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….As for Moore’s glam squad the day-of? Makeup artist Sherri Laurence, who works on the beauty for the cast of Pose, used Pat McGrath products to create the high-drama look. She nodded to the campy film Clockwork Orange with a golden half-face mask, applied overtop Moore’s right eye, using meta feathers and pieces of clock gear. She then accentuated it with a golden pigment on her lids, and a bold red lip to match her shoes and earring.

A major part of Pose is obviously ball culture, which calls for some serious looks as the characters compete against each other in each category for trophies. The Pose makeup team truly showed out with the artistry this season. You can tell that a lot of thought, research, and time was put into making sure these looks fit with the era and made sense with ball culture. If you don't believe me, just ask the folks at the Emmys — the show was nominated for an Emmy this year for Outstanding Makeup for a Single-Camera Series.

ALLURE: How has the makeup your team has done for Pose differed from other shows you’ve worked on?

SL: "First, I need to give a huge shout-out to our team Nicky Pattison Illum, Chris Milone, Deja Smith, Jessica Padilla, and countless others who help make this show amazing to work on — it’s an honor to work with them. Being a period show, there is a lot more research involved in making sure you get the periods and styles right for each particular character. Also, Pose is based on the ballroom community of that era and we wanted to make sure that we were honoring those communities and categories in the balls authentically.

ALLURE: What was your favorite look from season two to create?SL: "We are lucky to be able to create so many glamorous looks for the cast, but some iconic looks from this season would be the walkers for the Black and White Old Hollywood category, Elektra’s Marie Antoinette, as well as all of her Hellfire dominatrix looks. Eros ball for Elektra and Blanca, Candy’s stripper and resurrection looks, all the 'Mother of the Year' looks, the Other Wordly Bizarre Ball with the galactic zipper face and cloud face, Angel's photoshoot looks, Blanca’s finale look, Lulu’s dominatrix look, Angel's photoshoot looks, and nightlife looks."

TV has no shortage of series that rely on massive explosions, fire-breathing dragons and mystical creatures. But many of the most impressive special effects on TV today are happening in the hair and makeup departments of shows such as “Pose,” “This Is Us” and “The Man in the High Castle.”

In the real-life fantasy world of “Pose,” the looks are fierce. But makeup department head Sherri Berman Laurence says her job is bigger than just making the actors look glam.“We have to get the period right, and within that period there’s the ballroom community, and within the balls there are even different categories,” she says. “We wanted to do that justice and authentically.”

ON SET: SHERRI LAURENCE + POSE

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