Makeup artist Rachel Goodwin: “The early disco era has always been an inspiration to me, I love the reflective textures and bold colors. Most of all I just adore how the make up style from that time was bold and meant to be obvious, worn more as a statement than just a natural enhancement.”
Rachel Goodwin: “This whole shoot was very late seventies inspired so for the make up I referenced one of my all time favorite movies, Adrian Lyne’s . This make up was meant to be a little bit rebellious like the girls in the film, and rebellious make up is always sexy to me.”
“I’m more dedicated to skincare than I am to makeup. Being on set and in front of the cameras, I’ve really learned the importance of taking care of what you have.”
Townsend: I loved the idea of Gillian as 1970s character so I kept her soft and did not use any products in her damp hair, I just blew her hair out with a round brush and set the top sections in large barrel curls, my favorite way to get lift at the roots but not too much bend on the ends is to take a 3 inch section of hair and run a flat iron over it and then wrap the section around 3 of my fingers creating barrel curl. Secure the section with a clip and let cool for about 10 to 15 minutes and then take the clips out. To get some texture into the hair I used .
Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Rachel Goodwin. Manicure: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Written By: Beauty Girl. Jacket: Victoria’s Secret. Slip: Eres. Shoes: Sergio Rossi.
6 Picks with Gillian Jacobs
. “I’ve definitely made myself cry on more than one occasion trying to curl my eyelashes with a conventional curler. This wand keeps them curled all day, and I’m not ripping out my eyelashes anymore.”
. “I’m really fair-skinned and live in LA but I hate applying liquid sunscreen. People think I’m crazy when I whip out this brush, but I’m fine with that.”
. “I’m obsessed with this! It’s a great way to completely remove all your makeup at night.”
Christine Chin products. “She’s my facialist in New York and I use her moisturizer during the day and her lotion at night. They’re both really lightweight, and leave my skin soft and supple, not greasy.”
“Culdesac” by Childish Gambino/Donald Glover. “I’m a groupie, he’s my castmate, what more can I say?”
Brigitte Bardot in Contempt. “I wanted to be her for Halloween—or maybe just be her period.”
Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Rachel Goodwin. Manicure: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Written By: Beauty Girl.
I’m a huge fan of the show Community so when I had the chance to meet and work with the stunning and hilarious Gillian Jacobs I jumped at the opportunity. When Gillian arrived at our photo shoot, it immediately felt like a group of friends hanging out and having fun while taking some drop dead gorgeous photos. I kept Gillian’s hair on the natural side with a bit of a ’70s influence while makeup artist Rachel Goodwin did what she does best: GORGEOUS glowing skin and a serious red lip. Check out this behind-the-scenes video to see more of the fun and looks we had with Gillian!
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Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Rachel Goodwin. Manicure: Debbie Leavitt. Art Director: Frank Rust. Behind the Scenes: Tom Rollason. Song: .
As Britta Perry, the consummate East Coaster on NBC’s Community, Gillian Jacobs struggles with her pronunciation of everyone’s favorite carb—insisting that in New York, where she’s lived, they’re called “bag-els” not “bay-gels.” Correcting pronunciation comes naturally for Jacobs. (Her own name is said with a hard G—like Gilligan—not with a J, like the no-bs-no-carbs trainer, Jillian Michaels.) But having a tacit connection with the goofy, bumbling Gilligan is no problem for Jacobs, who in spite of her formal Julliard training and her modelesque good looks, is an unflinchingly deadpan comedian. “One thing that’s true for both comedy and drama is that you can’t hold onto your vanity very tightly. I have to be willing to look like a fool on a regular basis, and that’s okay with me,” she told us. On the day she shot with us, however, she hardly looked the fool. “I’ve never felt more confident and glam than I did that day,” she said. But rest assured—no matter how we’d asked her to pose, Jacobs would have gone there, gladly—and with hard Gs.
“Being on a photo shoot is pure fun to me. You feel comfortable to put yourself out there and push things an extreme,” Jacobs said. “Plus, I’ve watched enough America’s Next Top Model to know how to act—I can usually get through them without even crying.”
“My natural hair color is a dirty blond, but I was white-blond as a kid. That’s my true hair color—I have a right to be this blond.”
Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Rachel Goodwin. Manicure: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Written By: Beauty Girl. Jacket: Victoria’s Secret. Slip: Eres.
Rachel Goodwin: “When playing up both the eyes and the mouth, keep it from looking harsh by using sheer, see through textures.”
To get this look, Goodwin used Koh Gen Do Aqua foundation in OC-1 and applied Jouer cheek tint in Poppy. She lined the eyes with and used Make Up Forever’s Gold Cream Color for the lids, and finished with . The lip is Nars Lip Gloss in Risky Business.
Jacobs has two beauty icons: “Brigitte Bardot for her hyper-femininity with all that hair and all those lips and all those curves. And Tilda Swinton, for going out without makeup and throwing it in the face of everyone.”
Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Rachel Goodwin. Manicure: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Written By: Beauty Girl. Jacket: Victoria’s Secret. Slip: Eres. Shoes: Sergio Rossi.
