Category Archives: beauty accessories in movies

Les Filles d’Olfa (2023)

Ichraq Matar is a professional actress who plays the role of Ghofrane Chikhaoui. In the scene above she’s having her make-up done before filming a scene of the documentary.

The make-up artist is applying Chanel Poudre Universelle Libre loose powder on her with a MAC 150S face brush.

Bound (1996)

Violet (Jennifer Tilly) is a woman who is looking for a way out of a dangerous situation: her boyfriend is a money launderer for the mafia, so she wants to make a new life for herself with the help of Corky, her fascinating ex-con neighbour.

Her femme fatale look features dark red lipstick: the one she’s applying in the screencap above is by MAC (old packaging).

The make-up brushes sitting on her mirrored dressing table are by MAC, too.

The squared bottle with black stopper on a glass shelf in the bathroom is a Chanel liquid foundation.

Thanks to Alessandra for submitting this post.

The Apartment (1960)

A very ordinary object – a compact – has got a relevant role in this movie. It belongs to Fran, a charming elevator operator who works at an insurance company where she has got an affair with the influential personnel director Jeff Sheldrake. This object reveals the affair to C.C. Baxter, a lonely bachelor who works at the same company.

It may be ordinary, but it has some peculiarities, for example the fleurs de lys decorations on it.

This is a compact by Volupte, an American brand established in the 1920s. The same shape of the compact and the position of the decorative elements can be seen in a mother-of-pearl version, but the one seen in the film is made of metal.

Another interesting detail is the powder puff inside the compact.

The upper side of the puff reads “Lushus”, an American brand producing deep-pile powder puffs.

Demolition (2015)

Davis has a very busy working life and a very strict daily routine which includes beauty treatments. So it’s not surprising to see many toiletries in his bathroom. D. R. Harris Arlington mahogany shaving bowl is one of them.

On the washbasin counter there are more beauty items:

Sensodyne Original Flavor toothpaste

Tweezerman slanted tweezers in Midnight Sky Black

Pecksniff’s Almond & Shea moisturising hand and body lotion and nourishing hand wash in a metal rack

Baxter of California invigorating body wash in Flora and Cassis

The High Note (2020)

Maggie (Dakota Johnson) is holding Harry Josh Pro Tools Pro Dryer 2000.

In the cabinet there are some toiletries (from top left to bottom right)

Vaseline Men Extra Strenght body lotion

Degree Men Extreme DrySpray antiperspirant deodorant

Noxzema Ultimate Clear anti-blemish pads

Screencap and Degree deodorant id source.

Thanks to Emily for the other ids.

River of Grass (1994)

clinique_7thdayscrubcream_bornunicorn.jpgIn Cozy’s bathroom there are a can of Aquanet unscented super-hold hairspray and a jar of Clinique 7th-day scrub cream.

The jar with pink cap is a Christian Dior skincare product, probably the Hydra-Star moisturizer or a cream from the original Capture line. The two jars between the hairspray and the scrub are – I’m pretty sure – Estee Lauder products.

She uses a Maybelline eyelash curler.

 

Gloria Bell (2018)

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foreolunamini2_bornunicornWhile Gloria (Julianne Moore) is doing the laundry in the washbasin, we can see some products she has in her bathroom. There’s the facial massager Foreo Luna Mini 2 in Mint.

haskmonoicoconutdryshampoo_bornunicornThere are also three haircare products by Hask. The tall peach spray can is Monoi Coconut dry shampoo.

haskkeratinproteinspray_bornunicornThere’s Keratin Protein flash blow-dry spray.

haskhawaiianseasaltspray_bornunicornAnd Hawaiian Sea Salt Makin’ Waves texture spray.