Amsterdam: Behind-the-Scenes Hair and Makeup Secrets
How the "Amsterdam" Hair and Makeup Teams Depicted 3 Different Decades
3
Taylor-Joy has quite a striking look in the movie that's influenced by the German Aryan look at the time. Her character, Libby, and Malek's character, Tom, who is her husband, are secret members of the Nazi party. The actor has two looks in the film, but both follow a similar protocol. "We wanted to keep her quite clean, sharp, and to the point," says Fischer. This was accomplished by a heavy, chiseled contour to her cheekbones "to give her this really angular look." For her base, they used the Chantecaille Future Skin Foundation in Alabaster ($82), the Armani Beauty A-Contour 21 ($36), and the Dior Forever Natural Powder Bronzer ($48).
Taylor-Joy's eyebrows didn't require any plucking like Robbie's did, as they're already on the thinner side. Fischer emphasized Taylor-Joy's natural lip shape with the Dior Rouge Dior Refillable Lipstick in 999 Velvet ($42).
The two hairstyles Taylor-Joy wore were created with her real hair and saw it pulled back off her face, showing off her bone structure. "She enjoyed her rich lifestyle," McCoy-Bell says, and her hair had to look as such. The most standout look featured intertwining braids that formed a halo on top of her head. "They called it coronet braids at the time — that's like [what] Dorothy Lamour or Barbara Stanwyck wore in the day, but it wasn't hugely mainstream," says McCoy-Bell. To create the braids, they used the Olaplex No. 7 Bonding Oil ($30).