Issa Rae’s Guide to Dry Skin Care and In-Office Makeup

Vogue

The award-winning screenwriter, actor, and producer walks Vogue through her beauty routine—from a blemish-controlling serum to the bronzer trick she learned on set.  Director: Gabrielle Reich DP: Matt Krueger Editor: Tajah Smith  Associate Producer: Lea Donenberg Production Manager: Kit Fogarty Production Coordinator: Ava Kashar Associate Talent Manager: Phoebe Feinberg  Post Production Supervisor: Edward Taylor Post Production Coordinator: Jovan James Supervising Editor: Kameron Key Assistant Editor: Courtney Karwal Filmed at: Hotel Casa Del Mar

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00:00 (gentle music)

00:02 Hey, I'm Issa Rae, and I'm gonna walk you

00:06 through my skincare routine

00:08 and my go to the office makeup look.

00:12 I'm gonna do something a little different,

00:14 and I am going to show you how I go to sleep at night.

00:18 'Cause there's no morning routine without my dutopia.

00:22 You gotta see this, huh?

00:24 I have not had a pimple in a year and a half

00:29 since using this, not even period pimples.

00:31 Like period pimples used to piss me off.

00:33 So I'm not jinxing myself, but I love this product.

00:36 So then, ooh, I went to sleep this morning.

00:39 Now I wash this off my face, Cetaphil.

00:41 Vaseline, and I'm putting this on

00:49 'cause I wanna talk to y'all with dry lips.

00:52 Scalp oil from CNN Actuals.

00:55 'Cause I just, I don't like, I'm dry.

00:57 I'm dry all the time, everywhere.

00:59 And scalp care is skincare.

01:03 I will rock, you know, braids.

01:05 I'm really good at wrapping my hair at night,

01:07 preserving hairstyles.

01:09 Barbie though, which y'all see my robe.

01:12 Barbie was a wiggy asset, I'll say that.

01:16 Vitamin C and E serum.

01:18 Dr. Stone for darker skin tones.

01:24 Even when I tried to approach doing a skincare routine

01:27 in my 20s, like I didn't see specific products

01:32 for black people, this immediately appealed to me.

01:36 You know, I do this in the mirror,

01:37 but I feel so vulnerable doing it in front of y'all.

01:41 But it's Vogue, and Vogue calls, you pick up, right?

01:46 When I'm on a set, it's so important to me

01:51 that I have people of color working with me,

01:54 people who understand, you know, black hair, black skin.

01:59 Even if you're not a person of color,

02:01 I need you to have that understanding.

02:03 You know, I used to have super dark circles under my eyes.

02:06 This is a Lancer Legacy Eye Treatment.

02:10 Mornings are my favorite time of day.

02:14 They are my time, like I get up super early.

02:16 I'm a 4 a.m. girl.

02:17 I get my workout in, and after my workout's done,

02:20 I feel like I've already tackled the day in the best way.

02:25 And then this is where you find me, my skincare routine,

02:28 and that's also a way to just unwind

02:29 and get ready for the day.

02:30 I do bask in it when I have time.

02:33 When I'm traveling, this entire routine goes

02:37 in a small pouch, like a kid.

02:40 It comes with me everywhere, every bathroom.

02:42 I unpack it first.

02:43 Wherever I'm at, I know that I'm home

02:45 and that my skin will be taken care of.

02:47 I use sunscreen a lot, and I've gotten better about it

02:50 because I was one of those ones,

02:53 I was one of those blacks that was like,

02:55 do I need it?

02:58 I've learned that cancer doesn't care where you're at,

03:02 so I make a concerted effort to put on sunscreen.

03:07 I will go to work without makeup if I'm in a rush,

03:12 and when I still wanna have that like glowy, dewy look,

03:16 I use this Tata Harper beautifying oil.

03:20 I love it.

03:21 I found out that one of my co-stars on Barbie,

03:24 Shuti, uses these.

03:26 I was like, he's using it, and he has amazing skin.

03:30 Let me tell you what will cause an immediate marital fight

03:40 is you touch my products,

03:42 and you don't know what they're doing,

03:44 and you come on my side and take my products.

03:47 Don't touch my face creams and use like globs of it.

03:52 Stay away from my skin products or the wars.

03:57 Am I a makeup artist?

04:00 No.

04:01 Have I ever done this before?

04:03 No.

04:04 You asked for this shit.

04:05 You clicked on the video, all right?

04:06 So first, we'll start with a little foundation.

04:11 Shishito, it's great for my skin tone.

04:13 I apply with a little beauty blender,

04:15 and I'm really only gonna apply right here.

04:17 Concealer, norse, as you say it with an LA accent.

04:26 Tap a little concealer on my lids too,

04:37 so that when I use the bronzer later, it will show up.

04:40 Fenty powder for my girl.

04:42 I saw her video.

04:43 It was cute.

04:44 I don't use much.

04:45 Bronzer really helps with that glowy look,

04:50 and the makeup artist that I do work with,

04:52 she gave me this three method

04:54 where you just go on the outer parts and make a three.

05:00 Ah, look!

05:01 I'm gonna switch my brush out,

05:07 and I'm gonna use this bronzer for my eyes

05:12 too, okay?

05:13 I love like bronzy colors.

05:16 I love gold colors.

05:18 I love like rosy reds.

05:21 I'm gonna go on my eye for a little,

05:26 a glowy look, you know?

05:28 This makes me look like I made an effort.

05:34 Like I genuinely care about the people that I work with,

05:38 which I do, and then I wanna show up for them.

05:40 (upbeat music)

05:43 I am playing President Barbie in the Barbie movie,

05:48 and she is an actual leader.

05:50 In Barbie Land, Barbies can do anything.

05:55 They can be anything.

05:56 When Greta approached me to be the president,

05:59 there wasn't like this big thing that,

06:03 oh, it's the black female president.

06:05 It was just like, you're in Barbie Land,

06:08 the president can be black,

06:10 and is black, and that's just what it is,

06:15 and I love that.

06:16 She also said the nicest thing.

06:17 She was like, you know, I was thinking,

06:20 in my fantasy world, you would be my president,

06:23 and I said, girl, why?

06:26 Why?

06:26 I love this eyebrow gel from Dime.

06:31 Dime, only Dimes use it.

06:33 I just thought of that.

06:35 So I usually brush down first.

06:37 (upbeat music)

06:40 Insecure is really just a,

06:47 what was the playground?

06:48 Everybody got the opportunity to

06:50 kind of give their best,

06:53 from the hair, to the makeup,

06:56 to the styling on the show.

06:57 A lot of people ask me if I really rap in the mirror.

07:00 No, and I've had people tell me,

07:05 like, I rap in the mirror just like you.

07:07 And I'm like, I don't do that, but good, I'm glad.

07:09 Whatever helps you, whatever helps, you know, get out,

07:12 you know, talk to myself around the house a lot.

07:14 But I do appreciate that Issa D gave people,

07:18 you know, a way to get their rationale,

07:21 get their feelings out in the mirror.

07:23 But this does make me feel a little bit nostalgic.

07:27 Add mascara.

07:29 This is the one with extra volume.

07:31 All liner.

07:36 (upbeat music)

07:37 I would say the best advice that I've gotten

07:40 has been like, what's meant for you will be yours.

07:43 That has gotten me through so many setbacks

07:46 and feeling like, ugh, where am I,

07:47 like the stagnation,

07:49 or like I've missed out on opportunities.

07:51 That really gets me through times

07:53 when I'm just like down on myself.

07:55 When something is mine,

07:57 and I'm ready for it, then I'm out here, baby.

08:03 (upbeat music)

08:06 I am so excited about this summer.

08:10 I have, you know, obviously "Spider-Verse" came out,

08:13 and that was such a big, big deal for me

08:15 to play Spider-Woman, Jessica Drew, and then Barbie.

08:20 And then I have the second season of "Rap Shit" coming out,

08:22 which is gonna, you know, take over the summer,

08:25 some for the summertime.

08:27 I'll put some blush on.

08:30 When I am,

08:31 like I need to play a role

08:35 when I feel like I've written it for me,

08:39 then it's mine.

08:40 But generally, I love to write for other people.

08:43 I wanna write for LaShonna Lynch, Quinta, Kiki Palmer.

08:49 I wanna write something for Yaya Abdul-Mateen.

08:52 So many people, honestly, come see about me.

08:53 Let's put a little lip liner,

08:55 and then I'll top it off with a little gloss.

08:57 (gentle music)

09:00 I love, like, neutral, dark '90s lip tones.

09:05 So this is a chestnut color that I really like.

09:07 This is a Sigma lip gloss.

09:11 I should've stolen so much stuff from the Barbie set

09:14 because, like, where else was I gonna get that?

09:17 You know, I have a niece.

09:18 I felt like I failed her.

09:20 There was so much stuff just in drawers

09:23 that the camera didn't even see

09:25 that nobody would know was there

09:26 except for the production and set designers.

09:28 But, like, really, what could you do about it?

09:29 And there were so many Barbies on set.

09:31 Man, I should've at least stolen clothes.

09:32 Pop it off with one of my favorites, Chanel No. 5.

09:34 I'm basic like that.

09:36 This is President Barbie signing out.

09:40 Thank you guys so much for taking this journey with me.

09:43 Bye!

09:44 (gentle music)

09:48 (door slams)

09:51 (gentle music)

09:53 (gentle music)

09:56 (upbeat music)

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