Producer Anya Wessen about favorite cosmetics
IN RUBRIC "ON THE FACE" we study the contents of beauty cases, dressing tables and cosmetic bags of girls of interest to us - and show all this to you. In the new issue - the author of the project Indigo Kids and producer from Los Angeles Anya Uessen.
About the attitude to cosmetics in general
The beauty of the outside depends very much on how much you rest, what you put inside yourself. A few months ago I stopped drinking alcohol, soda, eating everything that was once alive. Internally, I already feel completely different. Another very important thing about what you think, because all this is reflected on the face. No professional makeup does not cover your thoughts, they shine through it. Condemning, indifferent or angry look even the most beautiful eyes in the world is unpleasant. I strive to make it pleasant for people to communicate with me, even if I just got out of the ocean or came from a run and I have nothing special painted on my face. If there is no opportunity or time to do makeup, you will certainly find time to control your thoughts and work on them.
I do not have any specific progress - it all depends on my mood. I can go out without makeup, because I don’t really understand why he is on the street. Make-up is appropriate at the time of publication, at a party, where elegant and festive. Nails should always be well-groomed, but not necessarily made up, we still do not live in the Stone Age, and we often hold in our hands not the hatchet of war, but some high-tech things. I want the same thing from everyone else. I do a manicure in the salon once a month (more often I just get bored sitting there and feel sorry for wasting time), but I can make up myself quite professionally, even on the go. I always have a bag of varicoloured varnishes in my car, I like all shades existing in nature, although most often I choose either classic tomato red, or some unexpected lemon, lilac or with pieces of something inside of different lengths and shapes, this varnish creates on the nails picture of Jackson Pollock (sold, by the way, in Sephora).
About decorative cosmetics
Care cosmetics interests me more decorative, because it is very different and it is impossible to use the same means for a long time, the skin gets used to them and no longer reacts. With decorative easier: once picked up a pencil for eyebrows, you can use it all my life. 11 years ago, I was a second year student, and a friend who had studied a year younger was advised by the classic black mascara Lancôme Hypnôse. The girl had absolutely incredible eyelashes. This is the only ink that I use all these years. It is not showered and smeared. I tried others many times, having bought the charm of saleswomen in MAC or Bloomingdale's, but no other mascara ever came up to me.
About facial
With cosmetics makeup is another story. Cosmetics with parabens makes the skin smooth, almost porcelain, but if you stop using it, wrinkles will fall and become even deeper. Therefore, once you start using a magic jar from a famous brand, you can stay with it forever. I travel a lot, last year almost half a year was not at home. I don’t feel comfortable with taking a semi-annual stock of funds with me, I don’t like to change the route towards the store because of one can. Therefore, I learned how to use two treatments: body lotion and for the face. And two decorative: black mascara and transparent powder NARS. Body lotion is something without which I can not live a single day. I have very sensitive skin, and after every water treatment, it seems dry. Plus, I spend quite a lot of time in salt water - surfing. In the American supermarket organic food Whole Foods Market sells Everyone Lotion, which is suitable for both hands, face and body. This is what I take with me on all trips.
About hair care
Once a month I arrange for myself a day of SPA procedures. In my youth my hair was dyed an incredible amount of times in different shades, blonde, brunette, back, that I don’t really remember what my hair color is. Chocolate brown, as in the photos, where I am 15, for some reason no longer grows. Maybe it's salt water and the sun, but my hair has become many times lighter since I live in Los Angeles. My stylist says that I am very lucky that I do not need to paint the dark roots, that I am blond. Three years ago, I was told that my hair could not be saved and would have to be cut off. And I do not like to wear short. Then my mother told me about the ingenious mask. For long hair: two spoons of castor oil, two yolks, two spoons of honey mix, apply on the scalp and hair along the entire length, wrap with a film or a bag, then with a towel so that it is warm. And so be like two or three hours. This hair mask resurrects from the dead. In addition, after all the experiments, my hair still began to curl, it is impossible to comb them without an air conditioner, and I use absolutely anyone so that they do not tear and do not break, anyway, I immediately wash it off.
I also found a book on the sale in the local library with tips for American housewives of the 50s to create masks, wraps and creams at home. It seems to me that to nourish your skin with those products that you have in the refrigerator is much more efficient than with purchased products. When I am at home in Los Angeles, I buy most of the funds in Trader Joe's store: they have only one scrub, one shampoo and a couple of lotions - everything is organic, and I haven’t found it anywhere, for any money.
About a healthy lifestyle
But, of course, the most important is the regime. Good skin and fresh appearance appear when you not only follow the diet, but also constantly play sports and sleep as much as your body needs. I go to bed early, get up every day at five in the morning, do yoga, I also run daily and I always do power naps - I sleep during the day when I have such an opportunity. There are so many things that I am ready to give up in life for the sake of several hours of quality rest or sleep.