My fellow editors and I watched the 98th Academy Awards with bated breath, absorbing every last fashion and beauty detail with expert eyes. But every fashionphile knows that the best looks are pulled at the after-party, and the star-studded Vanity Fair affair played host to some of our favorite beauty looks of the night. While we layfolk often use celebs as references for special-occasion glam, it seems the stars might do the same. Case in point, Iris Apatow’s fresh, natural spring after-party look—accented by a lush raspberry lip and ruffled dress that feels so Carolyn Bessette Kennedy coded.

You may be familiar with the budding actress’s famous family (her sister Maude Apatow is set to return to the hotly anticipated season three of HBO’s Euphoria in April) or her boyfriend-slash-star of The White Lotus’ third season, Sam Nivola. But Apatow was a scene-stealer at the Vanity Fair Oscars after-party, where her soft, yet statement-making spring glam captured our attention—featuring a never-before-seen Tatcha lip product that I’m giving you a first look at.

Celebrity makeup artist Tami El Sombati worked with Apatow during the waning hours of the show to create her chic, spring-coded glam using Tatcha skincare and makeup products. The secret sauce? Tatcha’s newest addition to its growing lip collection, the Melting Lip Balm, in the soft raspberry shade Reddo.

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Though Sombati said Apatow’s gown was the main driver behind the beauty direction (a Rodarte gown that reminds me so much of a Yohji Yamamoto suit Bessette Kennedy styled in 1999), she deferred to the young actress’s innate knack for beauty. “[Iris] is really in tune with beauty,” Sombati tells Who What Wear. “She wanted to do a bold lip, so we wanted the skin to look really radiant, fresh, and natural as the backdrop.” (Did we mention CBK was also quite fond of a soft red lip and a wispy bun, too?)

Sombati was laser-focused on skin and lip prep before touching Apatow’s face with makeup. “Skin prep is so essential for a red carpet glow that lasts for hours,” she explains. “When there’s a smooth, hydrated base, makeup not only applies better, but looks more seamless and natural,” the makeup artist adds. Her hero lineup included Tatcha’s Luminous Dewy Skin Mist, the Dewy Skin Cream (a WWW editor-favorite), the Kissu Lip Mask, and the just-announced Melting Lip Balm.