This past weekend, COVERGIRL Janelle Monae celebrated the Fourth of July by bringing down the house during her main stage performance at Essence Music Festival, where she opened up for Prince.

See below for her beauty breakdown from celebrity makeup artist Sam Fine on this red hot look.

Inspiration for the look: "Janelle is known for having great style and wearing classic black/white clothing...and a signature red lip," Fine said.

"It's always my goal to bring something new to each face without changing or challenging the client's personal style," he explained. So, I placed my focus on skin, lashes and lips!"

Face: "Janelle's skin is fantastic, so I used two shades of truBLEND Foundation ($10) - one to highlight the under eye area and the other to match her complexion perfectly! I barely used any powder because truBLEND dries down to a powdery finish and I really wanted to maintain a 'second-skin' effect," the makeup artist said.

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