Soap viewers are accustomed to seeing the characters on their favorite show decked out to the nines, with their hair perfectly styled.
But when the real-life actors who portray those fictional folks often need to report to work at the studio in the wee hours of the morning, they’re rarely camera-ready!
General Hospital star Kirsten Storms (Maxie) gave her Instagram followers a peek behind the curtain, sharing her stunning before-and-after transformation once she’d visited the soap’s hair, makeup, and wardrobe departments!
The beautiful actress shared two mirror selfies from her dressing room, the first showing off “how I roll into work before the sun is up.”
Make-up free, the fresh-faced star was wearing a Green Bay Packers sweatshirt, her blonde hair loose around her face.
In the second image, Storms was all dolled up, ready to get on camera and tape her scenes.
Wearing a dark navy blouse, her hair is styled in a sleek French braid, and her blue eyes pop with the way her lashes are coated with dark mascara.
“I don’t know if it’s the ribbon bow at my collar (courtesy of our wardrobe designer extraordinaire Shawn [Reeves]) or the Mohawk braid (thanks Abraham Rivera), but I love this look,” she wrote.
“Someone told me it was giving ‘naughty librarian’ vibes, and I was down for that.”
The GH star also gave a shout-out to her behind-the-scenes colleagues who help her prepare to be in front of the camera every day.
“It really does take a village to perform this transformation in a short amount of time, especially so early in the morning,” she explained.
“I’m thankful for the makeup, hair, and wardrobe departments at GH for all of their hard work. You guys are the best.”
We think Storms looks beautiful in both her natural state and made-for-TV glow-up!
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