Crimson lips, peachy cheeks, full-on smoky eyes—celeb tweens are slathering it all on. From Abigail Breslin to Kylie Jenner, we ask: are these stars ready for so much face paint?
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Perhaps eager to grow up or trying get glamorous like her half-sisters, the young Keeping Up With the Kardashians star began wearing foundation, rosy lipstick, and eyeliner at the tender age of 11. The cameras that follow her family caught it all, including her Olympic gold medalist father’s disapproval of her makeup—and clothing. But it looks as if Bruce Jenner couldn’t do much. She’s been sporting looks way beyond those early forays, even now at only 14.
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My, oh my, did Cindy Lou from The Grinch grow up fast. Momsen’s makeup regimen started as pink gloss and a few swipes of mascara on the CW’s Gossip Girl. That turned into blood-red lipstick and black raccoon eyes—a look that might have cost her the job. Her behavior changed, too. She once flashed her chest onstage to a musical audience … at 17 years old. Now it’s fair to say Momsen is a good girl gone bad.
Pink lipstick, blue eye shadow, and fake eyelashes are all part of 29-year-old Nicki Minaj’s typical look. And they’re standard for 11-year-old Willow Smith, too. At 9, the “Whip My Hair singer” flaunted some crazy hair and crazy makeup. She’s since toned down the makeup but turned up the hair.
Everyone knows Miley Cyrus slathered on the makeup at a tender age. And so did her much younger sister, Noah Cyrus. At 9 years old, Noah once dressed in a skimpy black dress and knee-high boots with bright red lipstick and smoky eyes. Sure, Noah was attending a Halloween event. But Halloween or not, no 9-year-old should try this at home.
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Disney’s 15-year-old Shake It Up star commonly wears a face full of foundation, colored lips, and eyeliner on her red carpet outings. She’s also a triple threat who knows how to sing, dance, and act.
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This fiery redhead began wearing full makeup by age 11. Now she’s trying out winged eyeliner, shimmery eye shadow, and bright red lips. She costars with Zendaya Coleman on Disney’s Shake It Up—could all the face paint be peer pressure?
The star of Little Miss Sunshine and Zombieland used to sport a fresh, natural face in her early teens. Suddenly, at 15 years old, she’s been shellacking on the makeup: eyeliner, blush, lipstick, and all. With much longer hair, she looks a new girl.
Alexis Bellino, a desperate housewife of Orange County, has no problem applying makeup. Entire faces of makeup…on her 4-year-old twins, Malenia and Mackenna. Her explanation? “What better way to start a princess’s day than have the twins’ hair and makeup done, since they always beg mommy for that when I’m in hair/makeup!” Bellino wrote in a Bravo TV blog.
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No joke, this middle Jonas brother did indeed sport lip gloss while filming the Disney Channel movie Camp Rock. And it wasn’t the first time. In the past, he’s had shiny lips and a visibly powdered face, a look that was much more noticeable on him than his two brother-bandmates.
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By the time this newly appointed X Factor judge was 15, she was painting her face with lipstick, blush, and eyeshadow. Four years on, her makeup is slathered on, à la Kim Kardashian.
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