Perfect Gifts For Roitfeld Fans: Beauty

We are in the midst of the holiday season and we must take time to be sure our gift lists are in fabulous order. Every stylish person needs beauty products, to give and to get, so I searched my archives for interviews with Julia Restoin-Roitfeld that inquire about her beauty routine and these are spliced below. Oddly reporters rarely ask her mother, Carine Roitfeld, this pertinent question but I did discover a few of her secrets. You will find an assortment of luxurious ideas based on the Roitfeld's beauty preferences that are sure to bring a smile to the face of your favorite fashionista... Or perhaps you have been extra good this year and deserve a little treat yourself...

For the Carine Roitfeld look, less is more: focus on the eye and leave the skin free of foundation and the lips natural. Carine prefers Yves Saint Laurent Dessin Du Regard Haute Tenue Eye Liner in Mink Touch for "le smoky eye." She completes her minimal routine with Yves Saint Laurent Eyebrow Pencil in #2 Brown to tame her eyebrows and finish the look.

What are Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's beauty essentials?

"I use lots of moisturizer — La Prairie Skin Caviar. For everyday I prefer to go for a more natural look. I never wear foundation, just a bit of Yves Saint Laurent Touch Éclat concealer and some Shiseido Blush Stick on my cheeks. I use a lot of mascara and Chanel Ligne Extreme eyeliner in Encre Noire, on my lips, Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream."

In Julia Restoin-Roitfeld's makeup bag you will find...

Chanel New York Red Crème Lipstick

MAC LipGlass

Yves Saint Laurent Touch Éclat concealer

Shiseido Blush Stick

Chanel Ligne Extreme eyeliner in Encre Noire

Chanel Inimitable Mascara

Chanel Irréelle Soleil Bronzer

"I try not to wear too much makeup — I never wear foundation, just tons of moisturizer. Alka Seltzer before going to bed after a tough night!"

What’s the best beauty advice your mother gave you? That the attitude and the charms of a woman are way more important than the physical features.

I can't live without... RoC Hydra + Anti-Fatique Mask.

My favorite treatment is... A manicure or body scrub at the Carita Institute in Paris.

You have great hair. What’s your secret? I put in tons of conditioner. I love all the Kérastase products, especially Kérastase Soleil. And I try to protect them as much as possible under the sun. My own trick is to protect it with some borage oil. It’s the best nourishing oil. I also take borage as pills in the morning and put some on my skin after being exposed under the sun. I take Oenobiol Solaire capsules and use Avène Emulsion Solaire SPF 20.

I get my hair done at... Romain Colors in Paris or I use John Frieda Color Glaze.

And your favorite fragrance? I mix two scents together which makes my perfume more unique. For example I like to mix Aqua Motu with Aloha Tiare from Comptoir Sud Pacifique.

Other favorite fragrances:

Coqui Coqui Perfumes Maderas Eau De Cologne

Tom Ford Black Orchid

Jil By Jil Sander

Sensual Jil By Jil Sander

Yves Saint Laurent Rive Gauche Pour Homme

My newest beauty discovery is... Drinking fresh apple, carrot, and ginger juice every morning. It gives you brilliant skin in a week.

My best beauty tip is... Start taking care of yourself at an early age.

Gift Certificates

Paris
Hair: Rossano Ferretti
Hair: Romain Colors
Facialist: Carita
Facialist: Joëlle Ciocco
Masseuse: L'appartement 217
Manicurist: Sothys institut de beaute

London
Hair: Johnnie Sapong
Facialist: Diana Camones, Cowshed Shoreditch House (transforming vitamin C facial)
Masseuse: Kylie Leavy
Manicurist: Opi at Selfridges

Carine Roitfeld and Julia Restoin-Roitfeld photographs © 2010 Condé Nast and courtesy of Fashion Spot and zimbio.com. Product images courtesy of Amazon.

Comments

[Gala]

I love Kellina de Boer "beauty consultant"!!!

[Isabel]

Julia is so beautiful! Great tips of beauty, Kellina!

XX

[Kate]

You make me want to shop for myself! (Is that selfish?)

[oncet]

"She's a beauty--one in a million girl"

She must have got her father's looks.

The shot of her in blue, the expression, the lip-pursing--one does run out of words.

[cupcake]

Great post! I like the juicing bit, I'm going to change up my usual recipe. Sud Pacifique could be the best smelling perfume out there.
Cupcake
xo
(i'll be reading this one a few times and making notes.)

[kellina]

Awww, you are so sweet, Gala!! Thanks for making my day. Grazie bella!!

[kellina]

Thanks so much, Isabel!! I am happy you like it. xx

[kellina]

Kate, 'tis the season for you to look beautiful and that is because you are surrounded by friends and family, right? You are doing it for them, Kate, nothing selfish about it.

; )

[kellina]

That she is, Oncet. You are plum crazy though if you think she looks like her da. Check the photo gallery, under Carine's photos is a set called Christian Restoin, which is Julia's father. Then check out her mother in her younger days:

http://www.iwanttobearoitfeld.com/journal/2010/10/20/name-that-roitfeld.html

http://www.iwanttobearoitfeld.com/journal/2010/6/11/young-carine-roitfeld.html

Not an exact match but certainly a likeness.

[kellina]

Thanks a bunch, Cupcake!! Love that you consider this a handy reference.

: )

That is a tasty juice combination and it really does make your skin glow. I need to smell the Sud Pacifique line at my earliest opportunity, Anna Dello Russo is also a fan. xo

[Maya]

Thank you Kellina, this is great!

[oncet]

I've never seen pictures of her father. I was implying that her mother has not aged gracefully, she seems to be getting more homely. Her pics from her younger days are very pretty--but she's still no Julia.

[kellina]

Glad you like it, Maya!!

: )

[kellina]

I caught your drift, oncet, and I think you are nuts. Mostly about Julia and it is skewing your vision. But carry on...

[oncet]

lol

"You may be right. I may be crazy."