is usually the center. I've also learned to do my eye pencil with my eye open because you can be more precise. You want to look down and do it that way rather than trying to shut one eye. It's more precise because you can see. You can always see better through two eyes."

Her top skincare tips:

"Water, water, water, water, water. I also like to let my skin fallow — leave it alone. I don't like to wear makeup every day. I think that's very helpful to allow your skin to revive itself."