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Whenever I hear someone say they haven't watched Euphoria yet, I think to myself: "Bitch, you better be joking."
I'm kidding! But in all seriousness, when I tune in each week to watch, I'm not only amazed at how smart and well-written the storyline is — but also how impactful the makeup and style looks in the show are.
In Season 1, viewers saw plenty of glittery, colorful, and bold makeup looks — an aesthetic that Euphoria quickly became known for. However, in a recent BuzzFeed interview with Euphoria's makeup designer and department head, Doniella Davy, she revealed that the makeup looks had to be completely different in Season 2 compared to Season 1.
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"Sam Levinson said to me, 'I don’t want Euphoria makeup," Doniella told BuzzFeed. "Ultimately, it was a really good thing because I also wasn’t trying to repeat what I did already — even though some people wanted that."
Despite the shakeup of beauty looks between the two seasons, one character's makeup look remained largely the same: Maddy Perez's winged eyeliner. For those unfamiliar with the show, Alexa Demie plays Maddy — the confident, don't-get-on-her-bad-side character.
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For a little Maddy trivia: the character's makeup looks were inspired by how Alexa wears her makeup in real life. "Alexa came in and had these ideas of what she wanted to do and I helped her execute it," Doniella told BuzzFeed.
Maddy's liner is not your average little flick of a wing at the end of her eyelids. Her character's liner is razor-sharp and exaggerated — and it occasionally has an added element to elevate it even more.
Since we're nearing the end of Season 2, I was inspired to learn and attempt to recreate Maddy's dramatic sharp wing on myself — with the help of a recent tutorial Doniella posted on her Instagram.
The tutorial recreated the double wing Maddy is seen wearing in the third episode of this season. Here's how my attempt went!
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To set myself up for success, I kept makeup remover and a few Q-Tips handy.
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When Doniella's tutorial begins, she is seen with one of the wings already drawn, and she's sharpening it with a pointed Q-Tip. So I first drew the same thin straight line that I saw her wearing.
I have hooded eyes so my trick is to look straight in the mirror, follow the line of my eye, and make a few thin strokes of liner at the outer corner.
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Next was creating the second line — cue the panic here. 🥴 Doniella said to create a few small dots to sketch out the second line, starting at the outer corner of the eye. My first attempt at the second line was... a disaster. So I grabbed a Q-Tip and wiped away that sad, crooked line. My confused face here says it all.
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"Remember to breathe!" Donni says in the video, which was a needed reminder because I'm guilty of holding my breath anytime I work with liquid liner.
My second attempt was an improvement! 🎉
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Next, Donni instructed to draw a very thin line in the inner corner of the eye to elongate the eyes. She made this step look too easy because I poked myself in the eye a few times and had to grab tissues to dry my tears. Finally, after a few tries I was pleased with the — somewhat — thin line I drew there. An interesting tip that I learned from Donni about this step is the reason why she wasn't instructing to draw any liner on the middle part of the upper lash line is because this look is about elongating the eyes, not lifting them.
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One of the last steps before mascara was to draw tiny dots along the lower lash line which adds dimension and creates the illusion of fullness in the lashes, according to Donni. I did just that before applying mascara to my upper and lower lashes.
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Here's the final look!
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