Every Beauty Device Used on the Set of <em>The Devil Wears Prada 2</em>
The movie’s lead makeup artist dishes on the eight devices the cast used from head to toe
Reported by Harper's Bazaar.
The gap between a 12-hour shoot and a face that still reads as fresh on a 4K camera is not concealer — it's hardware. On the set of The Devil Wears Prada 2, lead makeup artist Nicki Ledermann built her entire prep philosophy around skincare and wellness devices, treating them as the invisible foundation beneath everything else. "By the time I pick up a brush, the skin is truly ready," Ledermann says. According to Harper's Bazaar, the sequel's cast arrived with their own device favorites, but found a full arsenal waiting in the trailer — and they used all of it.
The Tools Doing the Real Work
Ledermann's pre-makeup protocol centered on LED and contrast therapy: the CurrentBody Red Light Therapy Mask and the Theraface Depuffing Wand were her first moves every morning, reducing puffiness, boosting circulation, and building the kind of skin canvas that survives hours under camera-ready makeup. For jawline and neck definition — notably relevant for where Andy Sachs lands in this chapter of her life — Ledermann relied on the Medi-Lift EMS Mask, which she describes as essentially a workout for facial muscles after a long week on set. Anne Hathaway, it turns out, was already a Theraface convert before production started; she introduced Ledermann to the wand herself, crediting it with her ability to fake a full night of sleep every single morning. Emily Blunt's device loyalty made it on screen, too — she's seen using the Solawave LED Skincare Wand in the film, eye patches in place, in what amounts to the most relatable cameo in the sequel.
Below the neck, the cast leaned on CurrentBody Leg Recovery Compression Boots to offset the very real physical toll of wearing extraordinary footwear for extended hours. "Our ladies were on their feet for long hours, often in the most beautiful and unforgiving heels you've ever seen," Ledermann notes — and the boots delivered genuine recovery alongside the pampering. The HigherDose Infrared PEMF Mat became the set's most wanted item, routinely disappearing into dressing rooms for naps and meditation between setups. Ledermann eventually stopped tracking it: "If it's helping someone reset between scenes, it's doing its job."
Even hair got the device treatment. The CurrentBody Hair Helmet — designed to promote scalp circulation and growth — became unexpected set entertainment, with cast members performing in it between takes and apparently converting even the skeptics. The comedy was incidental. The results were not.
Nineteen years after the original film, the real evolution isn't Andy's wardrobe — it's the understanding that serious skin preparation is not vanity, it's craft.
Read the original at Harper's Bazaar.
