We explain to the over 50s why Millie Bobby Brown of Stranger Things is a Gen Z beauty icon

You know her Millie Bobby Brown? If you are more than 18 years old, the answer is probably “no” or in any case the name may not tell you much. Maybe, looking at her well (not today that she has transformed from a trendy girl with natural and medium-short brown hair, often gathered in cool hairstyles, to a self-confident woman with golden and extra long hair with French-style curtain bangs), you could reconceive it. Especially if you are passionate about TV series: yes, it is you, Eleven, who returns to Stranger Things 4 on Netflix starting May 27.

Millie Bobby Brown, star of the cult series that also inspires beauty

A series considered cult today that launched the actress in the Olympus of young Hollywood promises (for this role she received two nominations for Screen Actors Guild Award and two ai Emmy). A series that naturally launched beauty trends. Set in the colorful 80s, it brought back pop make-up, scrunchie and everything that was fashionable in that decade. So much so that to celebrate this latest chapter, the beauty giant MAC Cosmetics offers a dedicated line, MAC x Stranger Things: the collection includes sparkling lipgloss and blush and two palettes. The one with lively and slightly shimmer shades, Hawkins Class of 1986, which immediately makes you want to “pop into the mall, showing off a reinterpretation of pure ’80s style”, says Dominc Skinner, MAC Global Senior Artist. On the other hand, the intense and disturbing nuances of the palette The Void “Will allow you to face any Demogorgon.”

Millie Bobby Brown, evolution of a diva

Of water under the bridges, e beauty look, has passed since 2016, when at just 12 years old Millie Bobbie Brown first appeared on screen with completely shaved hair to play the protagonist of the show. Six years after the actress, fresh 18 years old (she turned her birthday last February), she is, among other things, an absolute beauty icon for her generation.

Why? First of all, let’s take a look at his Instagram profile which has almost 49 million followers. In short, it is immediately clear that the actress has a strong influence on the social generation. The girl, albeit taking her first steps in the golden world of celebrities little more than a child, immediately imposed herself for her charisma and personality, values ​​absolutely shared in the vision of beauty that has Gen Z. Immediately engaged in various sectors (she is a goodwill ambassador for UNICEF, the youngest ever nominated, and a Pandora testimonial among other things), began to impose her style of top knot alla Sailor Mooncandy pink lips, glitter touches and matching nail art, red carpet after red carpet, also with the help of some of the most popular make-up artists and hair stylists in Hollywood, such as Kelsey Deenihan and Gianpaolo Cecliato on the makeup side, and Adir Abergel, Bridget Brager and Blake Erik for the hair. Also proving, passing from the buzzcut to the lengths that an embarrassing phase of hair regrowth must never exist, you just need to work a little to be always cool.

Never predictable, never banal, yet apparently so easy and relaxed, it was almost natural for Millie Bobby Brown to launch in 2019, at just 15 years old, its beauty brand, Florence by Mills, to share even more a bit of her world with her fans and meet, with skincare and make-up cosmetics, the needs of Generation Z girls. The name of the brand was not chosen by chance: it is inspired by the star’s great-grandmother, who was called Florence, and wants to be a celebration of everyone’s individuality: «I’ve been sitting on a make-up chair since I was 10, 11 years old and I’ve tried all kinds of products. They created special effects on my face, including blood, they used all different types of foundation but I noticed that there was a gap in the market for young people, ”explained the actress a few years ago.

The collection includes a tonic and a soap designed for teenage facial skin, a gel against dark circles, blushes, liquid lipsticks, foundations and concealers, all vegan and crueltly free. Millie has voluntarily avoided products with a covering effect, as she advocates natural beauty and, as if that were not enough, part of the proceeds are donated to Olivia Hope Foundationa research foundation to fight childhood cancer.

The line has also recently expanded. On the occasion of her 18th birthday in February, the actress wanted to celebrate her entry into adulthood with the collection Color in Wonderland to give the possibility to express oneself in the most authentic way through color and to be represented by beauty as by fashion. Some shades have noteworthy names such as Self-Love or Self-Worth because Brown believes that even when you wear makeup you need to remember that you do it because you want to feel good in your own skin and not to please others or impress. «My goal has always been to increase the self-esteem of the people who buy my products, which is something that can often be lacking, especially in Generation Z and, particularly in girls, ”she explained to Teen Vogue.

We need more to understand, even if we are boomer and no longer teenagers, why has Mille Bobby Brown established itself as an important beauty reference point for the Third Millennium?

In the gallery we have followed her evolution of beauty, to look at to also find inspo of style, at all ages.

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