Inside Kiesza’s Beauty Routine

INSIDE KIESZA’S BEAUTY ROUTINE THE HIDEAWAY SINGER ON HER SECRET WEAPON, DRUG STORE GO-TO AND THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING RISKS. We’ve been trying to perfect the no-makeup makeup look for going on a year now. As much as it’s still completely desirable (who doesn’t want to look as naturally flawless as Vanessa Traina and Caroline de Maigret?), it’s also totally frustrating (turns out it’s really, really hard to look as naturally flawless as Vanessa Traina and Caroline de Maigret) and, well, kind of really boring. So when we met electro-pop sensation Kiesza on set during her Birks Rock & Pearl campaign shoot, we decided to get over ourselves and ask about her signature defined lash-red lip-fauxhawk combo. Our takeaway: the whole no-makeup makeup thing is likely more trouble than it’s worth. From what we can tell from Kiesza’s pep talk (“It’s about trying new things!”), the point of beauty might just be to have fun with it. Not that good skincare isn’t important (drinking mucho H2O is the touchstone of Kiesza’s whole routine), it’s just that we should probably learn to relax a little bit when it comes to such things as hair experimentation—we mean, we’ve never seen a fauxhawk turn out so well. On her beauty philosophy: “My personal beauty philosophy and outlook in general is just amplifying your inner self. Obviously we all have very different personalities on the inside, and beauty is just finding a way to show what you’re feeling on the inside to the world. I love making a