The quintessential California Girl (or Uptown Girl, if you believe a certain Long Island crooner) who managed to make scandalously high-cut one-pieces seem perfectly flattering appears to be aging backwards. Really, how is Christie Brinkley 62 years old? It defies the laws of the universe. Anyway, she's attempting to help those of us who don't have the same iron grip on youth with her eponymous skin care collection, including two new glow-inducing additions, Inlighten Spot Correcting & Brightening Serum and Pure Radiance Illuminating Facial Oil. Here, she reminisces about her zinc oxide nose, her mother's best beauty advice, and prepping for those legendary Sports Illustrated shoots.
Get your zinc on
I remember that before I was allowed to wear makeup, what we did—because the only thing that people did for sunblock back then was zinc oxide on the end of the nose, we always had zinc oxide in the house, so we used that. So we would take the zinc oxide and put it on our lips. But the sixties, it was all about that like, pale, white, pink, so it sort of looked like that. We would try and sneak it into our bags and get some makeup for our eyes to darken them. And of course my mom was like, "You're not wearing makeup yet, no way, no way!" But we felt like—that was my first little revolt.
Follow the rule of three
I always think of my mom when I'm putting my makeup on, because I always marveled at the fact that my mom could do her makeup in literally 45 seconds in the rearview mirror. She would be like, "Oh, okay, we're gonna go—okay!" All she did was pull on the outside of her eye, line the upper lids with a pencil, just above the lash, put her blush on—she always wore an orange-ish, bronzy, sunny color—and this sort of orange-y lipstick. And suddenly, she was just radiant. And I always marveled at that. And even after years of modeling and doing everything, I was just like, "I don't know, no one's ever looked like my mom looked with just those three items."
Find your light
The best tip I learned from my years of modeling is to go check your makeup in natural light. Because doing it in the bathroom, in that light, can be completely different than getting out in the daylight. And also, to check the side of your face, because a lot of people look at themselves from the front when they're doing their makeup and completely forget about what's going on on the side. So you can see a line under here, or a stripe on the neck.
Be your own makeup pro
Back in those days, we did our own hair and makeup for our jobs. So I basically did what my mom did during those years, because I didn't know a lot about makeup. I wanted that glow-y beach girl look. And I remember Julie Campbell once asked me to do some of the other girls, too, because some of them would show up, kind of like how I am now (Ed. note: gorgeous lady-who-lunches look), which is not beach appropriate. And she would kind of panic and be like, "Can you just help them, please?" I worked on a couple girls on the Brazil trip. But yeah, I would keep it simple. I used to think that to do sort of one color, so I would do bronzy-orange on my cheek, and then on my eyes as well. And then I'd just add a little black line on the outer corner, a little dark brown on the inner corner, a little mascara, and just a little gloss.
Know your body
Well, I really use my Total Gym. And I think it's great, and there are all kinds of studies that show that that kind of exercise that both stretches and strengthens, you know, concentric and eccentric exercising, is the best for your muscles. And that's what Total Gym does. And so I really do use it. And I'm also really into all those biking things. SoulCycle, Peloton, FlyWheel. I just think that it's such a fun way to burn calories, you know? And so, I think it's a perfect combination. I want to get my Total Gyms into those studios. Because they always say, "You need to stretch, you need to stretch" beforehand.
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