In 2016-2017 the multi-Tony and Grammy winner Patti LuPone added an extraordinary role to her already stellar career: she performed as Helena Rubinstein in the musical War Paint, based on the 2004 book by Lindy Woodhead which chronicled the long-time rivalry between beauty enterpreneurs Rubinstein and Elizabeth Arden.
This photoshoot by Lauren Klain Carton was published on Vulture to illustrate an interview she had with Jason McHenry: it features backstage pictures, which mean dressing room pictures, which mean cosmetics!
The first products I’ve identified are Take the Day Off, a make-up remover by Clinique, and T. N. Dickinson’s Witch Hazel astringent.
And now the make-up. The products up front are by Make Up For Ever – the super matte loose powder in the round plastic pot and the high-definition pressed powder in the black compact.
The white-cap bottle on the left is MAC 2-in-1 tinted serum from the Lightful C collection.
On the right side of the table there are Make Up For Ever Brow Gel tinted brow groomer, BeneFit Roller Lash mascara, Make Up For Ever Aqua Shadow eyeshadow crayon, Aqua Lip lip liner and Rouge Artist Intense lipstick. There’s also a MAC Pro Longwear Fluidline eye liner.
The picture above also includes a bottle of MAC Studio face and body foundation.
This shot is great: LuPone in full Rubinstein attire, ready to step on stage. The product I’ve spotted here is Schwarzkopf Professional Osis+ hairspray.
Ruth spills the content of her bag on a coffee table, because she wants to make PJ up. She uses one cosmetic in particular – the NARS lipstick.
The sticker bearing the name of the shade on the bottom of the lipstick tube is hard to read, but it’s not difficult to guess it.
In 1998/1999, when the film was produced, there weren’t many red shades in the NARS collection. Five years before, François Nars first marketed his lipsticks to Barneys: the small collection included two reds – Red Lizard (full-powered red) and 
Several bottles of hot pink nail polish by Orly can be seen in a perspex tray at Nail Artisan of Manatee Beach. I think the shade is 
The pink glitter nail polish is by Kleancolor (the shade is likely to be Aurora). This nail polish has been previously seen in 
The manicurists at Nail Artisan of Manatee County use lots of Orly products. The screencap above features a display of the Velvet Dream collection (
In an intermission picture during the episode, rows of Essie and Orly nail polishes can be seen.
Zlata (Franka Potente) wants to get a manicure from Desna (Niecy Nash) and she brings her own nail polish, aptly called 
When the four protagonists get to a yatch anchored at the harbour, they find a “bling ring” on it – bored teenagers who spend their time listening to music and chatting on their mobile phones. When the moms find out one of them has stolen Emily’s iPhone, Melanie empties the teenage girl’s bag.
In the bag there’s a tube of Glossier Boy Brow 
There’s a pump bottle of Aesop Resurrection Aromatique 
There are two tubes of Glossier Balm Dotcom 
The white and pale pink tube with green cap is Rose.
The white and peach pink tube with coral cap is Coconut.
Later in the film, Coconut can be seen in Amelia’s bedroom. The glass pot next to it looks like Nuxe Rêve de Miel 
There’s a spray bottle of Tatcha 
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