DIANE LANE’S BEAUTY SECRETS
Actress explains why she loves her facialists and how she doesn’t care much for make-up
Diane Lane has been acting since she was a teenager, first in films like A Little Romance and The Outsiders, and later in ones like Unfaithful and Under the Tuscan Sun. This autumn, you can see her in the final season of House of Cards and in the debut season of The Romanoffs.
With all that, Lane, 53, is no stranger to the makeup chair, the facialist’s office and the judgmental beauty gantlet that can be Hollywood. The experience has given her opinions (and solid recommendations) on beauty. Raised in New York, Lane now lives in Los Angeles.
SKINCARE
I get exposed to so much product — swag bags at a soiree, makeup artists on a shoot, on set. And if I’m travelling, I’m supposed to pop up like a Pop-Tart and look fabulous somewhere. I would probably spend more time on other things if I could, but then, I make a living on my face, so there are different criteria when it comes to a beauty regimen.
I don’t use the “A” word, as in anti-aging. I just remove myself from those associations. I’m so fed up with the marketing of fear. What I do now, I create a mantle when I go to sleep. When I wake up, all I do is spray some Lavender Hydrasol by Arcona and go with my own natural facial oils that I generate through the night.
When it comes to choosing which skincare products I use, I keep going back to the women I actually have a whole lot of respect for. They are facialists who have their own product lines. I throw in some other stuff, too, but in general they are my tried and true.
One of them was Arcona [Devan]. I used to go to her before she passed away. She was based in Los Angeles, and she came to me at the Roosevelt Hotel for the day of my Oscar nomination. She was that person in my life who was very kind and generous — a large soul. Now I go to Chanel Jenae there.
Besides the Hydrasol, I love the Arcona Toner Tea Bar, which is an actual bar I use at night. I love the idea of using bars of soap instead of plastic bottles. How many more bottles of plastic do we put in the ocean? I also like their Peptide Hydrating Complex AM/PM.
You can’t be a New Yorker without knowing about Tracie Martyn. I swear by her Amla Purifying Cleanser, which I use with a Foreo.
MAKE-UP
I really enjoy loving my naked face, because if I fall more in love with the mask, that’s depressing. I want to see me and not feel like I have to apologise by making changes. Also, I want some days off. When you’re constantly required to have a quota of glamour, you just want to put on your blue jeans, no make-up and feel cute. Then you can appreciate the miracle of mascara when you have to be on again. I do swear by Dr Bronner’s chapstick.
FRAGRANCE
I probably need an intervention in this department. I keep all of my old perfumes. If I smell one, it’ll take me directly to what it reminds me of.
I suppose if there’s one constant for me, it’s any version of vetiver. I’ve always loved the men’s fragrances of the 80s and 90s, like Perry Ellis for Men and L’Homme.
HAIRCARE
I have great hair. But I also baby my hair... Recently I was turned on to Hask hair products. I also really love Rene Furterer. The shea butter mask is fantastic, and the company is super-evolved in the way they harvest for shea butter.