Eva Longoria Is the Reverse of Her ‘Determined Housewives’ Character When it Involves Magnificence

It’s laborious to distill Eva Longoria’s decades-long profession down into single moments and sound bytes. The actor, activist, director, producer, philanthropist, and founding member of Time’s Up has channeled her voice and skills into many mediums over time, from talking up about being a Latina girl in Hollywood, to releasing her directorial debut, final 12 months. Titled Flamin’ Sizzling, it tells Richard Montañez’s story as he goes from Frito Lay janitor to the person who made Flamin’ Sizzling Cheetos a world success.

This 12 months, she’s been simply as busy, starring in Land of Ladies as a New York socialite named Gala who she likens (at the very least on the floor) to Bree Van de Kamp of Determined Housewives. “She’s about having to be put collectively on a regular basis,” she says, including that she’s “not that particular person” in terms of her off-screen magnificence routine.

I catch Longoria earlier than her first Cannes carpet, the place she pops up on display from the South of France. The primary “One Factor” on her thoughts: ceding the highlight to the L’Oréal Paris Lights on Ladies’s Value Award, the model’s ongoing dedication to honoring rising feminine filmmakers. Longoria, who’s been a L’Oréal ambassador for greater than 20 years, has repeatedly highlighted the significance of “celebrating and honoring” different ladies in Hollywood. “It is such a prestigious pageant, so to acknowledge feminine filmmakers on this stage and on this platform is absolutely necessary,” she says. “It might do rather a lot for his or her careers.”

The record of One Issues continues from there, from irreplaceable skincare devices to items of life recommendation that might solely come from somebody totally, confidently at house in herself. In spite of everything, Longoria has performed all of it—however I’ve a sense one of the best is but to return. Under, the characters that made her step exterior her magnificence type, the make-up look that feels most like her, and the explanation she’d decline any life recommendation to her youthful self.

The One Skincare Step She By no means Skips

“Moisturizer and sunblock. And often, my moisturizer has sunblock in it. So I by no means skip these.”

The One Magnificence Product That is At all times in Her Bag

“I at all times have lip balm. I’ve 100 totally different lip balms however there’s at all times lip balm in my purse. And sunblock—the L’Oréal Paris Shiny Reveal Broad Spectrum SPF 50 + Antioxidants UV-Lotion—it absorbs so effectively.”

The One Magnificence Tip She Picked Up on Set

“Make-up suggestions are at all times evolving—make-up and skincare has developed and I am at all times studying various things. I see any individual use a software on me and I am like, ‘What is that?’ Or they’re like, ‘You need to do this.’

“There is a machine known as the Facify Magnificence Wand the place you are able to do lymphatic drainage earlier than you do your make-up. It’s this rotating factor and it feels so good in your face. Nurse Jamie additionally has the Eyeonix Eye Massaging Magnificence Instrument, this under-eye vibrating software. You placed on serum and you then push it underneath your eye and it simply awakens your eyes, which I really like. Largely, I’ve realized that it’s simply placing extra consideration on skincare than make-up.”

The One Character the Most Reverse to Her Magnificence Fashion

“I do not know if I performed anyone like me [with beauty] as a result of often, I am bare-faced. I am the alternative of [Desperate Housewives’] Gaby Solis as a result of she was all about her look, all about vogue, all about seems—and that is undoubtedly the alternative of who I used to be. In Land of Ladies, which premieres in June on Apple, I play a lady who—otherwise than Gaby Solis—isn’t a lot about sexiness. She’s about having to be put collectively on a regular basis; she’s extra like Bree [Van de Kamp of Desperate Housewives]. I am not that particular person both, so I do not suppose I’ve performed an individual that is most like me.”

The One Magnificence Look That Makes Her Really feel the Most Herself

“For certain after I’m bare-faced. If I’ve sunblock and moisturizer on—and possibly mascara—that is most likely like my go-to look.”

The Y2K Magnificence Pattern She By no means Must See Once more

“The 2000s was such heavy make-up! I keep in mind carrying a lot—particularly a powerful smoky eye. I look again and I’m going, ‘Oh my God, I’ve a lot eyeshadow on…I do not know what number of colours I’ve on my eyes.’ So the trendy no-makeup make-up look—I really like that development.”

The One Factor She Does Each Morning

“Positively skincare. I’ve a fantastic skincare routine. I take advantage of all of the L’Oréal Revitalift [products]: the cream, the moisturizer, the serum, the hyaluronic acid, the glycolic acid, the vitamin C! I really like my skincare routine within the morning and at evening. I simply suppose you’ll be able to’t have good make-up if you do not have good pores and skin.”

The One Factor She Would Inform Her Youthful Self (Or Not)

“I do not need to give myself any recommendation. I like what I’ve performed and I really feel like if I gave my youthful self recommendation, it could have modified my trajectory. I like the place I’m; I’ve no regrets. I embrace all of the failures. I have been via all of the errors I made. I feel I actually realized from these and it is made me who I’m.”