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Whether at home in Los Angeles or touring with Olivia Rodrigo, Gracie Abrams likes to self-soothe with skin care. But it hasn’t always been that way.
“My skin-care journey has been a very interesting one,” says Abrams. Despite growing up without any skin issues, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter began experiencing cystic acne when her anxiety intensified before starting college. After recalibrating her routine to treat her flare-ups, she gained a new appreciation for skin care. “It’s something I can do that feels like a tangible way to be taking care of myself,” she explains. “It’s kind of like giving your brain a little moment of rest, and sometimes small distractions like this are really nice.”
Each morning, Abrams’s regimen begins not with a skin-care product but rather an ice cube, used as a face-massage tool to quell morning puffiness. “My mom would suggest putting ice behind my ears and on my wrists when I was little because I would get anxious and nauseous,” she says. “So ice has been my friend for a very long time.” After skin icing, she cleanses with a salicylic-acid-infused face wash, followed by a sequence of hydrators and a face-rolling session.
While Abrams incorporates preventative treatments to address her adult acne, she doesn’t try to control her acne. Better yet, she embraces it. “Acne doesn’t bother me as much now as it used to,” says Abrams, who used to cake on heavy makeup in an attempt to veil her blemishes. “The truth is [that] no one ever notices it as much as you do.” For more natural, lit-from-within coverage, she preps skin with Tom Ford’s primer for illumination and Saie’s Slip Tint for sun protection—the latter of which, she notes, is a TikTok discovery that has changed her life. Next, Laneige’s sleeping mask nourishes her lips, while the Egyptian Magic cream moisturizes her body.
Inspired by her mother and the effortless beauty of her musical heroes Fiona Apple and Joni Mitchell, Abrams gravitates toward minimalist makeup. A few swipes of Westman Atelier’s stick foundation and NARS’s creamy concealer even out her complexion, while a dash of blush, contour, and Chanel’s highlighter balm supply definition and shine. Abrams’s gaze is enhanced simply with just a stroke of eyeliner and curled lashes. After painting on a mauvy pink lip, she brushes through her brows with Anastasia Beverly Hills’s styling wax and dots her face with faux freckles using the Freck pen. Finally, a spritz of Living Proof texture spray enhances her naturally tousled waves, while a cloud of Chanel and Le Labo fragrances helps her achieve her signature scent. And with that Abrams signs off with some feel-good wishes: “I hope you’re happy, healthy, safe, hydrated, loving your friends and family, [and] yourself.”
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