Toni Topaz is Riverdale [1]'s Pretty Poisons leader, a fierce River Vixen, and one half of what fans call "Choni" [2] (her relationship with Cheryl Blossom [3] . . . obviously). Vanessa Morgan [4], who plays Topaz in the hit CW show, tells POPSUGAR that you can expect a moody new hair change from the character in the series's most mysterious season yet.
"I added purple to my hair," she said. "In the first few episodes, it's kind of subtle. If you go through the season you're going to see more purple in [my hair] with the pink." She explained that her hair pros for the show created the look using a spray for season four's earlier episodes before deciding to use clip-in extensions.
Prior to this change, Morgan's character only had sections of pink in her caramel-coloured curls.
Morgan added that Madeleine Petsch, who plays her love interest on screen, is a source of solid beauty advice IRL. She picked up a genius trick to groom her brows from Petsch: spraying Tri Tri Aerogel Hairspray [5] ($22), a flexible hold hair spray, onto an eyebrow brush before brushing them through.
Read on to learn more about why she loves the Aerogel Hairspray, plus her favourite organic and drugstore products.
The Beauty Tip Vanessa Morgan Stole From Madeleine Petsch
Morgan said that she uses Tri Tri Aerogel Hairspray [6] ($22): "It makes them stay and it makes them bushier and fuller. I don't have full eyebrows at all I have to colour them in because of overplucking when I was younger. It creates that naturally, that trendy full brow right now. That helps make it look thicker at least."
Vanessa Morgan's Favourite Organic Beauty Product
Morgan explained that she recently started working organic makeup into her beauty routine to address the breakouts she'd been experiencing.
"My skin has been so clear for most of my life," she said. "Starting last year, I started breaking out and I was like, 'Is it my birth control? What's causing these breakouts?' I couldn't really pinpoint it . . . I switched to organic and I've really noticed a big difference."
She's been loving products by 100 Percent Pure, particularly the 100 Percent Pure BB Cream [7] ($42).
Her Favourite Drugstore Beauty Products
Morgan explained that three drugstore products are constantly in her beauty rotation: the Dove Sensitive Skin Beauty Bar [8] ($9), a bar soap which has been her go-to for years, the TRESemme Micro Mist Boost Hairspray [9] ($5), a hairspray that dispenses as a light mist and leaves her hair with zero crunch, and the Neutrogena On-The-Spot Acne Spot Treatment [10] ($6), an acne treatment that she relies on when she has no other products.
Neutrogena On-The-Spot Acne Spot Treatment
Neutrogena On-The-Spot Acne Spot Treatment [11] ($6)
TRESemme Micro Mist Boost Hairspray
TRESemme Micro Mist Boost Hairspray [12] ($5)