Jane Hollander (Anna Camp) wears a Bésame Cosmetics lipstick in Dusty Rose, a true replica of a shade from 1969. This is a very appropriate choice, because the show is set exactly in 1969.
Category Archives: cosmetics in tv shows
Homeland S06E12 (America First)
Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes) puts on a MAC blush (in a peachy pink shade) using a MAC #150 brush.
Her lipstick is a sheer red shade by Smashbox, probably from the Be Legendary collection.
This Life (1996-1997)
One of the protagonists of this short-lived BBC television drama is Anna Forbes (Daniela Nardini), a lawyer who works in London. In this promotional picture, set in her bedroom, she’s putting red lipstick on while holding a mirror compact, which happens to be a Givenchy product.
Used as packaging for several make-up items (powder blush, Le Prisme face powder and powder eyeshadows), this glossy black compact had the brand logo (the four Gs) printed in gold on a green/blue/orange/hot pink backdrop.
Easy S01E07 (Chemistry Read)
Sophie (Gugu Mbatha-Raw) and Annabelle (Jane Adams) are getting ready for their theatre performance. Sophie is using Urban Decay Naked Basics palette for her eye make-up.
Annabelle is not doing her make-up but there are a NARS lipstick and L.A. Looks Mega Mega hairspray on her dressing table.
Z: The Beginning of Everything S01E01 (Pilot)
Red Oaks S03E05 (Paroled)
Fay Getty (Gina Gershon) uses Elizabeth Arden Beautiful Color moisturizing lipstick in a dusty rose shade.
Endeavour S05E02 (Cartouche)
Guilia Gallo is reading an issue of Movies Monthly, which has a Max Factor advert as back cover. Lucille Ball stars in it, introducing new shades of lipstick. While I appreciate the effort, there’s a problem here: the episode is set in the late 1960s, while the advert is from the 1940s. The actress on the magazine cover is Veronique Carlton (Betty Denville), who appears in the episode; from this we know that the magazine is recent and not from 20 years earlier.
Red Oaks S01E07 (Body Swap)
Judy (Jennifer Grey) puts on a red Signature lipstick by Estee Lauder.
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel S01E05 (Doink)
There are some Revlon lipsticks (with the ivory and gold case) on Midge’s counter. On a shelf nearby there’s a Guerlain flacon quadrilobe: impossible to say what scent it contains.
The other make-up products on the counter are by Revlon but I couldn’t identify any of them. Some are original (see the Paint the Town Pink box) but the others seem generic items with the label Revlon on them. I couldn’t find any evidence that Revlon nail polish had ever had those bottles, for example, and the same can be said for the black and red compacts. This leaves me a bit perplexed. If Revlon allowed the production of the tv show to use its name, why didn’t they provide original vintage items?
Room 104 S01E06 (Voyeurs)
The Housekeeper (Dendrie Taylor) finds a lipstick in Room 104. The sticker on the bottom of the rose gold fluted case says the shade is Bitter Love, but it’s actually Love Bite, a bright warm red shade by Charlotte Tilbury.
The Girl (Sarah Hay), who embodies the Housekeeper’s young self, uses the same lipstick.
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