18 of the best makeup looks from season 2 of 'Euphoria'

The show's lead makeup artist, Doniella Davy, explained the inspiration behind Cassie's New Year's Eve makeup on Instagram.

The minimal look with sparkly accents is designed to build upon the season one finale, when Cassie went bare-faced to her winter formal.

The sweet, peachy effect is also designed to juxtapose Cassie's decision to have sex with Nate Jacobs, her best friend Maddy Perez's ex-boyfriend.

"As the night goes on, her anxiety-terrified-totally-freaked-out eyes are framed by this delicate, like innocent, twinkle," Davy revealed. "She wasn't really trying to do what she did…right??"

Hunter Schafer's heroine Jules is daring and expressive with makeup. Throughout season one, her eye looks get darker and harsher and she grows more anxious.

In a special episode that aired last year, Jules tells her therapist that she's heartbroken and questioning her perception of femininity. She also says she wants to be "as beautiful as the ocean."

The season two premiere, "Trying to Get to Heaven Before They Close the Door," takes place shortly after her therapy session. Jules' angular eyeliner reflects her darker state of mind.

"Hunter said these shapes reminded her of a 'MERMAID PURSE,' which is a dark leathery encasement that protects a developing shark embryo," Davy revealed on Instagram.

The makeup artist also told Byrdie that the character's makeup "portrays a peeling away of feminine layers and a big moment of transition for her."

She goes through the classic high school moment of chopping off her long hair, which can be a big statement for a teenage girl," Davy said. "Her makeup accompanies this by being less playful and more 'I don't give a fuck' this season."

In episode two, "Out of Touch," Jules wears terracotta-colored eyeshadow with three stripes of white eyeliner, which Davy called "white whisker wings."

"A new take on playful," she wrote on Instagram. "Tiny almost hidden details that are only visible up close. It's not that [Jules is] trying to blend in, but I think she is in a place where she's protecting herself a little bit."

In episode three, "Ruminations: Big and Little Bullys," Jules flips her whiskers upside down, which Davy said they referred to as "horns."

Davy said this look is a peek at the original vision for Kat's makeup in season two, which she described as "gothxgrungexfairy."

"The blended color splashes on the inner and outer corners of her eyes balance out the tension of the vampy lip just enough to bring a little fun back into the look," Davy wrote on Instagram.

The makeup artist also told Byrdie that she loves "how stunningly gorgeous and seemingly confident Kat looks when she's not at home, and how that contrasts with how she really feels when she's in the private world of her bedroom."

Davy decided to create "abstract eye paintings" for Jules' impromptu bowling night, to compliment the "moment of fun and safety."

"I love working with @hunterschafer as Jules because we get to make quick and intuitive decisions together, and the end result always surprises me in the best way," she wrote on Instagram. "This is the kind of look I could really go all out on, creep it up to the brows or wing it out and even incorporate different textures."

The details of the "delicate hot pink crease accent and chunky plum wing," as Davy described the look on Instagram, are most visible during a conversation Maddy has with Jules about how Kat and Ethan's seemingly perfect relationship has "no darkness."

Davy said the eye makeup look is "graphic and sharp but giving softness at the same time. Perfect for a tender Maddy moment."

The makeup artist also told Allure that actress Alexa Demie had "the strongest vision for her makeup" and "designed the majority of her own characters' looks."

Maddy relies on classic black eyeliner throughout season two. In episode three, she doubles down on her signature look with two parallel wings.

During this memorable scene, Maddy's strong colors and precise lines stand in stark contrast to Cassie's outfit, which is intentionally feminine and unintentionally chaotic.

"A part of her really grows up this season and faces some truths," Davy told Byrdie, adding that Demie "took Maddy's makeup in a more minimal direction and that's perfect for her storyline."

"Following the events of last season between her and Nate, her world just isn't filled with as much color," Davy added.

Throughout episode three, Cassie experiments with fashion and makeup, attempting to catch Nate's eye at school.

Her bright winged eyeliner, combined with rhinestones, a form-fitting two-piece outfit, and styled baby hairs are designed to mirror Maddy's signature style, filtered through the lens of Cassie's naivete.

"The makeup goal was obviously to take Cassie to a Maddy-level of snatched, while showing the underlying manic state that Cassie's been in as she tries to get Nate's attention," Davy wrote on Instagram.

"For a color devoid of 'color,' white is actually super bold. It almost looks jarring in these stills — which I LOVE for this moment," she continued. "And then there's the classic symbolism of white (purity and innocence) which is just a little bit ironic in this case."

At the end of episode three, Jules and Elliot are shown bonding alone in his bedroom. Close-up shots of Jules reveal that she had drawn tiny black Xs in the inner corners of her eyes.

Elliot, played by musician Dominic Fike, has two X tattoos on each eyelid.

According to Davy, this subtle makeup look was designed by Schafer herself, who is reportedly dating Fike in real life.

Cassie wears baby-pink eyeshadow to match her dress. The look is accented with tiny rhinestones that line her bottom lashes.

"A broken heart and a barf in the hot tub hit different when your eye makeup is twinkling in and out of the shadows," Davy wrote on Instagram.

In an interview with Byrdie, Davy said that Sweeney's looks this season "have this adolescent anxiety underneath them, even though they make her look like a grownup bombshell."

According to Davy, Demie wanted Maddy to rock "big chunky wings" for her birthday party. The makeup artist added "a baby blue accent on her inner corners that matches her dress."

In the same episode, Kat wears a similar combination of black and sparkly blue.

"Maybe Kat and Maddy did their makeup together before heading over to the Howard house… these are the things I like to tell myself," Davy wrote on Instagram.

"Euphoria" director Sam Levinson told the makeup team that Rue's spontaneous intervention in episode five, "Stand Still Like the Hummingbird," takes place the day after Maddy's birthday.

Kat is shown with Maddy at Cassie and Lexi's house, wearing bold blue wings that recall her eyeliner from the previous episode.

"It made sense to me use the same blue color on her eyes that she wore to accent her wings the night before," Davy wrote on Instagram. "I figured Kat and Maddy had slept over at the Howard house after [the] bday party."

The two-tone look recalls Kat's chartreuse eyeshadow from the New Year's Eve party in the season premiere.

Davy said that Levinson "challenged" her team to "bring a playful freshness to Kat's makeup" for season two.

"You'll see that many of her looks involve a super clean lower lash line and bright colors," she wrote on Instagram. "I interpreted this as Kat still being kind of new to wearing makeup, and still very much using it to help figure out who she wants to be."

Lexi's makeup grows progressively bolder throughout season two as she becomes more confident. This culminates in her dramatic onstage look for episode seven, "The Theater and It's Double."

Davy told Byrdie that Lexi's makeup evolution on season two emphasizes "the portrayal of her self-actualization journey."

"She's ready to say something and be heard, and it's kind of the best thing ever," she said.

Davy said Lexi's makeup looks were inspired by '60s glam, especially the British model Twiggy and her iconic doll lashes.

Maddy and Cassie are both cheerleaders at East Highland. As we saw in season one, both girls amp up their makeup looks while cheering to coordinate with their snazzy uniforms.

In this flashback scene, Cassie wears a swipe of glittery, teal eyeliner while Maddy wears teal eyeshadow and black eyeliner, shaped like a butterfly wing.

This scene is a callback to Maddy's sparklier style from season one.

"90% of life is confidence," Maddy tells Lexi. "The thing about confidence is, no one knows if it's real or not.

Maddy puts shades of light-pink eyeshadow on Lexi's eyelids. She applies blue liner with sharp edges and puts delicate rhinestones along Lexi's lower lash line.

In Lexi's play, she recalls initially not trusting Maddy because of how sure she is of herself. Maddy began spending more time at Lexi and Cassie's home as her parents began fighting.

Cassie and Nate make their public debut as a couple in episode seven.

With her pin-straight hair and peach-and-blue makeup, Cassie is obviously trying to resemble Maddy, Nate's longtime girlfriend.

Indeed, Cassie's eye look is almost identical to one that Maddy wore in season one, episode three, "Made You Look."