The Wednesday Hair-and-Makeup Team Shares Their Go-To Products

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For the hair-and-makeup team behind the Netflix hit series Wednesday, achieving that ghostlike look on the characters is an art. To achieve those perfect dark under-eye circles, Nirvana Jalalvand's pro tip is not applying any product under Jenna Ortega's eyes. "I literally just don't put any product under her eye, and then I just bring the base color up to where her under-eye is, and it creates that illusion of shadow," Jalalvand said. "Once you get rid of the warmth and the skin tone, then it really allows the bluey tones under her eyes to pop out."

For the latest episode of The Who What Wear Podcast, beauty editor Kaitlyn McLintock sits down with Jalalvand and the other Wednesday hair-and-makeup masterminds—Francesco Pegoretti and Lynn Johnston—to discuss their go-to products they used on set, how they drew inspiration from the original black-and-white run of The Addams Family, and more.

For excerpts from their conversation, scroll below.

Were there any standout staple products that you loved using this season?

Nirvana Jalalvand: The Pat McGrath foundation was incredible. Also, the Pat McGrath under-eye powder. I actually just used that all over skin, and it just gave this really beautiful "airbrushed finish" quality to her skin, which I thought worked really well.

Lynn Johnston: We did use a lot of MAC products. We used some Charlotte Tilbury products, Sculpted by Aimee, Glossier, Armani Luminous Silk, of course. Then on the special-effects side, we used some of the Bluebird palettes on the skin, illustrator palettes. The Embryolisse moisturizer is great for just breaking up any makeup if it's a bit cakey during the day. It's great for pulling it back and then working on top of again.