EXCLUSIVE CHAT WITH UK ICON TRINNY WOODALL
We spoke with the iconic Trinny Woodall, Founder of Trinny London make up and go-to for styling and fashion advice about her words of wisdom, building a routine and how she is trying to spread some joy to her audience during this time of Covid-19.
How are you spreading joy to your followers during this crazy time?
How am I spreading joy? I think it's about exactly that. It's about giving them a release from the relentless bad news that might be in the newspapers every day. I'm not going to be able to change the world for them but what I can do is just lift their spirits with some fun, girly, skincare, makeup, styling chats, giving them a little inspiration to clear their makeup cupboard or clear out their wardrobe - when they've got this time to think about what they can do in their house. You know, I think I feel good if people join in and just get some light relief.
Do you agree it is important to stick to a daily routine – whether it be for a workday at home, or sticking to one skincare routine while WFH? Why?
I think that having a routine really helps, sticking to the same routine I don't think you've got to do and I think that can become really boring but I feel that you might not have had a routine before, so introducing some kind of routine would be an interesting thing to do. And really if you have no routine, just in the morning to think I'm going to not necessarily feel I stay in my sweatpants all day, I'm going to get out , I'm going to decide, what outfit I'm going to put on. I might choose it the night before or just spend the time you're not commuting (if you're working ) to spend that time thinking, What do I really want to wear today? What's colourful, what's gonna put me in a good mood, what's gonna make me feel I'm doing something slightly positive because sweatpants and a T-shirt aren't going to do that. And even though in Australia the weather is in some parts still quite warm just making effort is going to change your psyche so much
What is the must-have Trinny London product to have on your desk at all times right now?
I would say BFF because if I'm a little bit tired I put it on and you know, you might be around your gardens and it's the end of summer but you're going to still get burnt and sometimes, when we know we're going to outside all day, we put on our SPF very consciously but when you're staying inside and quite a few of you are going to have a garden and you just think oh, well I'm only out for a second then don’t forget the SPF and BFF has the SPF 30, and Skin Care Benefits that make you look better and it has a bit of a tint so it just it's like three things in one.
What is your favourite quote and/or motto to carry us through life right now?
I'm difficult because my kind of motto, which is 'you don't know what's behind the closed door' can read both ways at the moment. We really don't know what's behind the closed door, don't know if life as we've known it is going to change forever or we're going to go back to normal. It's very, very everything is unknown. So I would say 'make every day count'. Feel, today, did I do something? Make every day count
