The star of “To All the Boys…” shares how skin care and makeup has helped her find herself.
Lana Condor’s Guide to Moisturizing Skin Care and Feel-Good Blush
For a face as fresh as Lana Condor’s, a beauty routine is all about accentuation—and celebration. With roles in X-Men Apocalypse and the hit Netflix film series, To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before, Condor’s ever-growing confidence is clear both onscreen and off, where she embraces a regimen centered on dewy skin, warm accents, and application perfected for her visage specifically. “I had this bully in 8th grade who called me a derogatory name for an Asian person, and it really just burrowed into my subconscious and stayed there for awhile,” says Condor. “Of course I’m still working on it but now I’m super proud and confident about who I am. It’s an everyday journey, but makeup and skincare has totally evolved for me. It has helped me find who I am and also who I’m not.”
To begin, the Vietnamese-born actress ensures a clean complexion with Neutrogena Skin Balancing Cleanser, followed by a bubbling sheet mask and more mainstays from Neutrogena, a brand of which Condor is the face. After a quick turn of an ice roller, the actress brightens the area beneath her eyes with a touch of iS Clinical Youth Eye Complex. “I’m adopted, so I’m not sure if this is hereditary or not, but I’m assuming it is—I have really dark pigmentation under my eyes,” says Condor. “When it comes to my appearance and just my identity in general, it’s been such an interesting journey learning and establishing who I am, where I came from […] in terms of beauty and skincare, my mom has been able to tell me what works for her, but since we don’t have the same actual biological makeup, and since our skin is different, I’ve had to actively kind of go out by myself and figure out what works for me.”
This story originally appeared on: Vogue - Author:Calin Van Paris
