To create Bardot's look, start with flawlessly matte skin. A good makeup primer that both smooths and mattifies like L'Oreal's Studio Secrets Magic Perfecting Base. I like a matte finish foundation like a mineral powder or a liquid foundation with a matte finish. If your foundation tends to be more dewy, just make sure to sweep some pressed powder across the face to get that matte finish. Then sweep a soft layer of a sheer brighter tone blush across the apples of the cheeks. I love a fabulous sheer fuchsia blush like NARS Mata Hari or a bright but sheer coral rose shade like NARS Taos.
Next, groom the brows. Bardot had that stronger full brow that is hot this season. If your brows are sparse, use an angled brush with some powder brow filler like Anastasia's Brow Powder Duo. The powder brow fillers are much softer and natural-looking than pencils. Then apply a good eyeshadow primer to the entire lid and brow bone. I like Benefit's Stay Don't Stray because it has more of a neutral cast and a nice liquid texture that doesn't feel too heavy or cakey. Kat Von D also makes a good one, which has a slightly warmer cast.
Next use a big fluffy shadow brush to apply a matte light beige eyeshadow about one shade darker than your natural skintone. For fair to medium complexions, Stila Dune is perfect. Apply and blend the shadow from the lashline to the brow. Next, you need another matte beige/taupe eyeshadow about another shade darker than your base for your contrast shade. The key here is to keep the overall look very light. Stila Puppy is a good one. Then use a small stiff angled lining brush to line beneath the eye 3/4 around (just at the end of the iris is perfect) with a dark matte brown shade. I suggest something in a warmer brown with some reddish undertones like NARS New York if you happen to have it, but sadly they don't make it anymore. Illamasqua's Jules eyeshadow is very similar, and it has a rich velvety texture similar to NARS eyeshadows. Use your brush to blend your line slightly to make it soft and smoky.
Next use a very thin and small liquid liner brush like MAC's #210 Precise Eye Liner Brush to apply a this black line of a gel eyeliner like Stila's Smudge Pot or MAC's Fluidline. If you're squeamish about using black, then charcoal is a nice softer choice. Using the small brush and pot of gel liner will be much easier to control than a traditional liquid liner, especially because you have control of how much product you put on the brush at once. I suggest using a very tiny bit of gel at a time and connect the dots along the lash line instead of trying to create one straight line, which is almost impossible. Bardot typically wore eyeliner in medium thickness with a slight curved wing at the corner. The trick to doing the wing and making it look flawless and modern is to start with you brush slightly extended out and upward form the corner of the eye and draw the brush inward rather than outward. It's much easier. Also, if you can anchor your elbow against the mirror while you're applying liner, you'll have a steadier hand. Finish with a good volumizing mascara. Fusion Beauty's LashFusion XL is a good volumizing mascara that won't clump.
Finish your look with a matte honey/caramel lipstick. First, line the lips with a nude lipliner like Hourglass Trace Lip Liner in Bare. For warmer skintones like Bardot's, a medium caramel like MAKE UP FOR EVER's Rouge Artist Intense lipstick in #25 (satin caramel) is perfect. For cooler skintones, a more pinkish medium honey shade like NARS Blonde Venus is lovely. And voila!
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