Everyone has been buzzing about Nicole Kidman’s makeup malfunction last night at the New York Premiere of her new movie, “Nine.” The story even made the front page of Yahoo News! Ok, come on…. Really?? People keep slamming Nicole and her team for not looking in the mirror before hitting the carpet but do you really believe that NOBODY noticed two pounds of powder masking her face before she stepped out her limo. I don’t think so…

While I do not know exactly what happened, this ismy best theory on the “disaster.”

Nicole’s makeup artist probably used a product with large amounts of mica. Mica is highly reflective when subjected to flash photography, and creates the “ghost face” effect we see on Nicole.  Chances are her makeup artist used a mineral powder, since the main ingredient in mineral makeup is, you guessed it, MICA.

Based on the placement of the whiteness, I’m guessing the culprit is probably the powder her makeup artist used to set the foundation. Especially since the majority of the white is under her eyes, and eyes tend to crease the most.

I’m pretty sure it’s not ACTUAL powder because:

a) An A-list celebrity like Nicole has SO many people around them at all times, and there is no chance that not a single person saw the mistake.

b) The severity of the whiteness is different in each picture, depending on the angle.

c) There are other pictures from the event showing Nicole’s face powder free.

One pictures shows the malfuction, while the other displays Nicole powder free!!

I feel soooo bad for her makeup artist!! I can’t even imagine having to do damage control for this mistake.

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