

Jane (Gina Rodriguez) holds two Suave products from the Rosemary+Mint line – the shampoo and the conditioner.
Thanks to Emily for the id.


Jane (Gina Rodriguez) holds two Suave products from the Rosemary+Mint line – the shampoo and the conditioner.
Thanks to Emily for the id.

When Peyton (Ben Platt) finally pays a visit to his former girlfriend Alice (Julia Schlaepfer), we finally get to see her bedroom (beautiful as the rest of her mansion) and her dresser. Unfortunately, it’s just a fleeting moment, but I’ve been able to identify some of the bottles sitting on it.
There are two perfumes with very distinctive bottles. The white one is Tom Ford Soleil Blanc eau de parfum, part of the Private Blend collection, created by Nathalie Gracia-Cetto and launched in 2016. The round bottle is Chanel Chance, possibly the Eau Tendre version, created by Jacques Polge and launched in 2010.
There are also two Moroccanoil products: the pump bottle is the hydrating styling cream, while the spray bottle is Glimmer Shine finishing spray.
Liza (Sutton Foster) is sitting in the make-up trailer on the set of the photoshoot for the Infinitely 21 advertising campaign. Among the several products, I’ve spotted Kérastase K Laque Couture hairspray and Ouai finishing créme.
Debbie (Betty Gilpin) visits Bobby (Kevin Cahoon) in his dressing room because she’s got an offer: she wants to produce the annual AIDS fundraiser he’s organising.

His dressing table is quite busy: on it I’ve spotted Sure deodorant and Aquanet super-hold hairspray.
The silver ball-topped perfume bottle just under Debbie’s wrist is kind of obsessing me: my instinct says it’s by Avon, but I haven’t been able to find any evidence. Any ideas about it?
Bash Howard (Chris Lowell), heir to the Howard Foods business empire and producer of GLOW, is one of my favourite characters of the show, so a scene set in his bathroom was very much welcomed by yours truly, who couldn’t wait to take a look at his beauty products.
First on the left of the marble top, there’s a bottle of Ralph Lauren Polo, the aromatic fragrance created in 1978 by Carlos Benaim. No surprises here: Bash is a flamboyant ring announcer and commentator, but he’s very conservative when it comes to appearances. A relatively traditional eau de toilette like Polo suits his character.

His hairstyle is very distinctive and trendy, so it’s obvious there are lots of styling products. There are two bottles of Vitalis hair tonic and an array of L’Oreal Studio Line items (hairspray, two mousses and gel). The choice of using Studio Line is excellent: this hairstyling line was very popular in the 1980s! I liked using Gelling Curls.


The two hairsprays on Debbie’s dressing table are VO5 Crystal Clear and Aquanet Super Hold (old lettering).
The yellow jar near the hairspray cans is Skin Softener body lotion of Avon Timeless.



There’s a can of Aquanet unscented super-hold hairspray on Bobby’s dressing table. The silver-ish bottle on its left reminds me of Halston perfume, which would be really appropriate, since Bobby has just done a beautiful performance in drag as Liza Minnelli, one of the most famous Halstonettes.


Debbie (Betty Gilpin) keeps VO5 Crystal Clear hairspray and a jar of Noxzema skin cream on her dressing table.

The Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling are having a minute of silence in their dressing room, just before their debut at the Fan-Tan Casino in Las Vegas: they are commemorating the explosion of the NASA space shuttle Challenger, which happened on January 28th, 1986.
On one of the tables in the room there’s a bottle of Clairol Final Net hairspray.


There’s Rayette Aquanet hairspray on Gwen Verdon’s dressing table. In this scene she’s holding a tube of Maybelline Great Lash mascara.
Thanks to my friend Kit for the id.