Sex Education's Hair and Makeup Artist Shares On-Set Secrets
Exactly What's Inside Each Sex Education Character's Makeup Bag
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Ah, alien-loving, sex-adventure-writing Lily — nobody does out-of-this-world hair and makeup quite like her. Throughout the series, the makeup team used a handful of coloured eye pencils from Shu Uemura, plus the pastel-hued Glisten Cosmetics Wet Liners (£7) in Grape and Strawberry. To create that alabaster-skin effect, Bilverstone used Chanel Vitalumière Ultra-light Skin Perfecting Makeup (£40) and Make Up For Ever Chromatic Mix in White (£15), an oil-based liquid pigment used to shift the tones in complexion products.
Then, there's Lily's hair. Her silver wig for the opening montage of the first episode (where everyone is, erm, you know) was made by Divamp Couture. Otherwise, her hair was styled by hairstylist Kennedy and featured just about every type of string you can imagine and hair clips from Etsy. "Different-coloured string was tied into hair extensions to create [one] look, and the same was done for Lily's finale look using metallic hair string," Bilverstone said. The ears for the same look, she added, were made by MonsterFX Makeup painted in 3ina Silver Eyeshadow.
Lily's finale look was perhaps the most out there, and it was created with 3ina Cream Eyeshadow (£13) topped with iridescent eyeshadow from the Pat McGrath Mothership I: Subliminal Eyeshadow Palette (£120). She finished it off with swipes of Lime Crime Astronomical Volumizing Vegan Mascara (£16) in shades Nebula (a light purple) and 51 (a lime green).