

As its costume designer Heidi Bivens, whose work on the show has earned her two Emmy nominations, told me, “It’s not for kids.” The show’s look-sparkling makeup, skater comfort and revealing, early 2000s-ish outfits-is smack in the middle of the zeitgeist right now. And it’s not just teenagers discovering poetry in the series’s inventive, color-saturated universe. Others are able to look past the graphic nature of “Euphoria” to find aesthetic inspiration. Many people I know, especially parents, find the show too extreme to watch, whether they see it as stark reality or frightening fantasy. Euphoria's makeup artist Donni Davy shares the signature products of the main characters Rue, Jules, Maddy, Lexi, Cassie, and Kat played by actresses including Zendaya, Barbie Ferreira, and Hunter. The Drug Abuse Resistance Education program, or D.A.R.E., recently released a statement saying that “Euphoria” glorifies destructive behavior.


The conservative Parents Television and Media Council has issued warnings about the show’s content and is gathering signatures for a petition against it.
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Since the series debuted in 2019, multiple articles have referred to it as a “parents’ worst nightmare” for its graphic scenes of drug use, sex and violence. And to make it a true Euphoria makeup look, stick a gemstone in. Few shows on television today ignite more generational anxiety than “Euphoria,” the high-school drama currently in its second season on HBO. Pack light-blue eyeshadow in the inner corner of your eye with a flat shader brush, then run the brush along your lower lashline.
