It wasn't hard for the cast to see themselves in the characters they were playing. "Everyone came in with an idea of who their character was and what kind of makeup they would wear," makeup department head Katie Middleton says. That was especially true for Duff. "She knows a lot about products and has so many good opinions and ideas."
The vision for Sophie was clear: she was to look naturally beautiful, relaxed, and soft — not too put-together, but also not a hot mess. "I didn't want to go too young with styling," says McClintock. In addition to her signature blond hair, a centre part felt fitting for her character because it "works really well on her and feels current." This meant Cattrall also needed a middle part during the flash-forward scenes. "That was something that Kim and I talked about, like that could be the thing that was like carried through."
Her makeup followed that vibe as well. The quick filming schedule that comes with the territory of sitcoms allowed Middleton to play with her look daily. "We really got to have fun changing the looks and doing something totally different from one episode to the next," she says. "We normally don't have the freedom to do that."