As Jenna Ortega continues her campaign for mayor of Halloweentown – I mean, while she promotes the highly anticipated sequel to Beetlejuice – the 21-year-old has all but become the human embodiment of the dark feminine energy aesthetic.
After being associated for the last two years with the role of a high school-aged Wednesday Addams in Netflix’s Wednesday, Ortega has earned her stripes as a bonafide adult scream queen…and maybe, up-and-coming queen of the underworld too.
Ortega’s aesthetic has followed suit, gradually moving away from the Wednesday era’s smudgy goth glam – and corresponding chopped bob – and into a post-Scream, Beetlejuice Beetlejuice aesthetic that’s so gothic romantic it should go viral on BookTok. Don’t believe me? Just take a look at Jenna Ortega at Beetlejuice Beetlejuice’s UK premiere. (Also, she is a Libra.)
Wearing a sleek, strapless Harris Reed gown with corseted detailing and a flared peplum that accentuates the hips, Ortega gave her own modern twist on a Victorian-inspired look. But the true star of the show was her glam.
Rocking a sleek and slicked side fringe and a black eyeliner wing that’s sharp enough to kill a man, Ortega looked effortlessly elegant, proving that dark feminine energy isn’t just possible on the red carpet—it’s where it belongs.
If you too are looking at Ortega’s makeup and wishing you knew what she was wearing to get that flawless complexion, you’re in luck: Glamour got the exclusive intel from Ortega’s makeup artist Melanie Inglessis.
“For Jenna’s London premiere look, we really took inspiration from her dress,” Inglessis tells Glamour. “The Harris Reed dress she wore was such a moment, and we wanted to complement it with an effortless makeup statement that included her signature winged eye and focused on her gorgeous, healthy, glowing skin, and also let her freckles show through.”
The effort paid off: Ortega’s skin is literally glowing. “It’s youthful, classic, and true to who Jenna is,” Inglessis adds.
Happy spooky season to us all – and especially its queen, Jenna Ortega.
A version of this story originally appeared on Glamour US
