InStyle USA - 11.2019

NOVEMBER 2019 InSTYLE  123

Trying never

to play the same

character twice

has given me a

good excuse to

change up my

look a lot.Ó

Y

ou pored over vintage

magazines to help prep for

your role as 1950s housewife-

turned-comedian Midge Maisel.

What was the most ridiculous

story you read? There were

all these advertisements with

doctors promoting cigarettes!

I got so freaked out. The other day I was thinking

about what the equivalent will be 30 years from

now. Probably something really mundane like kale;

we’re all going to be like, “I can’t believe all those

health and beauty blogs told us to eat kale!”

What was the beauty content like? There were quite

a few images of women sleeping with their husbands

next to them, lying in beautiful beds with these

beautiful linens—and all the women had makeup

on. All of them. Unabashedly. And I was like, “That!

That’s where Midge’s routine of waking up in the

middle of the night to put on makeup came from.”

She was seeing what the ideal woman looked like

and trying to emulate that.

You just signed on as a Cetaphil spokesperson. Do

you have any skin-care rituals of your own? I have

really sensitive skin, so I can’t have a 12-step routine

or change up my products every five minutes. And

when I’m working, I wear so much makeup that my

skin is constantly on the verge of being irritated. So I

simplify. In the morning I use Cetaphil Gentle Skin

Cleanser, Vintner’s Daughter serum, and SPF. I’ve

also been seeing aesthetician Joanna Vargas in New

York City for facials. She’s so good; even though her

treatments feel like a total skin reset, they’re still

very gentle and leave my skin glow y and my lymph

nodes drained. Lying in her LED bed is kind of

like meditating with a lot of red lights on. And I’m

sure it’s doing something great for my insides.

You’ve changed your hair color a lot lately. If it’s for

a job, I’ll try anything. But I actually [went back to

my natural blond] recently for a film called I’m Your

Woma n. My hair was dyed so dark, I didn’t know

how long it would take to lift it back. Trying never

to play the same character twice has given me a good

excuse to change up my look a lot.

Midge Maisel’s dark brown hair is such a signature.

Does being blond help you stay incognito?

Definitely. But I think it’s more that I’m walking

around in jeans, sneakers, and a T-shirt with little

to no makeup on. I’m relatively incognito without

the signature lipstick-dress-heels combo.

Do you have beauty regrets? I tend not to believe

in regret in any part of my life. I had a moment where

I really loved raccoon eyeliner when I was, like, 12.

Not a regret, but I have learned never to do that again.

—DIANNA MAZZONE

R AC H E L’ S M U S T- H AV E S

Cetaphil Pro

Dermacontrol Purifying

Clay Mask ($14) and

Gentle Skin Cleanser

($10); target.com.

Ilia Color Block High

Impact Lipstick in

Grenadine, $28;

iliabeauty.com.

Vintner’s

Daughter

Active

Botanical

Serum,

$185;

vintners

daughter

.com.

Olaplex No. 6 Bond

Smoother Reparative

Styling Creme, $28;

sephora.com.