Jane Fonda, while discussing the significance of Grace and Frankie, said, “A lot of older women say to me and to Lily, ‘You know, you gave me hope. I can now see that there could be a future.”
After seven years of chronicling the later-life friendship between Fonda’s Grace and Tomlin’s Frankie—beginning with the day their long-term husbands left them for one another—the final episodes are now available to watch on Netflix (and take note: it’s the company’s longest-running original series ever).
Needless to say, there’s much that’s aspirational about Grace and Frankie. As Fonda said, “I think one of the reasons that people like the show is that it’s really easy on the eye.”
There are the picturesque California settings, such as the seaside San Diego home. There’s their style, which is unmistakably a nod to TikTok’s obsession with the seaside grandma look. There’s also their distinct, yet timeless beauty aesthetics: Grace favors traditional and elegant looks, while Frankie favors earthy and bohemian looks. We spoke with Fonda and Tomlin’s glam squads about their respective beauty philosophies—as well as the hair and makeup tricks behind their distinctive looks this season.
David De Leon Fonda’s makeup artist explained, “Grace was the owner of a cosmetic company so she had a working knowledge of beauty and was always polished and pulled together,”
According to the pro, the big difference this season was Grace embracing her natural silver hair color. He added, “I adjusted her makeup tones to harmonize with her new hair color,”
“A slightly lighter base color and cooler neutral tones in the lips, cheeks, and eyes.”
He focused most on the eyes, smudging lids with cool smoky tones of pewter and gray with a little bit of warm peach tones “to bring out the blue in her eyes.”
The heavy coating of mascara and false lashes were added to “really make her eyes pop.”
