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.