Issue link: http://digital.copcomm.com/i/1123465
34 • THE ARTISAN SPRING 2019 and unblended. Foundations were straight-up matte and a little heavier; not sheer like today, and there were no illuminizers. Of course, as children of the '80s, we love to play in neon and glitter. Season two introduces a new wrestling character for Cherry Bang; Black Magic, played by Sydelle Noel. Liz and Carly envisioned her as a voodoo priestess, and we set out to design what that looked like. Sydelle is beauti- ful and tall. We wanted her look to feel very tribal. We had the idea of wrapping different-colored snakes into her mohawk to lean into the Black Magic idea, which was cool, but we had to consider her wrestling moves—that's one of the biggest challenges on the show. Will the actor be stabbed or punctured by something in their costume or hair? That came into play in a big way with the chicken foot that is woven into the pompadour in the front of her hair and sort of lays on her forehead. It was made of hard plastic, so we sent it out and had a foam chicken foot made, then painted it. It looks real, but it's soft enough so that if it hits her or anyone else, it won't stab or hurt them. There are a million meetings about things like that. At one point when we were developing her look, we were going to paint bones on her legs but that ended up being a mess, and Beth rethought it and made her some tights. We really got to pile on the glitter for her tribal make-up—whole ombre lip that drips down to her chin is done in glitter. The reveal for Black Magic takes place in the episode that was definitely our biggest effort this season and probably for the show overall—"The Good Twin." The entire show was shot with the ladies in their wrestling looks. It was a struggle to keep those looks up for entire shoot days. It took two to three hours every morning for hair, make-up and costumes. Multiplied by six, making all of the background characters' '80s-consistent—and factoring in all that glitter, it was a huge undertaking. We spent a LOT of time together! We have to acknowledge our teams who made it pos- sible for us to pull off everything required for "The Good Twin" episode—and all season. Valerie Jackson, key hair stylist, is the queen of teasing. She can do that like nobody's business. Mishell Chandler, Debbie Pierce, Jason Green, Loretta Nero all brought their hair A game every day. The make-up team of Maurine Burke, Lesa Nielsen, Melissa Buell, Kristina Frisch and all of the day players, we needed every last person and every contribu- tion to pull this off. The question we get asked the most is the one we enjoy answering the most: What's it like to work on GLOW with so many women? The answer is: It's GREAT. It's the best experience we've ever had. You can imagine what the trailer's like with eight hair and make-up people, all of the cast, female show runners—it's like a sorority. It's a slumber party every day, complete with facials, nails and pillow fights. There are constant pranks. It's so much fun. Betty Gilpin gets a touch-up.