Makeup Artist Donni Davy Explains the Intention Behind Euphoria's Iconic Beauty Looks

2 years ago 49

"Euphoria" Season 2: 18 Makeup Looks We LOVE!

We person never, ever been happier to know Donni Davy's Euphoria secrets.

There's nary uncertainty the lead constitution artist of the hit HBO series sparked a quality revolution on the archetypal 2 seasons of the teen drama. Bright purple glitter tears, shadows with antagonistic abstraction hearts and look gems are a fewer examples of Donni's risk-taking.

In an exclusive interrogation with E! News, Donni, who has won two Outstanding Contemporary Makeup (Non-Prosthetic) Emmys for the series, revealed however a character's makeup look blends with the storytelling and drives quality development.

In fact, Donni explained that thing arsenic classic arsenic a reddish lip can hold antithetic meanings for 2 contrasting characters.

"Red lipstick applied successful a accepted 'lipstick' mode however we often spot connected Lexi Howard (Maude Apatow), communicates a benignant of retro, vintage-inspired energy," she described. "Even though it's bold, it's besides 'in the box' and tin springiness preppy glam."

Donni added, "On Euphoria, Lexi's powerfulness articulator shadiness is simply a classical neutral agleam red, but arsenic the 2nd play progresses, we spot her dabbling successful ace vampy darker reds, signaling her idiosyncratic maturation and improvement retired of her comfortableness zone."

Barbie Ferreira, who appeared connected the archetypal 2 seasons of Euphoria arsenic Kat Hernandez, used constitution arsenic an armor, according to Donni.

"Kat wears little retro, classical shades of reddish and switches it up a batch betwixt stains, glosses and darker articulator liners," Donni said, comparing however Kat and Lexi deterioration the aforesaid articulator colour successful dramatically antithetic ways. "Even passim play two, Kat is inactive truly figuring retired her constitution vibe and experimenting with a wide assortment of looks."

As she enactment it, "In play one, her precise archetypal constitution infinitesimal wherever she struts down the hallway, debuting her caller look, included a agleam candy-apple reddish gloss. Red came to caput arsenic a 'dabbling with constitution for the archetypal time, but successful a truly assured way.'"

HBO

Donni, who frequently shares behind-the-scenes Instagram posts astir the show's makeup, noted that galore formed members besides offer suggestions connected their characters' looks.

Along with Barbie and Maude's input, Donni revealed that Alexa Demie (who plays Maddy Perez) "took the pb connected her ain constitution designs."

"She came into the constitution trailer with established and well-thought retired ideas for her looks, with her ain quality backmost stories," Donni wrote on Jan. 10. "(Makeup artist) Alexandra French collaborated w/ Alexa to bring her ideas to life, picking retired colors and textures successful a much understated palette this play than we're utilized to seeing connected Maddy."

Of course, the electrifying quality looks connected some seasons of the amusement person captured audiences to overmuch delight. Not lone has Euphoria constitution taken over societal media trends, but Donni's creativeness has earned her designation successful Hollywood.

Half Magic Beauty

"Thank you @televisionacad truthful freakin overmuch for this grant and designation for champion modern constitution this year!" Donni wrote on Sept. 5, gushing implicit her 2022 Emmy win on Instagram. "This means the satellite to us."

She continued, "Thank you Mom, Dad, sis, hubby and friends for encouraging maine successful my career, knowing wherefore I enactment truthful overmuch and showing maine truthful overmuch love. I'm truthful fortunate to person you each successful my life, and I emotion making you each proud. Thank you to my small babe lad for keeping maine institution successful my belly during play 2."

The 2022 Emmy Awards will aerial connected NBC and watercourse unrecorded for the archetypal clip on Peacock on Sept. 12 astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT.

(E!, NBC and Peacock are each portion of the NBCUniversal family.)

Don't miss E!'s unrecorded 2022 Emmys reddish carpet amusement Monday, Sept. 12, starting astatine 5 p.m. ET/2 p.m. PT followed by the Emmy Awards ceremonial astatine 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT connected NBC and Peacock.

Read Entire Article