Leighton Meester Reveals the Most “Questionable” Product in Her Skincare Regime—and the One She Shares With Adam Brody

Hey Vogue, it's Leighton Meester,

and I'm here to walk you through my skincare routine

and an easy little makeup look.

My first step is I wash my face.

I use this,

and I use it on this really cool questionable device.

I've been asked a lot of questions

by anyone who notices this,

and you can use it to wash your face.

Let's just keep it at that.

It vibrates, which is really fun.

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I've been using it for quite some time.

I find it to be really effective in cleaning my face,

and it feels good.

I usually use this, OCuSOFT Lid Scrub,

because I have dry eyes.

Yes, I do.

It really just, it seems counterintuitive,

but I just clean my eyes,

and I guess it helps me not to have dry eyes.

The next thing that I use is Real Ferment Micro Essence.

I just feel like it kind of like re-wets my skin.

This is something

that my sister-in-law told me about.

I saw this like in her van

when we were on like a surf trip,

and I was like, What the hell is that?

It's snail mucin.

Adam gets into the mucin.

We share, we're like a mucin family.

I feel very moisturized right now.

And then can you believe

I have another serum that I put on?

Moisture Boost Plumping Serum.

I did get on the SPF train pretty early,

which I'm glad about.

I use these two things usually together.

One is tinted and one isn't.

I mix it together, and it's kind of lighter.

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If we're being honest,

that's like mostly what I just do most days.

But I'm just gonna bump it up a little bit

'cause this is fun.

There's no reason why I'm doing this part.

It's fun, and they're sort of like getting prepped.

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It is Kosas.

When I was like late teens, early 20s,

I got really like into

my little sitting on the floor in front of the mirror

kind of makeup routine.

I basically would do like five auditions in a day,

and so there was just like a moment of meditation.

I had like hot rollers

and like a full like face of makeup,

which over, you know, the last 20 years

I've really just been like,

I actually like how my skin looks without foundation on.

I'm gonna do a little eye makeup.

I'll just use what's ostensibly the lightest color in here.

And I do that.

You just slap it on there,

and I kind of rub in this little zone.

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The glam stuff is like a really fun element

when you get ready to go to an event.

It's like this really glamorous

aspect to the business that I enjoy.

Speaking of glam,

this one right here, this dark guy.

I just kind of go a little bit closer,

blend it a little bit, just a little bit.

Wow.

Take a look at this cool eyeliner.

It all squished out.

Not to fear, you use a little brush like this.

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It's definitely like me time

getting your little skincare

and even just, whatever, minimal makeup in.

I just think this is so pretty,

and I kind of just wanna like try it.

I'm gonna make my eyes a little bit shinier.

I like this kind of thing.

This is, I think, for bronzing...

Contouring.

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And I kind of put it here 'cause I see people do that.

[Leighton laughs]

Well, I should probably do this part.

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I like to try to just be nice to myself.

It's so basic, but it's very helpful for me

not to say negative words about myself.

It would be like in meetings or on set,

I'd be like, This is a dumb idea, but whatever.

Or, I'm sorry to ramble on, I'm sorry to rant.

It's more helpful generally for me

to just say nice words to myself about myself.

I just sort of instinctively

start absorbings that and believing it.

Okay, mascara.

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My kids, they get what we do.

They come on location a lot.

I don't think that they're phased at all

because they get a lot of us off set

and a lot of us like not working,

which has been always like a really big benefit

for both of us.

Now, actually, I'm gonna use this like shiny thing.

I have seen this little thing happen before,

and I don't mind.

I'm gonna do it.

Okay, I'm gonna do this,

which is like for your lips and cheeks.

This thing is real left field.

You won't believe that I'm using this, an essential balm.

And it looks like this,

and I feel like it kind of looks cool up here.

It just looks a little bit like, you know, dewy and wet.

And then I guess this would be the right time

to do this part.

I have more blush, and it's this crazy,

I mean, it's so bright,

but it's kind of subtle.

I know that I try really hard to be all shiny,

but now I'm doing this matte powder thing.

Lip liners, to me,

they're just too concrete so much of the time

where I'm like, I'm locked in,

and this is what I'm gonna have to do and stick with.

But if I think if you just kind of like

just do it a little bit and then kind of like smudge it.

Groundbreaking, I know.

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So I'll do this, this little guy.

This is new to me.

I've had makeup artists do this.

This smells really good.

This was so very fun.

Thank you for watching.

Bye! [Leighton blows kiss]