Stylepoints: Guthrie star puts lipstick to the test

We put "Roman Holiday" star Stephanie Rothenberg's pucker to the test with some of the summer's hottest lipstick colors.

By SARA GLASSMAN, Star Tribune

July 11, 2012 at 9:56PM
Sara Glassman, sglassman@startribune.com
Stephanie Rothenberg, who stars as Princess Ann in the Gutherie Theater�s �Roman Holiday,� road tested summer lipsticks. Lancome Rouge in Love in Midnight Rose, $25, www.lancome-usa.com
Stephanie Rothenberg, who stars as Princess Ann in the Gutherie Theater's "Roman Holiday," road tested summer lipsticks. (Star Tribune/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

When it comes to summer makeup, lipstick is in the spotlight -- and so is actress Stephanie Rothenberg.

Starring as Princess Ann in the Guthrie Theater's production of "Roman Holiday," Rothenberg portrays royalty on stage in a makeup look similar to her own.

"I walked into the theater one day wearing my own makeup for a wig fitting, and they said, 'Can you do what you're doing right now and just bump it up a little?'," she said.

Off-stage, her look is more minimal. Take away the false lashes and heavy-duty foundation, and her favorite products include Laura Mercier's tinted moisturizer, YSL's Touche Éclat, Nars highlighting/bronze duo in Orgasm/Laguna, Benefit's Bad Gal Lash and Fresh's Sugar Advanced Therapy Lip Treatment.

As for lipstick, Rothenberg tends to favor berry and fuchsia shades from Nars and YSL.

"[Lipstick] is a very feminine and timeless thing," she said. "Growing up, when we'd finish dinner, my aunt would pull out her compact and pull out her lipstick prior to dessert -- it was all very ladylike."

We put Rothenberg's pucker to the test with some of the summer's hottest colors.

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