Every May, the Cannes Film Festival transforms the French Riviera into the world's most glamorous runway. This year, from 17th May to 23rd May, the Palais des Festivals became the epicentre of the world's most-watched red carpets, where filmmakers and actors gathered not just to screen films, but to make history.
While the film festival is a global celebration of cinema, art, and culture in the most dazzling manner, over the decades, Cannes has expanded far beyond cinema, offering a platform where beauty meets couture. But if you've ever watched the Cannes coverage and found your eyes drifting from the gown to the glowing skin beneath it, from the neckline to the perfectly lined lip above it, you're not alone. Because at Cannes, makeup doesn't just complete a look. It tells the story. And in 2026, the Indian women who walked those famous steps had some of the most compelling beauty stories of the entire festival.
Recreate The Cannes Film Festival Red Carpet Looks 2026 With House Of Makeup
1. Alia Bhatt
Alia Bhatt’s Cannes 2026 looks have just reinforced that soft, glowing skin always steals the show. Her red-carpet look had her face appear fresh and luminous with minimal coverage, her cheeks carried a warm peachy flush, her lips were glossy and hydrated, and her eyes were defined with a clean, close-to-the-lash eyeliner. Together, these elements create what the beauty influencers call a "soft glam" look that is polished enough for a red carpet and wearable enough for everyday use.
Here’s how you can recreate this look with House Of Makeup:
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The Base: Apply the Face Anything Luminous Skin Tint all over the face using your fingers in a gentle tapping motion. Blend it outward toward the hairline and jawline for a seamless, skin-like finish. The coverage will help your skin glow with a natural luminosity, making it look like your skin-but-better.
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The Blush: To have the perfect peachy cheeks, Dab N Glow Lip +Cheek Tint in the shade Peach Cobbler is the holy grail product. Its creamy formulation melts onto your skin, which makes the blush look quite natural, without leaving a patchy finish or disrupting your base. Directly dab this cheek tint onto the apples of your cheeks. Blend upward in circular motions. The peachy tone adds warmth and mimics that sun-kissed Riviera glow.
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The Lips: For an effortless, hydrated pout, swipe Hot Gossip in the shade Pinky Swear directly onto the lips. The glossy finish adds dimension and keeps the look fresh and youthful.
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The Eyes: For a minimalistic eyeliner look, use the Liquid Luck Silky Eyeliner and draw a thin, precise line along your upper lash line. Stay as close to the roots of the lashes as possible. Its smudge-proof and transfer-proof formulation stays put throughout your day without budging or ending up in panda-eyes.
2. Aditi Rao Hydari
While Aditi Rao's jewelry definitely grabs our attention, her flawless makeup is what made us go heart eyes. Her skin looks like it has absorbed every bit of Riviera light and is slowly, beautifully giving it back. Her cheeks carry the kind of bronzed depth that makes you think she was simply born this way. And her lips feature a honey-kissed coral that sits so perfectly against her skin tone it looks less like a product choice and more like fate.
Here’s how you can recreate this look with House Of Makeup:
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The Base: Recreating Aditi's look is less about layering products and more about choosing the right ones. Start with the House Of Makeup Face Anything Luminous Skin Tint for your base. Squeeze out a few drops of the non-comedogenic skin tint on the back of your hand and dot it all over your face. Apply it with your fingertips and let it melt into your skin for that seamless, second-skin finish that makes her complexion look so effortlessly alive.
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The Blush: For those chiselled cheekbone looks, use the Dab N Glow Lip+Cheek Tint in the shade Brown Sugar. Dab it directly on the apple of your cheeks and sweep it along with a light hand, and blend it upward. This is the shade doing the heavy lifting in this look; it adds warmth, sculpts the face, and gives that bronzed Riviera depth that makes Aditi's skin look so dimensional under the Cannes sun.
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The Lips: To complete the look, apply Dawn To Dawn Super Stay Liquid Matte Lipstick in the shade Honey Coral. Start from the center of your lips, working your way outward. Follow the contour of your lips for that perfect application and let it settle into your lips. It is warm enough and perfectly compatible with the varied Indian skin tones, vibrant enough to feel intentional, and flattering enough to make every other makeup decision you make feel worth it. Three products. One unforgettable red carpet moment.
3. Smriti Khanna
Smriti Khanna walked the Cannes red carpet looking like she had been carved out of moonlight. In a sheer, crystal-embellished gown that caught every camera flash. But what caught makeup enthusiasts' attention was her “it girl makeup look.” Her base is flawless and porcelain-smooth, her cheeks carry the softest flush of peach warmth, and her lips are painted in a delicate pink that feels both polished and effortless. Her eyes, lined with quiet precision, add just enough definition to anchor the entire look without pulling focus from the luminous skin beneath.
Here’s how you can recreate this look with House Of Makeup:
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The Base: To bring this look to life with House Of Makeup, begin with Face Anything Luminous Skin Tint as your base, blending it seamlessly into the skin for that lit-from-within, dewy finish that will make your skin look so camera-ready.
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The Blush: For the perfect peachy cheeks, follow with the Dab N Glow Lip+Cheek Tint in the shade Peach Cobbler, dusted lightly across the cheekbones. This shade adds just the right amount of warmth to keep the look from feeling flat under bright lights, giving the face a soft, natural flush that reads beautifully on camera.
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The Lips: To bring this look together, all you need is a delicate, wearable pink that sits on the lips like a second skin. House Of Makeup’s Dawn To Dawn Super Stay Liquid Matte Lipstick Mini in the shade Pink Butter is the perfect shade for this look. It gives you an elegant look and is pigmented enough to feel intentional.
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The Eyes: Finally, run the Liquid Luck Silky Eyeliner close to the upper lash line for that clean, precise definition that quietly pulls the whole look together.
4. Tara Sutaria
Tara Sutaria made her Cannes debut looking like she had stepped directly out of a dream. In all ivory silk, emerald jewels, and a makeup look so perfectly executed it felt dreamy. Her skin is smooth and sculpted, her cheeks have this perfect peachy touch to them that makes her face look proportional, her eyes are dramatically lined and smoky in the most elegant way possible, and her lips are that perfect warm nude that somehow makes everything else on her face look even better. It is giving old Hollywood. It is giving Cannes royalty.
Here’s how you can recreate this look with House Of Makeup:
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The Base: Here is how to achieve this royal look with House Of Makeup. Start with a small amount of Face Anything Luminous Skin Tint first for that polished, even and dewy base that will make your skin tone even while mildly blurring out your imperfections.
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The Blush: For the flush of colour to your face, lightly swipe the Dab N Glow Lip+Cheek Tint in the shade Peach Cobbler. The cheek tint is highly pigmented, so build the shade slowly to avoid too much product on your face. Blend it in with light finger tapping motions for the perfect peachy cheeks.
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The Highlighter: To define your cheekbones and make them look sculpted, apply the Starry Night Pearly Glow Liquid Highlighter in the shade Meteorite. With its crushed pearl formulation, it will help brighten up your face instead of settling into the fine lines and enhancing them. Dot the highlighter directly onto the high points of your face and blend it out.
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The Lips: For the lips, reach for either Dawn To Dawn Super Stay Liquid Matte Lipstick in the shade Ginger Snap or Glazed Nut Lipstick. Both are gorgeous warm nudes that let your lips take centre stage without leaving them looking washed out.
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The Eyes: And for those eyes, use the Liquid Luck Silky Eyeliner in the shade Velvet Black to tie the look together. Line the upper lash line generously, and smudge the outer corners ever so slightly. That soft smokiness is everything. That is the whole look, right there.
5. Huma Qureshi
Huma Qureshi's Cannes look is for every woman who has ever wanted to look completely magnetic, and honestly, we’ve got our eyes on her. Her skin has this gorgeous warmth and dewiness to it, her cheeks are softly flushed, her eyes are lined with a smudgy intensity that is somehow both undone and deliberate, her lips are in this pretty apricot-nude zone, and there is this incredible golden glow across her face that makes her look like she is permanently standing in the best light in the room. It is the kind of makeup that makes you feel confident just looking at it.
Here’s how you can recreate this look with House Of Makeup:
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The Base: Start with the Face Anything Luminous Skin Tint. Blend it in with your fingers for that warm, natural-looking base that lets your skin's own tone come through.
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The Blush: The Dab N Glow Lip+Cheek Tint in the shade Peach Cobbler is perfect to achieve the youthful pop of colour to your cheeks with its fresh and rosy warmth.
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The Lips: Dawn To Dawn Super Stay Liquid Matte Lipstick Mini in shade Apricot Whip will give you the perfect nude lips for this look. Swipe it following the contour of your lips staring from the centre of the lips, for that warm peachy glow that is so signature to this look.
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The Eyes: For this winged-eyeliner look, use the Liquid Luck Silky Eyeliner in the shade Velvet Black. Start from the middle of your eyelids and draw a wing close to your lash line. Follow it up by lining the eyes generously, smudging it ever so slightly for that effortlessly smoky quality Huma pulls off so well.
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The Highlighter: To finish this look, all you need is the House Of Makeup Starry Night Pearly Glow Liquid Highlighter in the shade Moonlight. Apply the liquid highlighter on the cheekbones, nose tip, and cupid's bow. This step elevates your entire look from pretty to genuinely radiant.
6. Ishita Mangal
Ishita Mangal's Cannes 2026 makeup is a celebration of warm, earthy Indian beauty in its most expressive form. Her base is glowing and natural, her cheeks carry a deep rose warmth that adds incredible richness and dimension to her complexion, her lips are layered in a ginger-brown with a glossy finish that makes them look full and luxurious, and her eyes are anchored with a deep kohl liner that looks its grounding intensity. Everything about this look leans into the warmth of her skin tone rather than working against it. The result is a face that looks genuinely, radiantly alive.
Here’s how you can recreate this look with House Of Makeup:
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The Base: Start with the House Of Makeup Face Anything Luminous Skin Tint, pressing it gently into the skin with your fingertips for a warm, breathable base that enhances rather than covers.
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The Blush: Next, sweep the Dab N Glow Cheek Tint in the shade Burnt Rose across the cheekbones and blend it upward and outward to build the colour gradually until you reach the depth you see in Ishita's look. This shade is the defining element of the entire look and deserves your full attention.
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The Lips: For the lips, begin with Dawn To Dawn Super Stay Matte Liquid Lipstick in the shade Ginger Snap. Apply it cleanly with the wand for a precise, rich colour payoff. Then layer the What's The Tea Gloss directly over it. The combination of the earthy lipstick base and the high-shine gloss creates that full, dimensional lip that makes this look so visually striking.
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The Eyes: Complete the look by running Liquid Luck Silky Eyeliner along the upper lash line with a firm, deliberate stroke, pressing it as close to the roots of the lashes as possible for maximum depth and definition.
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