“Everyone [in the office is] wearing [the J. Crew fragrances] — they work for both men and women.” Jenna Lyons said in a recent interview about all things beauty. “Everything we do roots back to menswear in the end, so the sea that our perfume or a cologne might be suitable for one or the other makes complete sense.” The little nugget of information was only one of many that the creative director dropped in the interview.
The fragrances, named 57 and 31(the former is Lyons’ favorite), went on sale this week in J. Crew stores and online. Sadly for Lyons though, she can’t really wear them as her son doesn’t recognize the scent since she’s been wearing a different one since he was born. “He’s like, ‘You don’t smell like my mom! Where’s your perfume?!’”
But the new J. Crew products weren’t all that was on the menu to discuss in the interview. Lyons talks everything from what is sexy to make-up, hair and aging. Read on to see some of our favorite parts.
On what is sexy:
“There’s sexiness in not trying to be sexy. Sexy for J. Crew is something more natural, not when everything is firing on all cylinders. There has to be something that’s a bit undone. You can’t have perfect hair, and clothes, and makeup—you need an element of imperfection to make you feel like there’s a person behind it all.”
One skincare tool of the trade:
“I go to Aida Bicaj for facials. I’m obsessed with her; she’s how I found the Biologique Recherche Lotion P50, which I’m also obsessed with. I have the other creams and stuff, but this is the one that I always use; if I travel I don’t leave without it. Sometimes you wash your face after having makeup on and it doesn’t feel totally clean, and this is the only thing that does that for me. It’s a little like an adult-level Stridex pad, except it doesn’t strip all the grease off your face—I want to preserve the grease. I need the grease; I just want to get the clean.”
On aging:
“I was reading something today that said that if you’re too skinny people think you don’t eat, and if you’re too fat you’re a slob. But it wasn’t a magazine…Oh, it was on Naomi Campbell’s Instagram. [Laughs] Society is so tough and expectations are so unrealistic. Could I take better care of myself? Absolutely. I joke all the time that I’m old and I’m getting older and I feel it, so I guess I would rather talk about it with a smile and say, ‘Oh God, I’m old!’ than spend all my time at the dermatologist. I approach aging with ice cream and a martini.”
Read the full interview on Into The Gloss.
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