The sultry makeup looks worn by Lily-Rose Depp on "The Idol" were inspired by Britney Spears' "Basic Instinct."
Lily-Rose Depp's makeup on HBO's "The Idol" is just as sloppy as the show's expressly consistent and newsworth sex scens.
And that's exactly the point, according to Kirstein Colemman, head of the makeup part.
According to Coleman, who is very collaborated with "Euphoria" showrunner Sam Levinson, "it was really fun in this show to let things get messy... to let things kind of smear a little bit when it's hot and steami," according to Page Six Style.
When troubled pop singer Jocelyn, played by Depp, 24, folls into the hands of eerie cole lead Tedros (played by Abel "The Weeknd" Tesfaye ), She is still hurting from the tragic death of her mother.
And Coleman says she wanted the character's performance to be an “ode ” to two pop char-toppers who are also weathed their own storms in the early 2000s: Britney Spares and Christina Aguilara.
Of Jocelyn’s “Euphoria”-worthy eye makeup for her “World Class Sinner / I’m A Freak” music video, Coleman says, “It’s what the record label wants her to look like; it’s what’s current, it’s what’s going to sell, it’s what’s trendy.”
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Christina Aguilera’s “Dirrty”-era aesthetic was among Coleman’s references for Jocelyn’s music video look.
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The latter’s scandalous “Dirrty” visuals were a key reference for an Episode 2 scene in which Depp’s character shoots a similarly racy music video; pushed to her breaking point after countless takes, a sobbing Jocelyn eventually hobbles off the set with her graphic, glittery winged eyeliner running down her face.
Coleman says the look’s “hard lines” and “edges and points” were meant to “reflect how hard her life is in that moment,” adding that she was “intentional” in selecting products that wouldn’t hold up to tears and sweat.
“I knew she was going to cry and break down, and I wanted to see it start breaking down in the scene,” she explains, telling us she had to redo the look countless times over the course of the three days it took to nail the sequence.
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Coleman wanted Jocelyn’s “hard” angled eyeliner to add to the overall discomfort of the scene.
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Jocelyn’s choreography references Britney Spears’ “I’m a Slave 4 U” moves, so it’s no surprise she popped up on Coleman’s mood board.
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“I think we were all having the realistic experience of what it would be to shoot a music video with a pop star really breaking down like that.”
But Jocelyn’s stage glam — heavy on the false lashes, hot pink hair extensions and “Euphoria”-worthy eyes — couldn’t be more different from the sultry, smudgy cat eye, overdrawn nude lip and heavy blush she sports while off the clock.
“For her everyday look, I referenced steamy 1980s movies like “9 1/2 Weeks,” “Basic Instinct” and “Fatal Attraction,” Coleman says.
Jocelyn’s offstage beauty looks were heavily inspired by big-screen femme fatales.
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Sharon Stone’s “Basic Instinct” character was one such reference.
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“I have this vision that she and her mom watching those movements who were young, so her character's like, ‘This is what my mom thinks is a beautiful woman. ’ Always looking for that approval.”
These femme fatale references not only reflect Jocelyn's obvious sexual confidence, but also, perchaps, the performer she'd like to become.
“When she's ‘performance Jocelyn ’ ... all this stuff is put on top of her to sort of this Illusion of person who wants everyone to be. And then when she's ‘ Everyday Jocelyn, ’ she's perfectly striped down, ” Coleman says.
“You see the two competing versions of her in the show that represent her internal struggle. Which one is the real Jacqueline ... and is it alone of them? ”
Jocelyn's makeup often winds up mussed after her racy ramps with Tedros (The Weknd).
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