Which Makeup Makes Maggie Gyllenhaal's Look Best?

December 7, 2008

I spy two very similar looks for Miss Maggie Gyllenhaal . . . I almost wanted to get out my pen and play spot the differences! In a period of about two weeks' time, the actress wore this identical frock but switched it up beauty-wise. Since the clothing's not an issue (and the hair's pretty close as well), let's compare face-to-face. Tell me, do you prefer her more bronzed look and heavier liner on the left or the brighter lips and paler face of the right?

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46 Comments

3 years 4 weeks

She always look 10 years older than her real age. Her eyes are droppy and her mouth and cheeks look like a 50 year old woman. That said, she is a good actor.

buggyslice 4 years 23 weeks

The left.

buggyslice 4 years 23 weeks

The left.

Lunacraft 4 years 23 weeks

I agree. i think it is a lighting issue

RMF587 4 years 23 weeks

I think the lighting in the picture on the right is just awful. She probably looked really similar in person.

Autumns_Elegy 4 years 23 weeks

I don't like either.

Autumns_Elegy 4 years 23 weeks

I don't like either.

ephemeral 4 years 23 weeks

Same look, the second picture has a much brighter flash. That's all.

fifthdaughter 4 years 23 weeks

I think she looks a lot more healthy in the photo on the left.

myystque 4 years 23 weeks

I don't like either that much. The one on the left looks very fake, but in the pic on the right, she looks very washed out. Also, her hair looks messy in one and school-marmish in the other.

La Heidi 4 years 23 weeks

what matters is her red lips but both are good. its only a matter of a pose and lighting on her face. but if both were shot with the same quality i'd choose her natural look that is on the right

sundaygreen 4 years 23 weeks

Her make up looks the same but in the second one the flash is glaring.

POPSUGAR Beauty 4 years 23 weeks

Hi everyone! It's actually two different events – the one on the left is from the launch of the 2008 Duracell Power a Smile campaign at the Children's Museum of Manhattan on December 3 while the photo on the right is from the 4th Annual Focus for Change in support of Witness at Roseland Ballroom on November 20.

pequeña 4 years 23 weeks

I love Maggie! She looks pretty in both pictures but I voted for the one of the left, she looks more polished there. I think the main problem here is the color of the dress, it's not very flattering.

missangelique999 4 years 23 weeks

I think she's gorgeous, she's one of my favs. She and I have similar coloring and I would have to say that she looks better when she plays up her features-eyes, lips. She looks great with red lipstick and dark eyeliner.The neutral color of her attire definitely washes out her skin tone.

missangelique999 4 years 23 weeks

I think she's gorgeous, she's one of my favs. She and I have similar coloring and I would have to say that she looks better when she plays up her features-eyes, lips. She looks great with red lipstick and dark eyeliner. The neutral color of her attire definitely washes out her skin tone.

Karla Sugar 4 years 23 weeks

they look the same, but there's a bigger flash on the right. And her hair isn't quite as coiffed.

aimeeb 4 years 23 weeks

On the left, more polished.

aimeeb 4 years 23 weeks

On the left, more polished.

booglass 4 years 23 weeks

I am going to have to chime in with the same event and look with different lighting crowd.

AllaWallaBalla 4 years 23 weeks

I agree with Kastarte, it looks like the exact same event. The only difference seems to be the lighting.

diesdre 4 years 23 weeks

Maybe is the light, but she looks too undone in the right picture.

pywacket 4 years 23 weeks

If you hadn't said it was from two different events, I would have just thought it was two different photographers. I guess the left one is better than the right, but neither are that great. I know she's the it girl for some reason, but she's awfully frumpy, no?