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This article was originally published in August 2023
Taylor Swift has been breaking records with the Eras Tour, a tour that takes you on Swift’s 17-year musical journey and delivers 44 songs in 3 hours. Not only has it broken attendance records, but it’s projected to become the highest-grossing tour of all time. Ticketmaster couldn’t keep up with the massive demand, which led to crashes and website outages. In August 2023, Taylor performed six sold-out shows at the Los Angeles SoFi stadium. That’s over 70k people each night! According to news outlets, the Eras Tour brought $320 million to the economy of Los Angeles.
In July 2023, CNBC reported that the Eras Tour was set to earn $1 billion in sales, making it the most lucrative tour in the history of music. Taylor even beat The Beatles by becoming the artist with most albums on the Billboard chart history. Needless to say, it’s Taylor’s world and we’re just living in it.
The viral presence of the Eras Tour is inescapable on social media. On Youtube, Instagram and Tik Tok, fans share snippets of the concerts, Taylor’s moments with the audience, and the stadium lighting up like a sea of stars as fans sing along to Taylor’s most iconic songs.
Taylor’s 16 outfits include bejeweled custom suits from Versace, Roberto Cavalli, and Oscar de la Renta. The bedazzled boots, which I couldn’t take my eyes off of, are custom boots from Christian Louboutin.
But besides this, most of us are eager to know her makeup products!
Some of the Eras Tour shows have been done in the pouring rain. The outfits and Taylor’s hair got drenched by the heavy downpour in her Nashville shows, yet her makeup remained intact. The mystery behind Taylor’s makeup caused a commotion on social media. Some people that were at the rainy shows commented that her makeup didn’t budge one bit. So, what’s the secret? What setting spray did she use? Keep on reading!
Nashville-based makeup artist Lorrie Turk has been Taylor’s makeup artist since the beginning, starting with Taylor’s very first music video ‘Our Song’. Lorrie is notorious for not sharing any details of the makeup she uses on Taylor. Over the years, she has shared a few brands here and there, like Nars, but that’s pretty much it.
Taylor Swift was recently named the second richest woman in the history of music by Forbes Magazine (the first one is Rihanna). Could you imagine if Lorrie was constantly sharing the products she used on her? The demand for those products would be beyond overwhelming for the brands.
In 2022, Taylor Swift enlisted the help of A-list celebrity makeup artist Pat McGrath for the filming of Midnight’s ‘Bewejeled’ music video. If you’re not familiar with Pat McGrath, she’s an icon in the makeup industry. Pat is known for her glittery multichrome eyeshadows that will make people stop dead in their tracks.
Someone reported to the celebrity gossip IG account Deuxmoi the complete makeup list that Lorrie “allegedly” used on Taylor for the Eras tour. It should be no surprise that Taylor allegedly used Pat Mcgrath. When Miley Cyrus did her British Vogue cover a few months ago, Pat was also her makeup artist. Miley said that at the end of the shoot, Pat gave her a lifetime supply of her eponymous makeup, so it makes sense that Pat also gifted Taylor her products to use on the tour.
Allure magazine reached out to Lorrie and Pat to verify this information, but neither of them confirmed nor denied it. When I was doing my research on Taylor and Pat McGrath, I found that in November 2022, Pat released the “Taylor-made” kit, which features all the products Pat used on the ‘Bejeweled’ music video.
It’s very clear that every time Taylor goes off stage for breaks, she’s getting her makeup touched up to ensure everything is staying in place. In the film industry, actors are on sets for 12-hour shoots, and makeup artists are there at all times.
Note (2025): After watching Taylor Swift: The End of an Era on Disney +, it’s so cool that we got a sneak peek of Lorrie applying her makeup! Just like I imagined, she’s with Taylor right until the very last second before she goes on stage.
Although we didn’t see what eyeshadow or foundation Lorrie used, at least we were privy to the bulletproof lipstick, lip liner, and setting powder that last through the three-and-a-half-hour shows!
MAC Locked Kiss 24hr Lipstick – Shade: Gutsy
Smashbox Be Legendary Line & Prime Pencil – Shade: True Red
Charlotte Tillbury Airbrush Flawless Finish Refillable Blurring & Setting Powder. We don’t know if she used the shade Fair or Medium, but I own this powder and can confirm that it is the best setting powder on the market.
This is the full list that Lorrie allegedly used on Taylor for the Eras Tour. This list was published in 2023.
According to the anonymous person that tipped DeuxMoi, in most of her shows, she’s wearing the Mothership VII: Divine Rose palette.
In the Eras Tour concert film, there were so many high-quality, close-up shots of her face, and I’m 99.9% sure that she wore the shade Iridescent Pink 003 (upper right), topped with another sparkly shade from the Divine Rose palette.
It looks like on some of the shows, Lorrie switched up the palette. In these photos, it looks like she’s wearing the Mothership X: Moonlit Seduction palette, which is the same palette she wore on the ‘Bejeweled’ music video, as well as on the MTV VMA’s. The shimmer in her eyes is definitely a metallic shade.
Taylor after the Eras show in New Jersey with actor Miles Teller’s wife, Keleigh. As you can see, her makeup looks flawless. The wonders of having a makeup artist in tow!
If you want to know what other lipsticks Taylor uses, in the ‘Cruel Summer’ cover photo, she’s wearing the Rare Beauty Lip Souffle in the shade ‘Inspire’
Taylor and Selena have been best friends for over a decade, so I’m sure Taylor gets nice PR packages from Rare Beauty all the time!
In 2024, Lorrie shared an Instagram caption with Taylor’s favorite shade from Nars, Morocco. As expected, the shade sold out that day. If only one could be a fly on the wall to take a peek into her makeup bag…
Read my review of The Eras Tour concert film here!
Read “A Guide to Nashville, TN (Taylor’s Version)” here.
