Barbie Movie Hair and Makeup: Behind the Scenes
7 Juicy Beauty Details to Look Out For When Watching "Barbie"
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"Everything was designed to be like the new doll that comes in a box."
The number of hair and makeup changes in the film is unprecedented and posed quite a challenge, but Primorac found it fun. "There's more than 12 changes before the credits stopped rolling," she says. Each time the characters changed looks, every last detail needed to be modified. "There were complete changes in everything — of the length of hair, of styles, of accessories," Primorac says. "Everything was designed to be like the new doll that comes in a box."
Most times in film, continuity and consistency in a character's image are of the utmost importance, but with "Barbie," all of those rules went out the window. "It was great fun to know that she goes to bed with her nice long hair and she wakes up with short hair," she says.