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"Vogue Skincare: Hidden Guardian" for Vogue China June 2014
Photographer: Ben Hassett
Stylist: Karen Kaiser
Hair: Tomi Kono at Julian Watson Agency
Make-up: Violette at Management + Artists
Manicure: Alicia Torello at The Wall Group
Props: Nick Des Jardins for Mary Howard Studio
Model: Alana Zimmer
Source: glossynewsstand.com
"I can't live without:
1. Blazers
2. Jojoba Oil
3. Apples
4. Céline shoes
5. Nature"
"I recently did a shoot in Kenya with giraffes. I was having my picture taken by Liz Collins while feeding a giraffe treats and getting smooched by it. I honestly wanted to cry realizing that this was my job and I would have paid for that experience. I’m one lucky chick!"
"I always wash my face with Cetaphil cleanser; it’s so gentle and never irritates my skin. I use witch hazel as a toner to follow. I am completely obsessed with Jojoba Oil and always use a bit to moisturize with after. I then normally use Ling’s Oxygen & Multi Vitamin cream or, in the summer, I put on La Mer’s sunscreen. I also really love to mix my own masks at home with honey or avocado. If I’m travelling I always pack an SKII mask for the road."
"My go-to [fragrance] is always Chloé. Even when I smell it on someone else it’s my favorite scent. Right now I’m also into the Rodin Olio Lusso perfume that my friend Sheila got me for my birthday."
"Do whatever makes you happy and makes you feel confident. It’s pretty generic but it’s such great advice. When you’re around people who love what they do and love life, I find it magnetic. I want to spend time with them."
"For up and coming models, I think it’s important to finish high school. Because let’s face it, you’ll never go back if you don’t. Otherwise, please be healthy! Your body is your temple, or so my mother always tells me."
"I have a blazer that I bought in a vintage store from a designer named Ilie Wacs. I wanted to find more of his pieces so I looked him up online and it turns out that he is a Holocaust survivor who came to New York and became a tailor. He was well known for his coats, and I must say this blazer is my absolute favorite. It’s boxy but chic and goes with everything. It’s totally falling apart, but it’s the best cut blazer I’ve ever had and I love that there’s a story behind it. Other than that I absolutely adore jumpsuits of all kinds."
"[Moving from a small town to New York City] was a huge transition that I initially tried to avoid. For the first year that I started working I was living out of a suitcase. I basically had no home. Then after my second show season I went back home to my parent’s house and realized I no longer had much of a life there. My job was in New York and so were a lot of my friends. I think I found an apartment that week and I’ve been here ever since."
"I do enjoy cooking. I recently took a French cooking course at the Institute of Culinary Education, which I loved. I learned to make all sorts of reductions, sauces, different cuts of meat, etc. I live in the East Village at the moment, so I’m a bit spoiled by [the many] cheap and delicious restaurants. A lot of the time when I end up buying groceries, I’ll book a last minute travel job and they all end up going to waste. So I eat out a lot more often than I should. I’m definitely more of a natural baker than chef though. My favorite cake to bake is a vegan carrot cake."
"I’ve yet to discover the precise location [that’s the perfect place to live]. But I’m lucky that I get to travel all the time. I do know that at some point I’d like to live somewhere that I could be fairly self sustainable though. That’s the one thing that I miss a lot while living in New York. When I was a kid my parents always had fresh fruit and vegetables right in our backyard. I have my garden, which I’m happy to have, but otherwise you’re pretty dependent on what’s being brought into New York. I think we all realized that fact during Hurricane Sandy. It was like the apocalypse."
"Somehow, I’ve never fallen. I’ve had a lot of shoe dramas though. For a model, I have pretty tiny feet and I am almost always wearing shoes that are too big for me. I’ve become a professional shoe doctor. I’m great at finding ways to make a size 41 fit me as a 38."
"I try to buy something small for my apartment when I travel to any new destination. I have a conch shell from St. Lucia, cushions from Turkey, blankets from Kenya, cookbooks from Barbados and antique Shakespeare plays from England. I love to fill my apartment with things that remind me of my travels. Someday when I’m old and grey, it will remind me of all the amazing adventures I’ve had!"
"Bioderma Crealine is the absolute best makeup remover for after a show. I always carry it in my bag. Christophe Robin hair masks help save my hair during fashion week too. Otherwise, I usually take vitamin C and Zinc to boost my immune system when I’m low on sleep. I try to drink more water and less coffee, which isn’t always easy."
"I try to switch up my workouts so that I don’t get bored with them. I do Pilates, hot yoga and spin classes. At the moment, I’m mainly working out with a trainer though. We do boot camp-type training, which I never thought I’d be into. I never thought I’d be able to do so many pushups and pull-ups in my life. It’s such an awesome feeling to feel stronger and that you’ve accomplished something so challenging. I’m addicted!"
"[In Canada, I miss] my family, the healthcare and the abundance of space and nature."