Bustle chats with makeup artist Amy Tagliamonti about the “Gossip Girl” reboot’s makeup styles and how she crafted different looks for each character.
Beauty Screener And the very 2000s-style beauty product used on set. The original Gossip Girl was just as fun to watch for Serena van der Woodsen and Blair Waldorf’s beauty looks as it was for the juicy drama (personally, I’m still trying to rock headbands like a Constance Billiard High School student). And the Gossip Girl reboot, premiering Thursday, July 8, is staying true to form by delivering just as much beauty inspo. With a new, very Gen Z cast, celeb makeup artist and show department head Amy Tagliamonti — who also worked with the OG characters — decided to experiment more, beauty-wise, this time around. That meant bright, bold colors, shimmery eyeshadows, and smoky liner, all of which fit into the reboot’s overall vibe, which is edgier than the original series. “Eric Damon, the costume designer, doesn’t follow fashion rules,” Tagliamonti tells Bustle. “He’ll mix polka dots with plaid, and it never seems wrong. Things you typically don’t think go together actually do, and I think with makeup we can do that.” With Serena and Blair, Tagliamonti says the leading characters “knew who they were” and had signature looks: Serena’s go-to a fresh face and glossy lip, sometimes dressed up with highlighter and eyeliner, and Blair’s typically a touch of blush on the cheekbones, some mascara, and groomed brows.
