Once I meet Perrie Edwards, it is backstage in an empty bar a number of hours earlier than an intimate solo efficiency. She’s wearing a sheer, electrical blue robe that accentuates her child bump. “Hiya, are we filming?” she asks as she walks by means of the door, her glam squad in tow. Once I shake my head she grins, kicks off her four-inch platform footwear and settles on the couch, curling her naked toes beneath her as if that is only a cosy chat between girlfriends.
That is the factor about Perrie. Regardless of a stratospheric profession within the band Little Combine, which grew to become one of many best-selling lady teams of all time, and a profitable debut solo album, she nonetheless has an infectious girl-next-door appeal.
Perrie is humorous, relatable and fully unfiltered – whether or not she’s speaking about motherhood (Perrie is mum to four-year-old Axel and is anticipating a second youngster) or her battle with zits, which is why she is CeraVe’s ambassador for his or her Cease The Pop, Rock The Patch marketing campaign.
Right here Perrie Edwards speaks to Glamour about pores and skin, self-care and empowerment…
Once I was in Little Combine, I might sleep in my make-up after which simply go over it within the morning – no marvel my pores and skin was atrocious…
Rising up I by no means had dangerous pores and skin. It was extra that I simply hated my pores and skin. I used to be very freckly, so I used to be very insecure. No person round me had freckles, so I used to be the odd one out and I felt actually ugly as a child. After which, as I began to become older, I used to be like, “No, they’re so good and I must embrace them and now I like my freckles.”
However then I began to get spotty. It was extra after I was within the band and possibly all the way down to the quantity of make-up I used to be carrying. It was a vicious cycle as a result of the extra spotty I received, the extra I wished to place concealer on after which there have been the completely different time zones, lack of sleep, all of that.
It was loopy. We used to have scheduled glam for 4 hours, so if we had an 8:00am begin, it was a 4:00am begin for us. Me and the women would sleep with our make-up on as a result of our schedule was so intense. I might get up the subsequent day, have touchups and go to work, however have a number of extra hours sleep.
Now I by no means sleep with make-up on. Your pores and skin cannot heal when it is received a full blanket on, can it? The Lancôme make-up remover is a godsend and it is so light after I’ve received a full face of make-up on. I soak a cleaning sponge in it because it sort of sucks all of the make-up away. Then I will use my CeraVe oil cleanser.
I used to really feel like I wanted to whack the make-up on to really feel fairly…
It was a section, as nicely, as a result of developments change, make-up modifications and what was cool is not cool anymore. I like that ladies at this time are stepping out with beautiful tinted moisturised faces and their spot stickers on.
This complete ‘clear lady aesthetic’ might be my favorite as a result of I simply love not having to attempt as onerous. Within the mornings I am ineffective. I simply cleanse after which use my CeraVe spot stickers. They’re so good and as soon as they’re on, you may’t even see them, which is improbable.
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