Olivia Dean Is the New World Model Associate of Hourglass Cosmetics | Interview

“‘I really like you. You have obtained this. You look beautiful.’”

That’s what Olivia Dean tells herself when she seems within the mirror every morning. “I lead with that mentality,” says the singer, who’s presently nestled into a luxurious sofa in a lodge suite in downtown San Francisco. “Although generally you may not really feel prefer it, it’s a must to fake.” It’s clear Dean practices what she preaches: her megahit album is known as, in fact, The Artwork of Loving, and consists of songs like “So Straightforward (To Fall In Love)” and “I’ve Seen It” that remind listeners that there’s magnificence to be present in all types of love, self-love chief amongst them.

The day of our assembly is lower than every week after Dean’s Grammys win for Greatest New Artist—and her pleasure stays palpable. “It’s [only now] simply sinking in,” says Dean, as she lights a Diptyque candle. “It’s been the craziest week of my life.” She has many extra crazy-in-a-good-way days forward, from a efficiency later that night to an upcoming (and already bought out) world tour, to the rationale we’ve gathered right here as we speak: her appointment as the brand new world model companion of Hourglass Cosmetics.

It was solely a matter of time earlier than Dean was tapped by a magnificence model: Her curls tumble down her shoulders in a means that feels easy and her complexion glows like that of somebody who sleeps ten hours an evening and spends their days stress-free, not acting at main awards exhibits. However Dean desires it to be clear: It took numerous experimentation earlier than she landed on her now-signature look. “I feel it could be completely ridiculous to fake everybody simply instantly is aware of what their model is. I actually assume it’s a must to do a number of trial and error,” she says. “I used to have the craziest eyebrows; I took it actually far. These pictures actually make me snigger.”

As we speak, Dean’s magnificence philosophy is all about embracing what comes naturally. “I don’t wish to really feel like a very completely different particular person on stage,” she says. “It’s about me and my on a regular basis life, however just a bit extra fabulous.” Her magnificence influences are huge, however Dean says she admires Audrey Hepburn in addition to her “favourite mom and daughter combo” of Diana and Tracee Ellis Ross. Lately, Dean has additionally been referencing pictures of Bianca Jagger, who “actually owns the facet half.”

Dean’s partnership with Hourglass looks like a pure match, she says: “It’s a model that has been in my life for a very very long time already. I bear in mind going into Liberty in London; their brushes had been the primary set I ever purchased. Now, I’ve obtained all their journey brushes for happening tour.” It’s then that Dean opens her make-up bag, exhibiting off her present favorites. She’s loyal to the Veil Hydrating Pores and skin Tint (“I am both shade 10 or 11, relying on how a lot solar I have been capable of obtain,” she says, “As we speak, 10.”), the lip liner she carried out in on the Grammys (one perk of her new gig: it is a new shade that hasn’t been launched but), and the brand new Unreal Liquid Highlighter in Infinite, a yellow-toned gold. “I’m fairly loyal to being a blush girl, however I’ve began doing spotlight on high of that, and this one is simply beautiful,” says Dean. “It makes you appear like you simply stepped off the seaside.” The highlighter and tint are two of the three merchandise (together with the model’s Vanish Airbrush Concealer) that comprise “The Olivia Edit,” the primary of a collection of capsule collections Dean will choose for Hourglass as a part of her new position.