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Big Little Lies S02E06 (The Bad Mother)

Celeste (Nicole Kidman) is getting ready to go to court to fight her custody battle. She’s the only character in the show who’s consistently shown while putting make-up on. I think this is not coincidental: since S01 she’s shown as a trophy wife, a beautiful woman whose only task – according to her abusive husband – is staying beautiful and decorative. By showing her often applying make-up it’s like make-up is the gate through which she can reach her own self, but at the same time it’s a tool she uses to hide her real self, the battered and abused woman who stayed in a violent relationship for her children’s sake.

Among the products in her bathroom there are

Wet n Wild eye make-up remover

Chanel Perfection Lumière Velvet foundation

Charlotte Tilbury Magic foundationCharlotte Tilbury Cheek to Chic blusher

The lipstick she uses is by NARS.

Easy S03E04 (Yes)

Annie (Kate Micucci) is keeping her dating project (saying yes to everyone who asks her out for 30 days) going but getting to know her colleague Lucas better has changed things. She knows he’s the one, but she decides to go on one last date with someone else. While she’s getting ready in her bathroom, among the toiletries, we can see

Batiste dry shampoo

mrsmeyers_radishhandsoap_bornunicornMrs. Meyer’s radish hand soap

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Stranger Things S03E01 (Suzie, Do You Copy?)

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Karen Wheeler (Cara Buono) is a conflicted woman: she cares a lot about her family, even if her marriage is unhappy, but she can barely resist the bad boy charm of Billy Hargrove. He’s invited her at a motel, so in this scene she’s getting ready to join him there.

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The red lipstick she’s applying is Elizabeth Arden Lip Spa.

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The hairspray reflected on the mirror is Rayette Aquanet.

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When she removes her wedding rings, we can see a Christian Dior compact, probably containing eyeshadows.

Pose S02E03 (Butterfly/Cocoon)

pose_s02e03_bornunicorn (2)Angel (Indya Moore) starts her modeling career as face of the Wet ‘n Wild spring 1990 collection. Her pictures are on the shop display and on products too! Even if the brand launched in 1979, the items seen in this episode are from current collections, not from the 1990s. From left to right there are:

wetnwildlipsticks_bornunicornSilk Finish lipsticks

wetnwildglassygloss_bornunicornGlassy Gloss lip gels

wetnwildmegalastnailpolish_bornunicornMegalast nail polishes

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wetnwild6eyeshadowpalette_bornunicorn.jpgTwo types of eyeshadow palette – the classic 8-pan palette and the Coloricon 6-pan ones from the Spring 2015 collection.

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Big Little Lies S02E01 (What Have They Done?)

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marcjacobsenamouredhishinelipgloss_bornunicornRenata Klein (Laura Dern) is being photographed for a Women in Power magazine editorial. She’s posing in her beautiful house and wearing a red lamè dress to show she loves and is proud of her social position. The lipgloss a make-up artist applies on her is from the Enamoured hi-shine gloss lip lacquer line by Marc Jacobs.