This is Us make-up wreaks havoc on my skin: Mandy Moore

Los Angeles Aug 3 (IANS) Singer-actress Mandy Moore says her "This is Us" make-up wreaks havoc on her skin.

Moore 33 will be seen playing the older avatar of Rebecca Pearson in "This is Us" Season 2. She says there is always a downside in portraying a role that is twice her true age.

"They do this technique called stretch and pull where (my make-up artists) stretch out different parts of my face and my neck and they ll stretch it out and then they ll stipple on the ager which is almost like a tacky glue " allure.com quoted Moore as saying.

She added: "We dry (the glue) with a hair-dryer and then bunch the skin back up which is what gives it that sort of crepe-y texture."

Then come the prosthetics.

"They put actual prosthetic pieces on me - I have two on my jaw one on my neck two nasolabial folds and I have six different pieces around my eyes and on my eyelids. A lot of it is just like the painting which the make-up artist does to paint everything in. I think they do such a remarkable job."

The actress feels it does some damage to her skin.

"My poor little skin. It wreaks havoc on my skin. When I m not working I try to not put my skin through the rigamarole. I try to counter it with less is more. I don t wear make-up. I don t do my hair. I just keep it as natural and as easy as possible. I let them breathe " she said.

The season two of the show will premiere in India on Star World and Star World HD on September 30.

--IANS
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