“I am not such a beauty girl. I am very natural; I think I am very French for this. At the same time I am a woman and a Beauty Editor so I have to test some stuff [laughs]. When I wake up the first thing I love to do is spray rosewater on my face. Afterwards I have a green tea then take a shower. I have sensitive skin so for my face I use a lot of La Roche-Posay and Avène—more pharmaceutical products.  For my body I can try everything. I love the smells and textures. I take the time to nourish my skin with lots of Clarins Sérum Corps Peau Neuve it’s  my basic and afterwards I use Aesop.”

“I know American girls wash their hair everyday but I can’t. Since I was young I’ve been told that if I wash my hair everyday it will be too dry so I wash it every other day. I put a lot of oil in my hair before I shampoo it. I’m a Mediterranean woman, from the French Riviera so I love oil. I use the Kiehl’s Amino Acid Shampoo with coconut. I love Kerastase and the brands of L’Oreal Professional. Shu Uemura Art of Hair products have great texture and smell nice. After I wash my hair I use a serum like the one from David Mallet or an Aveda cream for texture so I don’t look like a big head of hair. I never use any blow dryers though. I think when you have curly hair you need to come as you are. In France we have a sentence that means if you want to forget your natural way it will come back fast and strong.”

“I love to wear some splash after I nourish my skin. Tom Ford’s Neroli Portofino is amazing. I use so many because for me it is a very feminine and important gesture. It is not so much about the smell because the scents  are very subtle.”

“I only wear a little makeup. I don’t use a foundation, just some powder from Givenchy, Croisière . Now that it is summer I have some tan so I try to keep it. Afterwards I add pink because it can look too brown otherwise with the bronzer. I don’t like eye shadow or eyeliner so much because afterwards I can be a mess like a girl coming home with everything all over. I use a lot of black mascara by La Roche-Posay. I have very sensitive eyes and this one is very gentle. Sometimes I put blue pencil around my eyes just to change it up, but if I don’t use this blue, I use nothing. I think black looks hard on me. At the end of the day if I’m going to a party I’ll wear lipstick. I like a good matte lipstick with a lot of color like MAC Lady Danger. For the day I prefer something more sweet, with color but not too strong.”

“The last thing I do before I leave the house is apply real perfume. I love No.19 by Chanel. I have had it since I was seventeen. It is my first and my all and my everything, my first love [laughs]. Sometimes I use L’eau Froide, by Serge Lutens it means cold water. It is very special because when you smell it, it is very cold but it is hot at the same time.”

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“My routine always changes because I get so many products to try. I learned not to try every single product that I receive. I never tried anything that wasn’t for my skin type, but still trying so many different things can breakout my skin. For a while, I had to use products specifically designed for sensitive skin and even had to see a dermatologist. Now I know what my skin needs. Of course I try what brands send me because it’s my job and I need to write about them but I choose more carefully.”

“In the mornings I usually start with a gentle cleanser and I change my cleanser a lot, right now I am using one by Avene with my Clarasonic. I use the one with bristles for sensitive skin so it’s not harsh but still removes all the dirt really well. Right now I am using the Givenchy toner after I cleanse, it’s really good. I am in love with this toner. It’s an anti-aging toner, which is rare to find. It also feels amazing, the texture is super soft, and it leaves my skin so fresh. Toner is a step that a lot of people skip, but I think it is really important because it preps your skin to receive your moisturizer. Next I use the La Mer radiant serum. It’s outstanding, amazing, absolutely incredible—I love it! And there is a new Lancôme serum that removes dark spots and fine lines, and its ingredients are very gentle, which I also love. I usually uses Iroisie eye cream in the morning, it erases dark circles really well. Then comes the moisturizer—I am a big believer in moisturizer. I always use one even though I have combination skin. After I moisturize I use some La Roche Posay 50+ SPF. I use the fluid because it is light and not greasy like most sunscreens out there and it lasts all day.”

“I came into my job at Glamour by luck really. After college I was working as a news broadcaster but took a risk, quit my job and went to makeup school in New York. When I got back to Mexico I met our fashion editor Mauricio Valdespino and things seemed meant to be. We were talking and he told me Glamour was looking for a beauty coordinator. He went back to the Editor-in-Chief, Mar Abascal, who is my boss now, and told her about me. I had actually gone in to interview at Glamour a few years earlier and didn’t get the job–but when Mauricio said my name she remembered me. After their conversation she went through her emails and remembered that she interviewed me two years before. Mar called me for an interview and then told me to start on Monday. I came in as a beauty assistant but the Beauty Editor left three weeks after I started. Mar took a chance on me and told me that the job was mine if I wanted it. She told me that she thought I would do amazing. Obviously I was really scared but went ahead and took the promotion anyway. I will always be so grateful to Mar; she was the first person who took a chance on me. She believed in me and hopefully I haven’t disappointed her over these past years!”

“It’s funny because even though I am a makeup artist I don’t wear a lot of it. I start off with Estée Lauder double wear concealer and then I use Bare Minerals since I’m not a foundation girl. I never wear foundation; I don’t really like the way it feels. Sometimes for TV or for important photo shoots I will wear some, but in my personal life it feels like too much. I prefer a more natural look. For my blush I love MAC mineralize blush in gentle, it’s my favorite. Then I use a little bit of eye shadow, I really like one by NARS called all about eve, which Francois Nars has told me is actually his favorite eye shadow from his collection. Then I curl my eyelashes and use cover girl lash blast waterproof mascara—but just on the top lashes. Mascara is my number one makeup staple, but my eyelashes are so straight so I need an eyelash curler. MAC has an amazing brow gel that is like a brow mascara and it works like a miracle. The gel magically settles your eyebrows and adds a little bit of color, but still looks natural. My last few steps involve adding a touch of powder highlighter on my cheekbones and a lip gloss before I’m out the door.

If I have to go somewhere at night, chances are I will need to apply my makeup in a hurry. I’ll wear a little bit of eyeliner on the inside of my eyes. It sounds kind of silly but I can get a quick smoky eye really easily if I wink a few times after applying eyeliner. My favorite liner is MAC teddy. I usually add a bit of lipstick for an evening look. I’m all about schiap by NARS; it’s a rich magenta with tons of pigment. Oh I almost forgot, I love Yves Saint Laurent’s touche éclat. I always wear it at night, and put it on after my concealer. It helps to brighten everything. I can’t live without it.”

“My book Mundo Rosa just came out. This whole experience of writing a book feels a bit like I’m having a child. I always planned to write a book about beauty and it just happened that I was lucky enough to write one with two of my friends. I co-wrote Mundo Rosa with Olivia Peralta and Angie Taddei, and the whole idea to collaborate came up really casually one night. We were chatting and I mentioned how one of my big plans was to write a beauty book and then Olivia and Angie were like, “Oh my god! We’ve been wanting to write one too.” And from there things just took off. Angie and Olivia have a Mexican television show, Picnic, that deals with girl’s issues. They have an online magazine connected to the show called Mundo Rosa or “Pink Life” so the name was an obvious extension of that. It got a little hard at times because I worked full time for Glamour while writing the book, but somehow, I am still not sure how, it all worked out. The book is really amazing and stylish; it’s the little black book of beauty except it’s pink. It’s really a total beauty guide, and one of our big points is reinforcing the importance of wearing sun block. In Mexico we don’t have a sunscreen culture and as a result we have a lot of skin cancer. We wanted to give girls tools not only for how to look good but how to be healthy.”

“To take off my makeup at the end of the day I use Almay moisturizing makeup remover pads, the ones in the blue package. They somehow manage to take off all of my waterproof makeup. I like to wash my face again with the same Avene cleanser and Clarisonic, use my Givenchy toner, and my serums. I recently started to use the Lancôme firming night cream. My facialist recently told me to start using firming lotions, and that traumatized me a bit. We all age, but no one likes to hear about it! Before bed I apply a heavy-duty eye cream, rénergie lift by Lancôme and try to get a lot of beauty sleep.”

photos by: THE FORMULA