Updated Vil Facts Part 85: Vil and Makeup (pt2)
It is not unusual to hear of Vil giving makeup-related advice to other characters: Jade says that Vil taught him how to do makeup that brings out the color of his eyes, while he also advises the prefect: “For outerwear with a distinctive silhouette, you'll want monotone makeup with a mysterious air. Color coordination is essential, lest you let your clothes wear YOU.”
Vil describes Pomefiore’s vampire makeup in detail during Halloween, and personally instructs representatives from each dorm on how to do makeup to best suit their Halloween costumes.
When the characters argue that they are capable of doing makeup on their own Vil encourages them to try, but none succeed.
Vil says that they all fundamentally misunderstand what makeup is, and their attempts to apply their daily makeup techniques to Halloween costumes is “like using plastic cups at a five-star restaurant—a criminal act!”
The other students concede and Vil gives everyone personalized advice on how best to do makeup for their individual costumes of skeletons, pirates, werewolves, dragons and mummies, even doing Floyd’s makeup for him as an example.
Floyd says that he has never seen Vil without perfect makeup (except during Beanfest), and Kalim has a similar comment about Vil’s makeup always looking amazing.
When Vil leaves the room to prepare souvenirs from the Cloudcalling tournament for Epel and Rook Epel murmurs, “...Is Vil making us cosmetics from scratch? Oh no, I hope he's not going to lecture us on how to use them…”
Vil compares chocolate cake to makeup in his Master Chef vignette: “This jam is the primer, while the chocolate will be our foundation....Just like using foundation to further smooth out an already primed surface“
Vil says that, while he had no magic-based training or education prior to NRC, “crafting makeup is something akin to potionology. So in that sense I suppose I HAD begun my studies before enrolling here.”
During Tapis Rouge Vil purchases new cosmetics that were made to commemorate the film festival that he is attending, saying that it will enable him to “create a look that is both intellectual and beautiful.”
Vil says, “It's an utter crime they never give us enough time between classes to touch up our makeup.”
Vil’s tsum’s interest in cosmetics is what convinces Vil of its pursuit of beauty. The tsum refuses to accept anything but his favorite, “best of the best,” cosmetics. Vil observes, “it could teach some of our other students a thing or two about skincare-some of them do it wrong or skip it entirely.”
