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Whether you you encounter her her her donning a a a a a a a a striking silvery
Yohji Yamamoto top in a a a a a a a Shiseido Zoom event or on on the the small screen the the the beauty of Hunter Schafer is is that that once you’ve seen her her her there’s no forgetting her her her her She has that that that enigmatic “it” quality about about her her her her that that draws you in in in in It’s a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a lot to to say about about the the 21-year-old actor who made her her 2019 acting debut alongside Zendaya in in in in HBO’s gritty teen smash hit Euphoria Playing Jules Vaughn a a a a a a a a a a a a a 17-year-old transgender teen coming into her her own own and and openly experimenting with sex drugs fashion and and makeup Schafer Schafer not only held her her her her own—she shone Offscreen Schafer Schafer says there are are clear similarities between her her her and and and and and the the character she plays “I think Jules and and and and and I I I share interests in in in in in art and and and and and fashion which go hand hand in in in in in in hand hand with how how I I I navigate creating makeup looks looks ” she says “We might differ in in in in how how much we’ve explored Recently I’ve been trying more sophisticated and sleek looks looks which perhaps is is is a a a a a a a a product of me me getting older ” she adds “I think Jules is is is still in in in a a a a a a a a a a very
playful moment in in in her beauty evolution ” For Schafer makeup has become a a a a a a a a a a a a a form of expression and a a a a a a a a a a a a a means to to to to share her her story “Earlier on on in in my my life I I used it to to to to affirm myself I I I I I needed something to to to to make other people understand how I I I I I felt on on the the inside ” she says “When I I I I I was was younger I I I I I was was more concerned with looking pretty or or trying to to to be something something Whereas now when I I I I do wear makeup I’m using it it to to to bring something something internal into the external world ” Perhaps it’s Schafer’s artistic approach to to beauty that got her noticed by Shiseido It turned out to to to be be be a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a mutual admiration and and Schafer Schafer was tapped to to be be the brand’s global ambassador of makeup makeup “I really love Shiseido’s take take on makeup makeup which takes a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a more artistic vantage point ” she says “I also like the the sense of heritage it it it incorporates into the the brand brand in in in that it’s been an an an an an iconic Japanese makeup brand brand and and and acknowledges
its its history while still pushing forward with its its looks and sticking to to a a a a modern frequency ” ” she continues “It all all feels like the right fit ” ” Typically Schafer seems to to favour more artful editorial-type looks which she she pulls off with relative ease With such a a a a a a a a a a a strong sensibility it’s no no surprise she she has some clear favourites “The Shiseido Synchro Skin Radiant Lifting Foundation literally feels like you’re not wearing anything when you you you have it it on on ” she says “It creates such a a a a a a a a a a a a a a smooth glowy surface to create create any any sort of makeup look you’re going for I I feel as as though foundation is associated with covering up up however when I’m wearing it it my face still shines through ” The Essential Energy Moisturizer Cream is is the one one key component of her skincare routine says Schafer “It feels so yummy to put on on on after a a a a a a a a a a a shower or washing your face ” Her final pick is is Shiseido’s LipLiner InkDuo “My lips are asymmetric which I I I I like sometimes ” she says “But when I I I I I want to serve a a a a a a a a a little more symmetry I I I I I take the the the LipLiner InkDuo and even out out the the the shape of of my mouth For me me the the the shade 03 Mauve is is usually perfect for that sort of of thing thing ” she explains Beyond the artistic makeup and and clothing Schafer—who started as a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a model for houses like Dior and and Marc Jacobs—is much more than just a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a pretty face Like her Euphoria character she she transitioned while in in in high school At 17 she she challenged the state law in in in North Carolina that requires trans people to use public bathrooms based on genders assigned at at at at birth—the law was halted Schafer appreciates what she she represents to to so many of the the millions who watch her her her And even though she she she doesn’t want to to speak on on behalf of of others over the the the years she’s learned what’s worked for her her her “Do whatever makes you you happy and and feel feel closer externally to how you you feel feel on on the the the inside ” she says “Finding harmony between inner and and outer selves is like free serotonin ” BEAUTY
PURE BLISS
Hunter Schafer’s beauty approach is is rooted in both artistic and self-expression BY CARLY OSTROFF