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The surprising secret behind Meghan's flawless make up

Revealed - by Kelly Baker
  • 25 Feb 2019

She's a newly minted royal bride, but Meghan Markle is not exactly living the high life say friends.

In fact, members of the Duchess of Sussex's inner circle say that Meghan is exceptionally down to earth and hands on in regards to running her own life.

The surprising secret behind Meghan's flawless make up
Image: Getty.

In an interview with People, an unnamed confidante of Meghan's revealed that the former Hollywood actress not only cooks a meal every evening but does her own hair and makeup for the vast majority of the time.

"There’s a false assumption that she lives in some gilded palace with staff and ladies-in-waiting and all these royal perks," the unnamed source was quoted as saying.

"It’s simply not true."

The same person revealed that Meghan and Prince Harry‘s Kensington Palace home of Nottingham Cottage, is not glamorous but "small” and "cosy" – and doesn’t come with the staff outsiders may expect from a royal household.

"Meg cooks for herself and Harry every single day— there’s no chef or butler."

Meghan Markle

The look of love - plus expertly-applied makeup. The expert being Meghan herself.

Image: Getty.

The source also confirmed that Meghan does her own hair and makeup for the most part too.

Yes - she had a makeup artist for her wedding. But otherwise, those looks are all her own. Apparently Meghan even paints her own nails!

"She's very self-service," said the friend.

Meghan Markle

That eye shadow though! Rich smoky chocolate with a dash of sparkle.

Image: Getty.

It's likely Meghan learned a few tricks of the trade when still starring in the hit series Suits, in which she starred as would-be lawyer Rachel Zane.

She's worked with many makeup artists during her time as an actress and has also shown herself to be a dab hand at applying her own makeup, even sharing tips and tricks to Instagram back when she still had an account. Sadly, royal duties meant the end of any social media so for now we'll just have to assume her unidentified confidante is telling the truth and Meghan is whipping up her gorgeous looks all by herself.

Meghan Markle and Prince Harry

Cheeks to die for - thanks to gorgeous highlighter.

Image: Getty.

Whoever is doing her hair and makeup (and we believe it is Meghan) they're doing an amazing job.

The mama-to-be is looking stunning and we imagine she'll only continue to improve when her little one arrives on the scene.

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Kelly Baker
Kelly Baker has been a beauty director for more years than she cares to mention. She loves mascara (but not the clumpy kind) and has spent much of her life hunting down the perfect red lipstick. She's found it by the way! Kelly loves black eyeliner but is yet to master the cat eye. She has hope though - one day she will crack it.

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