Just like the rest of us, Hollywood actors rely on the experts for solid beauty tips and product recommendations. Leslie Bibb, veteran actor of Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby and Iron Man fame, compared her facialist of 15 years, Faith Tatro at Touch of Faith Aesthetics, to “Russell Crowe in A Beautiful Mind but with skin.” That’s no small compliment coming from an actor.
In a conversation with The Strategist, Bibb shared Tatro tipped her off to a “combo” that “literally saved [her] skin:” Epicuren Soothe Dermal Repair Mist ($48) and Soothe Dermal Repair Balm ($88). “My skin is very sensitive, and New York in the winter is terrible for my skin. You go from freezing cold into hot buildings. This stuff, like it says in the name, is really soothing. If I burn myself or get a facial or chemical peel, I put this on. It heals everything. It’s magic in a little jar. Every time I put it on, I feel like my skin’s going, ‘Oh, thank you so much.'”
Charmingly calling herself a “lotions and potions girl,” the White Lotus actress also swears by 111Skin’s Rose Gold Illuminating Eye Mask ($110 for a pack of eight). “These face masks and eye masks are incredible, especially if I’m shooting. I’m so shameless with them. I was just doing a Clint Eastwood movie in Savannah, and I would throw on my eye mask, jump in my rental car, and go to the coffee shop with it on. It became such a joke that anytime someone from the accounting department would walk through hair and makeup, they’d be like, ‘So who makes those masks again?’ These are not cheap, but they do work. I switch between the de-puffing, the rose gold, the black diamond, and blue cryo ones, depending on my mood. The other day, Sam [Rockwell, Bibb’s partner] had to do press, so I threw them under his eyes. I took them off, and I was like, ‘Yep, your eyes look good.'”
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When it comes to makeup, Bibb revealed her go-to foundation is Giorgio Armani Beauty Luminous Silk Foundation ($69), a makeup artist favorite. “Every makeup artist uses this on me, and it’s what I use in real life now. I tried to find other ones, but this one is easy, light, and beautiful. I don’t wear a lot of makeup because I don’t know how to do it. But, if I want a little coverage so I don’t look like Shrek, I use this and its blush on my cheeks and call it a day.”
Bibb also scored a life-changing hair recommendation from pro Tracey Cunningham: Olaplex shampoo and conditioner. “I have baby-fine hair, and it just loves this stuff. I try washing my hair with other brands, and my hair ends up looking like a drowned mouse or something. It also prolongs my hair color. I’m not a natural blonde. I don’t know about anyone else, but getting your hair colored is tedious. Sitting in a hair chair for three or four hours is not something I find fun. Olaplex gets me an extra week out of the chair. If that’s what I have to do to get that time back, I’ll do it. They also have a product for getting chlorine out. As corny as this sounds, I do water aerobics in Los Angeles, like I’m somebody from the movie Cocoon. I’ll use Olaplex, and it works like a charm.”
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