What beauty trick did you learn from your mom?
To use lipstick as blush.
What drugstore product do you swear by?
Dr. Pepper Lipsmackers!
What products would we find in your teensiest red carpet clutch?
Blotting papers, bobby pins, lip gloss, and a teeny mirror.
What products do you never travel without?
Le Mer Moisturizing Lotion and Rosebud Salve.
What’s your biggest beauty splurge?
LA MER!
Who is your beauty icon from the past?
Grace Kelly and Ann Margaret.
Who is your current beauty icon?
Meryl Streep.
Which of your red carpet beauty looks was your favorite?
The 2007 Academy Awards. I wore this amazing green Proenza Schouler dress and I felt and looked so much like myself. So often I play characters so it is so nice to see pictures where I look like me.
If you could trade hair with anyone, who would it be?
I’ve always wanted to try a short hair style so I’ll say Carey Mulligan.
The one beauty trend you’ll never embrace
Pencil thin eyebrows or faux tans
The one beauty trend you’d like to bring back?
HOT ROLLERS!
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Molly R. Stern. Manicure: Tom Bachick. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Dress: Giambatista Valli. Shoes: Christian Louboutin.
10 Questions with Gillian Zinser
What beauty trick did you learn from your mom?
Less is more.
What drugstore product do you swear by?
Cocoa Butter Swivel Stick.
What products would we find in your teensiest red carpet clutch?
(this color is no longer available, but check out the other colors) and Tom Ford Black Orchid Perfume Pen.
What products do you never travel without?
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What’s your biggest beauty splurge?
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Who is your beauty icon from the past?
Pocahontas.
Who is your current beauty icon?
Patti Smith.
Which of your red carpet beauty looks was your favorite?
This year’s Teen Vogue Young Hollywood soiree. Fewer things make me happier than a sequined muumuu.
If you could trade hair with anyone, who would it be?
Jem from the ’90s cartoon Jem and the Holograms.
The one beauty trend you’ll never embrace?
Hair extensions.
…and the one beauty trend you’d like to bring back?
The hair scarf.
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Rachel Goodwin. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Dress by Miss Davenport.
10 Questions with Troian Bellisario
MTB: What beauty trick did you learn from your mom?
TB: Eye Cream, every night. Starting that habit as young as possible and drinking as much water as possible throughout the day.
MTB: What drugstore product do you swear by?
TB: I get everything from the drugstore. Shampoo, Conditioner, lotion. I just follow my nose as to what smells I like best and then I grab it and go.
MTB: What products would we find in your teensiest red carpet clutch?
TB: My phone…if I can fit it. What else could possible be stuffed in those things? They’re for fairies, not people.
MTB: What products do you never travel without?
TB: A book and my journal.
MTB: What’s your biggest beauty splurge?
TB: Umm…organic beauty products from Whole Foods? Please don’t ask me for names, I couldn’t tell you if I wanted to.
MTB: Who is your beauty icon from the past?
TB: Patti Smith and Audrey Hepburn.
MTB: Who is your current beauty icon?
TB: Cate Blanchett and Natalie Portman.
MTB: Which of your red carpet beauty looks was your favorite?
TB:Oh, wow! I seriously just spent 30 minutes online looking at the Red Carpet looks of other actresses I admire trying to find a favorite. I was getting very, very frustrated because I thought, “I’m never going to find just one!” And then I re-read this question and saw the word, “your.” Well, that just got a lot easier because I’ve only had about three red carpet looks. So, I guess the Teen Choice Awards dress? It was sparkly.
MTB: If you could trade hair with anyone, who would it be?
TB: Right now? Mia Wasikowska or Carrie Mulligan. I’m dying to get a role where they ask me to cut off all my hair. I’ve always had long hair, I think I will for the majority of my life, but just once I’d like to chop it all off or even shave it!
MTB: The one beauty trend you’ll never embrace and the one beauty trend you’d like to bring back?
TB: The neon colors of the late ’80s early ’90s. Please, please, let them rest in peace. I get frightened whenever a magazine does a spread with nuclear turquoise eye shadow and they capitalize the words “IT’S BACK!” The thick liner of the ’60s. I love Anna Karenna’s eyes in Une Femme est une Femme, any Godard film really. I adore that style of make up.
Photographer: Stephanie Vovas. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Kayleen McAdams. Manicurist: Debbie Leavitt. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Men’s shirt: Steven Allen. Hat: Vintage.
MTB: What is beauty to you?
AT: To me, beauty is an attitude, more often than not. Whether it’s your own or in other people.
MTB: What role have you had that was most interesting to you from a beauty perspective?
AT: When I was at drama school in Australia, we used to have to do our own hair and make-up for stage performances. I always loved that. I would spend hours pouring through reference pictures. All the details of make-up and hair from the ’30s or ’40s or whatever time the play was set. I had my grandma teach me to roll my hair for that ’40s look, the way she used to do it, with a wooden spoon!
MTB: Tell me about the hair and make-up routine for “Fringe.”
AT: Simple! We have always tried to keep the look very simple, pony tails and minimal make up. She is an FBI agent and we thought to have her all ‘glam’ would be ridiculous.
MTB: What’s the best beauty trick you learned on set?
AT: Shading! Even with simple make-up you still want to make sure that there is some definition in your face. I am amazed how much shading can alter your face shape and help to hide imperfections.
MTB: Have you always been a blond? Would you experiment with other shades?
AT: I haven’t always been blonde, no. I’ve experimented with many shades. But I am enjoying the blonde for the moment.
MTB: Would you ever chop it all off? Why or why not?
AT: Twice have I gone with a drastic cut. Once into a tom boy shag and another time into a buzz cut. I still have the hair from the first time I cut it. You feel very exposed for the first few weeks, especially after having a big head of hair to hide behind. I think that long hair is much easier to manage. When it is short you have to style it and constantly trim. So from a maintenance perspective, long is much easier to manage.
MTB: What’s it like to watch yourself on screen or flip through magazines and see yourself?
AT: Sometimes it is fine, sometimes I cringe, and sometimes when I see pictures from a great shoot, I wish I woke up like that.
MTB: Is that an experience you’re comfortable with?
AT: I am getting more comfortable with it the more I do it. Working with different photographers and hair and makeup teams is all part of the learning experience.
MTB: What’s your favorite feature? Why? Which part of yourself are you most critical of (if any…)?
AT: These two questions are interchangeable. It is so connected to my mood and my attitude!
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Make Up: Robin Black. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: “Frank the Tank.” Dress: Catherine Malandrino. Shoes: Jimmy Choo.
10 Questions with Ashley Olsen
Beauty Girl: What beauty trick did you learn from your mom?
Ashley Olsen: Always use eye cream.
Beauty Girl: What drugstore product do you swear by?
Ashley Olsen: Aquaphor.
Beauty Girl: What products would we find in your teensiest red carpet clutch?
Ashley Olsen: Cle de Peau Beaute concealer.
Beauty Girl: What products do you never travel without?
Ashley Olsen: Bio-Chic hair products and Belmont face products.
Beauty Girl: What’s your biggest beauty splurge?
Ashley Olsen: Hair color and facials.
Beauty Girl: Who is your beauty icon from the past?
Ashley Olsen: Brigitte Bardot.
Beauty Girl: Who is your current beauty icon?
Ashley Olsen: Lauren Hutton.
Beauty Girl: Which of your red carpet beauty looks was your favorite?
Ashley Olsen: The 2009 Met Ball in New York City.
Beauty Girl: If you could trade hair with anyone, who would it be?
Ashley Olsen: Penelope Cruz.
Beauty Girl: The one beauty trend you’ll never embrace and the one beauty trend you’d like to bring back?
Ashley Olsen: Hmm…never say never.
Photographer: Jason Mcdonald. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Eric Polito. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Written By: Beauty Girl.
Clothing: The Row
Beauty Girl: What beauty trick did you learn from your mom?
Lea Michele: To always wash my face before bed. No matter how tired I am, no matter how late I get home, I do not go to bed without fully washing my face. It really does keep the skin looking good. My mother never wears makeup, so she taught me about being minimal with makeup. Natural beauty really is better than anything.
Beauty Girl: What drugstore product do you swear by?
Lea Michele: The Venus razor! I go to CVS and stock up. I love the one with the little gel bar around it. I don’t have to shave my legs everyday because the shave lasts so long.
Beauty Girl: What products would we find in your teensiest red carpet clutch?
Lea Michele: Hand sanitizer and my lipstick.
Beauty Girl: What products do you never travel without?
Lea Michele: My Clarisonic, my face wash and my moisturizer. I also like traveling with my own shampoo—I bring Dove shampoo everywhere. I will never use anyone else’s face moisturizer and I hate using weird hotel bars of soap.
Beauty Girl: What’s your biggest beauty splurge?
Lea Michele: I would have to say getting a really good facial with Kate Somerville. I treat myself to a regular treatment plus the oxygen facial to splurge. It’s so good to take care of your body and your skin. I try to go once every two months or so.
Beauty Girl: Who is your beauty icon from the past?
Lea Michele: Barbra Streisand for her natural beauty and Ali McGraw for fashion.
Beauty Girl: Who is your current beauty icon?
Lea Michele: Penelope Cruz. I think she’s absolutely stunning.
Beauty Girl: Which of your red carpet beauty looks was your favorite?
Lea Michele: Definitely the Grammys. I wore this short, really cute, fun dress. That was the first day Mark experimented with the bangs. It was the most comfortable I’ve ever been on the red carpet. I partied all night long and I was so comfortable. I also love the Glee premiere with the Etro dress. Mark cut the bangs fully across my face and I felt so bohemian and Stevie Nicks.
Beauty Girl: If you could trade hair with anyone, who would it be?
Lea Michele: Maybe someone with a different shade then me? Like blonde or red. But I have to say…I really love my hair!
Beauty Girl: The one beauty trend you’ll never embrace and the one beauty trend you’d like to bring back?
Lea Michele: I don’t think I could ever pull off a perm! That should never come back. Or a very short hair cut. Not sure what I’d bring back…
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Jake Bailey. Manicurist: Ashlie Johnson. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Written By: Beauty Girl. Retouching: ConradDigital.com.
Fashion credits: Shirt: Lacoste.
Lea Michele Nude
Nude
“The nude was super-sensual. There’s something about being very basic that brings out such a sexiness.” —Lea Michele
Kevyn Aucoin The Elegant Lipstick in Molasses
Chanel Le Vernis Nail Colour in Inattendu
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Jake Bailey. Manicurist: Ashlie Johnson. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Written By: Beauty Girl. Retouching: ConradDigital.com.
Fashion credits: Shirt: Balenciaga.
10 Questions with January Jones
You know her as beguilingly beautiful Betty Draper on Mad Men. Here in the world of beauty? We know her as one of the most daring, spot-on trendsetters in the industry. (See: Her YSL/Stefano Pilati-inspired Met Ball look, her I Dream of Jeannie top knot at the GQ Men of the Year party, her Veronica Lake waves at the 2009 Golden Globes. Need we go on?) We sat down with this beauty-enlightened star for our ten key hair and makeup questions—and even snuck in a few Mad Men related extras. Sorry, no spoilers!
Beauty Girl: What beauty trick did you learn from your mom?
January Jones: Always direct the exfoliating brush or scrub towards your heart for good circulation
Beauty Girl: What drugstore product do you swear by?
January Jones: It may not be in many American drugstores; I find it in Europe or online: Avene Cleanance. It’s the best non-soap gel cleanser, and it’s great for both sensitive and oily skin, which is rare.
Beauty Girl: What products would we find in your teensiest red carpet clutch?
January Jones: An amazing Chanel lipstick and rice paper blotters.
Beauty Girl: What products do you never travel without?
January Jones: A rose water spray for hydration, La Mer sunscreen for face, Aveeno sunscreen for body, face wash, a hydrating mask and dry shampoo.
Beauty Girl: What’s your biggest beauty splurge?
January Jones: Probably massages. I love a good deep tissue massage—my favorite place is Kinara in LA.
Beauty Girl: Who is your beauty icon from the past?
January Jones: I go back and forth between Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor circa late ’50s.
Beauty Girl: Who is your current beauty icon?
January Jones: I think Cate Blanchett is flawless.
Beauty Girl: Which of your red carpet beauty looks was your favorite?
January Jones: The last one is always my favorite—but I really loved the Veronica Lake-ish look from the 2009 Golden Globes.
Beauty Girl: If you could trade hair with anyone, who would it be?
January Jones: I have naturally straight hair, so it would have to be someone with great natural waves like an Eva Mendes or Gisele.
Beauty Girl: The one beauty trend you’ll never embrace and the one beauty trend you’d like to bring back?
January Jones: I’ll never embrace perms and I’d like to bring back black and white photos on the red carpet—everyone looks more glamorous in black and white!
Beauty Girl: Now for a few bonus questions…what’s the best beauty trick you learned from the Mad Men hair team?
January Jones: To set the hair with product and let it cool before styling.
Beauty Girl: How long does the transformation from January Jones to Betty Draper take?
January Jones: About an hour. I get my hair set, go to makeup chair and by the time that’s done, I go back to hair for styling. We have it down pretty well by now, although it can take a little longer if it’s a scene that requires an elaborate updo or fancy makeup.
Beauty Girl: How do keep your skin so perfect after wearing all that makeup at work?
January Jones: At night, I always wash with a sensitive skin cleanser but in the morning I just rinse with water to avoid stripping away all the natural oils. I’m also a big fan of skincare lines; I try all kinds of things. La Mer is a favorite.
Beauty Girl: And finally, what two words would you use to describe your red carpet beauty style?
January Jones: Risk taker. I like to experiment with my style and love trying out different looks. It’s fun to see it all come together. I’d rather take a risk and get criticized than always look the same.
Photographer: Don Flood. Hair: Mark Townsend. Makeup: Rachel Goodwin. Fashion Director: Estee Stanley. Art Director: Frank Rust. Written By: Beauty Girl. Retouching: ConradDigital.com. Set Design: Kyle Kannenberg.
