LILI REINHART
The Riverdale star and face of Covergirl’s Clean Fresh range keeps it real with skin setbacks and filter fatigue
Lesson 1: skin downtime
At the moment, Lili Reinhart has been enjoying a much needed skin break. “I’m not having to go to work and wear makeup for 16 hours a day, so it’s been really nice for my skin to have a break from loads of makeup,” she says. “That’s been really beneficial for my breakouts, honestly.” Lesson 2: clean makeup
If Reinhart is going to wear makeup, she finds comfort in the fact the makeup she’s wearing is clean, vegan and cruelty-free. “I know there are no parabens, sulfates, talcs or any bad ingredients in this Clean Fresh Covergirl line.” Reinhart reveals it’s the concealer from the same range (currently only available in the US) that has been her everyday isolation go-to.
“It’s really nice for blocking out any redness I have.”
Lesson 3: transparency
Reinhart looks for the same realistic inspiration she hopes to offer, too. “I think it’s important for me to show that acne is normal. I like to follow Instagram accounts of women who [also] show off their natural skin texture, I don’t like people [who are] photoshopped, filtered or [wearing] super heavy makeup.”
Lesson 4: au naturale
“I don’t want to be wearing a lot of makeup because I don’t need it, and it doesn’t make me feel super confident [wearing so much],” Reinhart says. She also has some favourite sources of inspiration as far as fellow celebs go as well. “I think Margot Robbie always
looks really beautiful on the red carpet, her skin always looks natural.”
Lesson 5: keep testing
Reinhart only recently discovered the topical that works for her acne. “I’m a big skincare person – I love trying to find new products that work. One of the products that really helped my cystic acne was Anti Bump by Renée Rouleau. Her products are really, really wonderful, and that one really helped my skin.”
Lesson 6: body love
Skin and body positivity go hand in hand for Reinhart. “My body’s not chiselled or perfect by any means – and that’s totally fine by me. I don’t have a size-zero waist and I have love handles, and so I’m gonna show the world.”