Get the Look: Sade's Soldier Of Love

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When she made her debut with 'Diamond Life' back in 1984, British-Nigerian singer Sade already had the classic-chic thing down. Pulled-back hair and strong-yet-simple makeup has always been her thing.

But just yesterday, with the debut of her latest video, 'Soldier Of Love,' it hit us: Sade's beauty is absolutely timeless. She looks as gorgeous now as she did in her video for 'Smooth Operator' more than 25 years ago.


In her video, Sade looks strong yet subtle, and we've got some product suggestions for you if you'd like to recreate it yourself. The singer's skin is flawless as ever, and not covered up with expertly layered foundation. For this look, you may want to use a tinted moisturizer, like Bobbi Brown's SPF 15 Tinted Moisturizer ($40, bobbibrowncosmetics.com) or make your own custom-tinted moisturizer at home by mixing a small amount of your favorite foundation with some of your favorite moisturizer.

For her eyes and cheeks, Sade is rocking a stunning bronze with a darker brown on the eyelid, and those are the kinds of colors available in MAC's excellent Fun in the Sun mineralize kit ($59.50, maccosmetics.com), which is all about peachy golds combined with deeper plum tones that look gorgeous on brown skin.

Sade's look is always all about strong brows and strong lips. So if you want this look yourself, make sure your brows are perfectly sculpted and filled in with a brow powder. Try Damone Roberts' signature brow pencils in Minx (dark brown) or Miss Ross (soft black) ($18, damoneroberts.com). Sade's lips are dark, sexy and slightly goth. You can get that deep color with OCC Lip Tar in Vintage ($12.50, occmakeup.com), or on the drugstore tip, check out Milani's velvet lipstick in Classy ($5.29, milanicosmetics.com).


For extra zazzle, you could even layer a black gloss over the lip color. Visit your local department store makeup counter to pick up one from MAC's 2009 Style Black collection, or check out Smashbox's Lip Enhancing Gloss in Sultry ($18, sephora.com), a sheer-black cherry shade.

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