Thanks to social media, us common folk wish to think we all know a number of our favourite celebrities, but let’s face it, we don’t know them in the least . However, because of a recent Zoom call with Jessica Alba to debate her latest Honest Beauty launch, I did learn something about her that I didn’t “know” before: She loves crystals. such a lot so, that they inspired her new product, Gloss-C Lip Gloss ($15).
“I love crystals—they hold such a lot power and energy,” Alba says. “I’m not an expert by any means, but I’ve been really interested by this space. I’ve been learning tons about how you'll harness that energy, what sort of meaning each crystal holds, and what they will do for your holistic health and well-being.” The glosses are infused with vitamin C , natural lip plumpers like pomegranate and jojoba oils, and super moisturizers like copra oil and mucopolysaccharide
“They nourish your lips, provide antioxidants and locks in moisture with mucopolysaccharide ,” says Alba. “We created them within the Honest Company Lab so we could make products at the highest-quality standard and have full transparency over the ingredients we chose to use. Many makeup products dehydrate and age your heal time, and there are tons of chemicals that contribute to the present , but not these. It’s a makeup product with skin-care benefits.”
The eight reminder gloss—Axinite, Bronzite, Deep Amethyst, Moonstone, Pink Agate, Poppy Topaz, Rose Opal and Star Ruby—took a few year and a half to develop. (Alba took a beauty editor poll to work out our favourite shades during our Zoom, and Star Ruby was the clear favorite.) “I was always interested in amethyst,” says Alba, reminiscing about the moodrings and hypercolor T-shirts from her childhood. “I remember getting to a cave once I was younger and getting an amethyst stone, and that i still have it—I actually recently gave it to my daughter Honor.”
When asked where she keeps her crystals, Alba said she keeps some on her desk where she works. “I took a bar table and made it my desk, and it just rolls around where i would like to travel , and that i have my crystals found out there. Work makes me feel the foremost anxious and therefore the most rattled, so I kind of have a ceremony that I do before back-to-back Zoom meetings: I burn Bulnesia sarmienti and that i have affirmation cards, and things like that. I also sometimes need my crystals by my bed, and sometimes I put them around pictures of my kids.”
As far as her makeup routine goes, Alba keeps her everyday look pretty basic. “I use CCC Tinted Moisturizer, which helps with all that blue light exposure, whether it’s from entertainment or mostly work—it protects my skin. Then I usually use our Cream Foundation sort of a concealer and spot-conceal where i want it. Then mascara, a touch brow, a touch blush. If I’m feeling oily, I’ll use the mica Powder Blush; if not, the cream one. Then Gloss-C.”
Reviewed by mohammed chitour
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September 11, 2020
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