2020-01-01_InStyle_Australia

JANUARY 2020 INSTYLE 109

You pored over vintage magazines to help prep for your

role as ’50s 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

t hose hea lt h a nd beaut y blog s told us to eat ka le!’”

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 make-up 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

make-up came from.’ She was seeing what the ideal

woman looked like and was trying to emulate that.”

You just signed on as a Cetaphil spokeswoman. Do you

have any skincare rituals of your own? “ I have rea lly

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

cha nge up my product s ever y f ive mi nutes. And

when I’m working, I wear so much make-up that my

skin is constantly on the verge of being irritated. So

I simplif y. In the morning I use Cetaphil Gentle Skin

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

a lso been seei ng aest het icia n Joa n na Va rga s i n 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 glowy 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 colour a lot lately. “If it ’s for

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

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

Wo ma n. My hair was dyed so dark, I didn’t know how

long it wou ld t a ke to lif t it back. Tr y i ng 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 blonde 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 make-up on.

I’m relatively incognito without the signature

lipstick-dress-heels combo.”

Do you have any 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 learnt

never to do that again.” —DIANNA MAZZONE

1 Vintner’s Daughter Active Botanical Serum, $269.95; at

thelaborganics.com.au 2 Ilia Colour Block High Impact Lipstick

in Grenadine, $43; at mecca.com.au 3 Cetaphil Gentle Skin

Cleanser, $11/250ml; at chemistwarehouse.com.au 4 Olaplex

No. 6 Bond Smoother, $49.95; olaplex.com.au

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2013

Premiere of

Beautiful Creatures,

Hollywood

2014

An evening with WGN

America’s Manhattan,

Beverly Hills

2016

Premiere of

The Finest Hours,

Hollywood

2018

70th Emmy

Awards,

Los Angeles

2019

71st Emmy

Awards,

Los Angeles

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