Odd Beauty Secrets from TV Shows

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Every actress has her own individual makeup bag

Just like the “skin cocktails,” these makeup bags are customized to each actress. It’s mainly to prevent cross-contamination in the products and makeup brushes, but “it also allows actors to have a personal preference when it comes to what we use on them,” says Lljubo-O’Brien. And on the set of “Sons of Anarchy,” almost every character has tattoos the makeup artists have to re-apply every day. “We make sure to keep those separate in each actor’s bag so they don’t get mixed up,” says Anderson.

Some of the products you’ll find in the bags of the “Community” actresses?



• Gillian Jacobs: Skindinavia Setting Spray, $19



• Alison Brie: Blinc Heated Lash Curler, $25, and Blinc Kiss Me Mascara, $24



• Yvette Nicole Brown: Fantasia Olive Hair Polisher Styling Gel with Sparkle Lites, $4.49