At the First Allure x Netflix Event, 4 Hair and Makeup Pros Talk Diversity in Hollywood
glamour.comAllure and Netflix hosted a conversation at The Allure Store celebrating working behind the scenes — the hair and makeup professionals who work on actors on set as well as before the red carpet.
The event highlighted industry veterans (Kerry Washington's hairstyle on the Netflix film The School For Good and Evil), (Zoe Saldaña's hairstylist on the Netflix series From Scratch ), (a makeup artist on the Netflix film Bardo), (a makeup artist for talent press appearances, including Janelle Monae's events for the upcoming Netflix film Glass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery).
From left: Lucy Betancourt, Linda Villalobos, Terry Hunt, Jessica Smalls, Jessica Cruel The panel, which I moderated focused on the skill and creativity needed to create the looks we admire in film and television today.
Speaking about her work on Bardo — a film about a Mexican journalist and documentary filmmaker returning to his home country, which will premiere on December 23 — Betancourt explained, "We had over 1000 extras to prepare for one scene." Betancourt collaborated with the costume designer to make sure 50 of the people on set were close-up ready but still had to coordinate a large team to do makeup for everyone involved.
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