I’m on Euphoria’s hook like a era of Carries, Charlottes, Mirandas, and Samanthas have been on Intercourse and the Metropolis’s—solely as a substitute of Pat Subject’s outfits, it’s Doniella Davy’s make-up I’m taking as bait. As I settle my PJ-ed rear into the sofa on Sunday nights, mentally I’m rubbing my palms collectively like a tiny fruit fly with an evil agenda. What within the glittery heck does Donni assume I ought to draw onto my eyelids subsequent? Her seems for the present really feel like prophecy; I have to tune in to remain abreast of my destiny.
Donni’s start line is at all times the characters’ emotional states. As she advised me again in 2019, she used it to specific Rue and the gang’s “irony, playfulness, rebelliousness, pleasure…” et. al. But additionally, outdoors of the present, this was 2019! The economic system was up, unemployment was down, we as a society have been grinding on one another at music festivals and, after they bought canceled, made entertaining documentaries about their should-have-been-obvious-from-the-onset pitfalls. Summer season 2019, when Euphoria season 1 premiered, was crammed with sweaty shenanigans that tumbled recklessly into the autumn; come winter we attended vacation events in rhinestone eye seems and made hopeful plans for the brand new 12 months. And simply when it appeared just like the development was reaching max saturation—actually, one other style week runway impressed by Donni’s glitter tears?!—all the pieces modified.
In 2022, we lastly get Euphoria’s long-awaited second season. Donni describes the brand new chapter as having a “darker subject material” and “distinctly totally different cinematic aesthetic.” However so too does our post-COVID world, no? I bought a hunch that no matter tips Donni had up her sleeve would form the subsequent calendar 12 months (no less than!) of magnificence. And in contrast to what the Oracle of Delphi or a Pete Davidson-era Ariana Grande would have you ever consider, prophets are principally simply detail-oriented development forecasters.
To put the groundwork, Donni begins by trolling Tiktok and Instagram for Euphoria-inspired make-up. Similar to you do! Even she’s bought to confess, Gen-Z is aware of their means round a bathtub of rhinestones.
However whereas your interrogation may finish after sharing that cat eye tutorial with a pal (“We’ve to do this look,” you’ll sort, then wash it down the iMessage drain with a meme and overlook about it), Donni’s is simply starting. “The work I do on Euphoria is continually on my thoughts, and I don’t wish to repeat or attempt to outdo myself,” she tells ITG. Earlier than going into season 2, she laid out a complete temper board: mish-mashed collectively are A Clockwork Orange-esque spiky lashes, 60s mod liner, bruise-y smudges, and shimmering watercolor-effect pastels. Inspiration strikes from classic pictures and digital creators alike. Plus, she’s additionally bought an archive of never-before-seen authentic seems to tug from. Whereas quarantining in LA, doing her personal make-up saved the artistic juices flowing—then, as soon as she put down her brushes, she’d have a look within the mirror and assess. Some seems went straight to Instagram, which Donni is first to confess was a leap outdoors her consolation zone. Others become unique Face Lace designs, and the remainder have been filed away as season 2 references. “Typically once I would do a glance, I’d take into account which Euphoria character may put on one thing comparable,” she explains.
Season 1 mentioned glitter, rhinestones, daring colours, graphic shapes. Although solely a pair episodes are out to this point, Donni reveals season 2’s going to be much more minimalist. It feels proper for the bizarre spot between wanting to point out up for a return to in-person occasions, the hominess we’re used to, and the looming chance of a last-minute cancellation. “But it surely’s me, so my model of minimalism is a bit…heightened.” She trades within the huge sparklers for shrunken variations (“tiny rhinies”) and high-quality grain glitter. Lots of the attention seems take up house not on the huge prime lid however the backside, which an optimistic New York realtor would name greater than you assume. Donni notes that decrease lash adornments could also be a bit much less typical, however are literally extra inclusive for folk at residence attempting to comply with alongside. “What I really like about adorning the decrease lash line is that you just don’t have to fret about your eyelid sort not with the ability to accommodate the look,” she explains. “For these with hooded eyes, something that accentuates the decrease lash line is tremendous seen.”
One other development it’s best to get able to experience? Graphic liner. “Incorporating shapes in uncommon locations across the eye is a very enjoyable approach to play with it,” says Donni, “and it doesn’t at all times should be about tremendous skinny strains.” Whereas she insists her solely concern with Jules’ New Years bonfire liner (which actor Hunter Shafer known as her “mermaid purse” eyes) was the script’s emotion, I’ve bought to place my cash on comparable barbed shapes catching on. So I requested Donni her favourite methods to attain it: gel pot liners from Chanel and Inglot, skinny, flat liner brushes from Spectrum, Bdellium and MAC, and pointed Q-tips. “I couldn’t do winged liner with out them to scrub up and excellent my line work.” See? It’s like she learn your thoughts.
—Ali Oshinsky
Photograph by way of HBOMax
