Author, model, mom and more Emily Ratajkowski doesn’t discriminate when it comes to where she gets her beauty products from and, as she shared with British Vogue in a recent interview, that includes some solid drugstore obsessions that are, quite simply, “a steal.”
“I wash my face every night—well, I try to. I use Bioderma—it’s a French drugstore product that’s an amazing makeup remover,” the 31-year-old said. “It’s the only one that just gets it done and doesn’t feel like it leaves something on your skin or dries it out.”
Also making the pharm-found list: The avocado oil–rich Biafine cream. “…I love Biafine – it’s a moisturizer. It’s so good. One time I really burned—I had crazy, crazy sunburn—and that was the only thing that healed it. I also love Aquaphor, another amazing product. I also feel like drugstore makeup gets a bad rap, but I think it’s really good. I have some amazing highlighters and bits that are so great. Plus, my friend works in makeup development and she’s like, ‘I’m telling you, they all come from the same factories – it’s just the packaging!’”
One of her admitted splurges: The iconic skin-care superstar Biologique Recherche P50, which Ratajkowski likens to a “retinol alternative.”
“When I’ve washed my face, then I use Biologique Recherche P50—some people don’t love it, but I am somebody for whom retinol is too extreme, so P50 is a happy medium. It balances my skin and I layer it with a pretty thick moisturizer.
