<p class="title">Actor Lupita Nyong'o says she broke down when she wore foundation for the first time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The "Black Panther" star says she cried when her aunt ended up using the shade of foundation that did not compliment her skintone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I wasn't allowed to wear make-up growing up, but when I was about 18, my mother let my aunt give me a makeover. She had lighter skin than me and didn't have my foundation shade.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I actually don't remember my shade existing, or at least I didn't see it. She applied this lighter foundation to my face and just caked it on. I cried," Nyong'o, 35, told InStyle magazine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Oscar-winning actor added she imagined the makeover would be how it is shown in the films but the end result was "far from that".</p>
<p class="title">Actor Lupita Nyong'o says she broke down when she wore foundation for the first time.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The "Black Panther" star says she cried when her aunt ended up using the shade of foundation that did not compliment her skintone.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I wasn't allowed to wear make-up growing up, but when I was about 18, my mother let my aunt give me a makeover. She had lighter skin than me and didn't have my foundation shade.</p>.<p class="bodytext">"I actually don't remember my shade existing, or at least I didn't see it. She applied this lighter foundation to my face and just caked it on. I cried," Nyong'o, 35, told InStyle magazine.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The Oscar-winning actor added she imagined the makeover would be how it is shown in the films but the end result was "far from that".</p>