Hey, Upper East Siders. Gossip Girl here — and I’ve got the inside scoop on the show’s reboot makeup looks.
They’re exactly how you would picture them to be: cool-girl aesthetic that’s dripping in the same class of all the beloved characters from the original show, just more Gen Z-approved.
And it makes sense, considering that Amy Tagliamonti, the makeup department head, told InStyle that mirroring the original characters’ clean and fresh looks that she created on your favorite Constance girls back in 2008 was important to her.
“I am still aiming for a clean, consistently beautiful look for everyone. Like before and definitely now, Gossip Girl is a show that is filled with heightened reality,” she tells us. “I think the makeup gets to be a part of that.”
While Tagliamonti’s goal was to maintain that similar elevated “no, makeup makeup” look seen on the original characters, she wanted to give the characters more modernized drama — given the evolution of makeup trends in the age of TikTok and YouTube beauty tutorials.
“The makeup on this new version is darker or bolder at times which differs from the original,” she explains. “The new cast and their characters offer a new opportunity to continue playing and pushing with makeup.”
