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Which brings me to its eye makeup.
Like the show itself, the eye makeup onEuphoriais unhinged and gorgeous.
Ive never seen anything like it, and I think about it eight times per day.
Moreover, are we supposed to believe that teens on drugs are capable of performing such elaborate makeup routines?
And most importantly: Could I a non-teen with extremely questionable makeup skills do this eye makeup on myself?
Id be like, Text me with ideas anytime the weekend, the middle of the night.
I wanted them to feel like the decisions being made were authentic and had reasoning behind them.
There were conversations about every single look.
Davy says the biggest challenge was creating an entirely fresh makeup look for every single outfit change.
It was a lot of pressure, staying creatively inspired.
We shot multiple episodes at once, all out of order, never chronologically.
Keeping track of all of that was the ultimate brain scramble.
And Davy confirms: The idea is that the teens are doing the makeup themselves.
But we always wanted to dial in a certain level of unpolished-ness to give it that realism.
Theyre using it to challenge stereotypical gender identities.
Its definitely not just about like being pretty or using makeup in a corrective manner.
Theres so much cheekiness involved.
Theres so much irony and playfulness.
Would Rue really do that?
Does she even know how to put on smudgy black eyeliner and shadow, and draw gold triangles?
Would she even care to do that?
Rues a tomboy and a drug addict, but that doesnt mean she doesnt express herself through makeup.
I wanted them to be sort of sad-clownish, she explains.
However, the gold triangles looked so fantastic that my friends painted them on, too.
Theyre very much about her having the confidence and freedom to express herself.
The red and orange came from aColourPop palette.
Davy sprayed some of the shades with water to help amp up the pigment.
A big part of Jules is fuck the rules, says Davy.
This look was my own personal apocalypse.
Hair, makeup, nails, outfits.
Her makeup looks are the only ones that are supposed to really look professional quality, full-polished.
Maddys also obsessed with drawing on cat-eyes but Davy wanted to confirm each cat-eye was unique.
I didnt want to keep putting her in black eyeliner, she says.
Theyre always pointing outwards.
But the challenge there is the line work.
Its like calligraphy it takes practice just to get those lines nice.
The pep rally look was inspired by photo ofNina Simone an unlikely reference for Maddy, says Davy.
This makeup is supposed to be a costume.
Shes going all out, it goes with her cheerleading outfit.
The important part of this look is it extends to her inner eye, as well, explains Davy.
Traumatized after look two, I immediately began making small concessions.
To preserve my rapidly waning skin elasticity, I usedStila Glitter and Glow liquid eyeshadowrather than eyeshadow AND glitter.
At this point, my eyes were rubbed raw from eye makeup remover.
Rather than continue to torture myself, I bravely sent myself to work wearing nail crystals on my face.
The reactions were mixed.
A woman on the phone in the hallway stopped talking for a solid ten seconds when she saw me.
Hunter noticed nothing different at first, then said I looked like I was going to aMidsommarevent.
Tara saw me in the bathroom and silently placed her hands over her mouth.
Jackson said I looked like someone who would carry a tote bag of drugs.
In other words, I had finally achieved my vision: I looked exactly like a teen fromEuphoria.
