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(phone rings)
- I wake up with a camera crew everyday,
but I can't remember which one you guys are,
it's ELLE right?
Okay good.
Okay.
I love a camera crew watching me as I wake up,
but, I'm gonna protect my modesty real quick
so can you turn away?
Please.
Thank you.
No, this is not my home, I'm in New York City right now.
I'm here for my partnership with Express.
Normally I don't let you guys watch me get ready,
but, watch how quick this is, it's gonna be wonderful.
Normally it takes me a lot longer to get ready,
however, I'm gonna give you my quick version.
This is gonna take like five, 10 minutes.
However, first I need to start with coffee.
Please.
Can I get ready in the morning without a coffee?
Absolutely not.
I need that little kick.
So first things first, coffee is on the go.
Now, shower time.
You can't follow me in 'cause I'm modest
and that's just the way life is.
But you can come watch me do my hair in a minute,
so give me two minutes, then you can follow me in.
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No, I have not lost my mind.
I did not wash my hair completely.
What I do is, you may have noticed that it was
almost perfect when I woke up.
I just tweak my hair, I call it recycling.
I will wash my hair like twice a week.
The rest of the time, every morning,
I will just kinda dampen it at the front and on the side,
blow dry it, and then I'm good to go.
Also, I don't know if you can see under this table
but I've just realized I was spreading my legs real wide.
If you saw something, lucky you.
I am a real creature of habit,
and so wherever I go I have the same routine.
This is always my routine.
Just some of my products change a little bit
when I'm on the road.
But on the whole, this is my routine.
I've had the same routine for like 15 years.
Actually the one thing that changed was that
when I moved to America I moved on from tea
and started doing coffee instead.
I needed more of a kick.
Apparently life's a little more hectic in America,
I needed that extra little buzz
and tea just wasn't cutting it.
And also, tea just feels too English
and I'm feeling very American right now
so I'm going with coffee.
I am so a morning person.
If I stay in bed after seven o'clock, it's shocking.
My alarm is always set for like 7:05, 7:10,
and it's so, so, so rare I get to that time
unless I'm in a different country and I'm jet lagged.
But other than that, I'm up before seven,
because I like to make sure I go to the gym before eight.
I've been traveling for a while, I travel all the time,
and so I have a couple of things
that are my go-tos that I always, always travel with.
Melatonin, 'cause I sometimes can't sleep wherever I am.
I'm usually on a different time zone
and I need to get to sleep.
So melatonin.
A moisturizer.
I fly constantly, like literally three or four
times a week minimum, and so my skin gets really dry.
And something I forgot today,
which if you look closely I have got
a good old friend going on on my cheek, a pimple.
Normally I carry my pimple cream and I forgot it this week.
Shall we go do my hair?
Yeah, come on.
Okay, so, as I said, I don't wet my hair completely,
I don't wash it everyday,
and so I've just added some water to it
just to give me the ability to blow dry it.
This is what I do, it takes like a minute maximum.
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Okay, so once I've blow dried it into position,
I then go in with a tiny bit of my product.
This is called First Hand.
I've been using it for a few years.
I don't think I've ever noticed what it was called.
So First Hand, it's a simple matte pomade.
Put a tiny bit into my fingers.
Once I've worked in a little bit,
there we have it.
Regulation Tan France.
So easy.
So I've got my moisturizer on,
it's the thing that keeps my skin
as moisturized and supple as possible.
But normally I would have my zit cream,
I don't have it today but we're gonna cover it.
I don't wear makeup, even on camera,
I don't wear much makeup other than
under my eyes and in my brow.
I like for people, when they see me in real life
to be like, "Ah, you look just like you do on TV."
And so I don't do a lot of makeup for TV
'cause I don't want it to look like I'm not me.
And so I'm gonna show you what I use.
MAC Studio Fix.
I've had this same makeup kit for three years,
two and a half years, ever since I started
working in show business.
So this.
I've got a little brush, an artist brush to blend,
and an eyebrow pencil.
I will take this eyebrow pencil that you can extend,
and I'll put it in my brow.
I've got a little bit of a brow missing right there,
so I fill it in with this pencil.
Just so they look more symmetrical,
I pencil that one in.
And now all I'm gonna do is with this mascara wand,
you might call it, I'm just gonna brush them both up
and then that looks full on both sides.
Okay, so that's that.
And then I told you about my little friend earlier,
so I'm gonna get rid of him.
He's not gonna be gotten rid of completely,
like he's clearly here to stay for the day.
I am very lucky, I have maybe like one blemish a year,
sometimes two.
And so I guess this is the one.
And, the annoying thing is it always happens
when I'm doing like a big thing.
Which is super annoying.
So, that's pretty much the best I can do.
I'm not gonna get rid of him completely.
And then all I do to my face is I add
a tiny bit of concealer under my eyes in the morning,
just to get rid of my slightly darker circles.
I blend that in a tiny bit.
And that's it.
We're camera ready.
I know that I could do better.
Give me a break.
I know that I could do a full face
and look perfectly smooth.
I don't want that.
I want it to look like real Tan.
And so this is what I do.
Good to go.
All right, as I mentioned I'm here in New York with Express.
I'm actually going for a meeting in just two minutes,
so I wanna show you what I'm doing real quick
and then I gotta get ready and go.
If you're wondering why I've partnered with Express
it's very simple.
I've worked with them a few times over
the last two years and then finally,
finally, they offered to have me work
as like a guest stylist, which is why I'm so excited
about this because I get to help you.
Without you having to get a full Queer Eye makeover
you get my help in store, online, so easy.
So I'm basically curating my favorite looks
and I wanna show you a few of those things right now.
Am I obsessed with the lace?
The answer is yes.
It's a really easy way to elevate your outfit.
Pair of jeans, pumps, you're good to go.
Everyone needs a blazer in their closet.
I love an oversized tailoring moment.
Super simple.
Wear it with a pair of sneakers.
Wear it with a pair of high waisted pants,
denim, a simple tee, it's beautiful.
Perfect.
Dress up, dress down, great.
And then, I know you know I love a printed shirt,
people have talked about it for ages,
you made fun online, I get it, I love a printed shirt,
but I'm not over it yet.
So, I love this, I actually think I might wear this today.
The easiest way to pair a print with something else
is to pull a color from that print
and wear it as your other item.
Pair it with a pair of black jeans, so easy.
Now I did tell you I've only got two minutes
so I better get ready, I wanna show you how it looks
and then I really do have to go.
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That's it.
It's cute right?
Don't forget the French tuck.
Also, Elle, thank you so much for joining me this morning.
I love that you came to wake up with me.
Come back any time you want,
but I've gotta go, I've gotta get to work.
See you all soon.
Bye.