As a presenter on SABC 3’s popular breakfast show Expresso, Zoё Brown spends about 45 minutes in the make-up chair every weekday morning. While it helps her look bright and cheerful at a time when many South Africans are still crawling out of bed, all that make-up can also take a toll on the skin. The secrets to keeping her skin fresh and radiant, she says, are maintaining a healthy skincare regimen and being picky about products.
Don’t skip sunblock
“Every single morning when I leave home, I have to put sunblock on. On the mornings I’m on Expresso, I wear my Clicks face sunblock. It’s been ingrained in me to look after my skin, so I never leave home without applying sunblock.”
Try: Clicks SUNprotect SPF50 Face Cream
Use quality products
“I like to make sure the products that are being used on my face are good quality, so I take my own make-up to work, and the make-up artist uses those products. One of my skincare products that I use every morning and every evening is the Nivea Luminous 630 Serum. And I’ve really been enjoying Catrice and Essence. They’ve been so incredible with their offering in terms of really cool and trendy products, pigment and price point.”
Try: Nivea Perfect & Radiant Luminous Treatment Serum
Keep it clean
“It’s nice to have a make-up artist who’s big on hygiene. The brushes she uses are always clean and my personal make-up brushes get cleaned often. My number one rule is: as soon as I’m done with work, I wipe all the foundation off. I like to keep the eye make-up and then just put a tinted sunblock or moisturiser on. Sometimes a make-up wipe can be quite harsh, but if you add a bit of micellar water, it helps getting all that make-up from TV off. I always wash my face – double cleanse, if necessary – before I go to bed.”
Try: Sorbet Salon Skin 3-in-One Micellar Water
Zoё’s easy go-to look…
“My go-to look is first to make sure my skin’s flawless – either a tinted sunblock or a very light foundation. Then I have a dual bronzer and I use one colour for my eyes and both for my cheeks and finally I do my eyebrows and a little bit of eyeliner just to make my eyes pop. When I do my own make-up, I also put a primer on from Essence.”
Try: Essence Poreless Partner Primer
IMAGE CREDIT: Roxanne Dalton