How Does the Women Artistic Swimming Team Keep Their Makeup on Underwater?

The 2024 Paris Olympic artistic swimming team is elite at waterproof makeup. The USA Olympic team — which includes Keana Hunter , Anita Alvarez , Daniella Ramirez , Megumi Field , Jamie Czarkowski , Audrey Kwon , Jacklyn Luu and Calista Liu — proved to master the art of underwater makeup during the Team Technical Routine competition on Monday, August 5. For the competition, the women donned a full beat including foundation, black winged eyeliner, manicured eyebrows and dark red lips.

The athletes slicked their hair back into a bun using Knox Gelatine. Last month, Hunter, 20, Ramirez, 22, and Alvarez, 27, opened up to Vogue about their long-lasting look. “Since the judges and audience are so far away, we like to do a bold black eyeliner with a nice red lipstick,” Alvarez explained, noting that her go-to stain is from Makeup Forever .

“We’re looking for something that will hold up in the water, through happy tears when celebrating on the podium, and everything in between.” The underwater makeup game has come a long way, with artistic swimmers previously using chapstick under their eyeshadow to keep the look in place. “Competition makeup isn’t a big secret like people may think.

We just look for waterproof makeup,” Alvarez told Vogue . When it comes to their hair, Hunter told the outlet their “signature” hairstyle is “a tight braided bun, which needs a lot of hair ties, bobby pins and hairnets.” You have successfully subscribed.

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