A Grown-Up Take on Jell-O

08.08.2024 - 12:24 / nytimes.com

In the morning, I splash water on my face and use Dior Prestige La Micro-Huile de Rose Advanced Serum and put on some SPF. After school drop-off, I do my real routine. I splash again with water and use Rovectin Calming Lotus Water Toner. I do three layers of that. I go in with [my brand] Eadem’s Milk Marvel Dark Spot Serum and then a thin layer of Cloud Cushion Airy Brightening Moisturizer. My sunscreen is Innisfree’s Daily UV Defense, which I’ve been using for 10 years. It’s sheer and gives a finish that’s not too oily or matte.

Then I do my brows, which is the only makeup I wear most days. I use the NYX Brow Glue and a Bobbi Brown Long-Wear Eyebrow Pencil to perfect the shape at the corners. If I’m going to an event, I pile on anything that makes me look dewy. Matte skin makes you look older, is my theory. I pile on the Rovectin Toner — sometimes even six layers. Then I go in with Milk Marvel and Merit Great Skin. If I want to add one special thing, I’ll do a Korean sheet mask — the texture of the juice in this one is like a gel. When you remove it after 20 minutes you look snatched. Then I’ll do a layer of moisturizer. I like my makeup to be superlight so that my skin can show through. I’ll use Merit’s the Minimalist Perfecting Complexion Stick around my eyes or the Ami Cole Skin Enhancing Tint and a Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Foundation that’s two tones deeper than my skin tone to contour. If I want to have a cool-girl look, I’ll grab MAC Lipstick in Ruby Woo and put it on with my finger. If I want to look more juicy, I’ll use our Eadem Le Chouchou balm that I’ve been developing for the past two years. For my eyes, I really love Glossier Skywash in Echo; it’s the same color as my skin tone but gives my eyes a little depth.

At night, I use an Eadem Dew Dream Hydrating Cleansing Balm to take off my makeup and the Fresh Soy Face Cleanser. Then I go back to my toner, serum and moisturizer. Every time I use Medicube Age-R Ussera Deep Sho, I feel like my skin is more radiant the next day. For my body I usually use La Roche Posay Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil. We all use that in my family. It’s very nonirritating. I like the Soft Services Green Banana Buffing Bar in the new banana scent, or I’ll use an African net sponge. I’ll either use Dexeryl, a French drugstore moisturizer, or if I want a little bit more self-care, the Frederic Malle Body Butters — the scents stay with you and go onto your sheets, which I love. I wear the Portrait of a Lady perfume every day. In Williamsburg, SpaRelax Spa gives the best massages for $60. All of my friends and I joke that when you go there, you feel like they love you. You feel so light when you leave. For my hair, I’ll use K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair