Paris Jackson's Everyday Hair, Skin, and Makeup Routine
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In this Vogue "Beauty Secrets" session, Paris Jackson walks through their daily hair care, skin care, and makeup. Their approach throughout is to keep things short and low-pressure, and to work with what their hair and skin naturally do. Between steps, Jackson also talks about small personal rituals, getting through hard periods, getting sober, and writing a song that will be their next single.
Working With Natural Texture Instead of Fighting It
Jackson starts with hair. They don't wash it every day. They acknowledge some people might find that gross, but say their hair doesn't get greasy, and skipping washes helps keep the shape and curls intact. For this session they had shampooed and conditioned, and the first step after washing is a spray.
The routine grew out of past damage. Jackson says they buzzed their hair just over ten years ago. In the last few years they realized that constantly bleaching and straightening it was keeping it from growing longer, which led to getting extensions. Now, day to day, they try to care for the natural texture and "let it do its thing." They say the hair has actually grown a bit as a result.
The length on camera comes from extensions, but the texture is Jackson's own. Their stylists, Breanna and Nikki at 901, found Great Lengths extensions that match Jackson's natural texture and added about four inches.
Layering Products and Scrunching
After the spray, Jackson puts one pump of one product and one pump of another into the same hand, mixes them, and spreads the mixture through the hair as evenly as possible. They then scrunch, which they say helps the hair hold its shape. They sometimes add heat protectant, especially when air-drying in the sun, because they find it lessens the sun's effect.
Jackson calls a salt spray the real "saving grace." It helps strands cling together so the hair doesn't get frizzy. A hair oil comes last.
Offerings and Protection Braids
While styling, Jackson mentions a personal habit. They pick up objects wherever they go, most recently sea glass from an island. When they take something from "Mother Earth," though, they always leave an offering behind, because otherwise it feels like stealing. Jackson describes this as the best way to "stay clean" in their energy.
The last hair step, which they pause the video to finish, is two "protection braids," one on each side. Jackson recommends them for leaving the house and says they can be infused with essential oils; peppermint is their example.
Skin: Finding the Actual Cause of Breakouts
For skin, Jackson washes with a cleansing serum. They say they only started taking care of their skin a few years ago and were doing it wrong at first, which caused severe breakouts. Since then they have settled on a simple process that suits their skin and climate.
The biggest factor, in Jackson's account, was water. They live in a very old house, and after some bad breakouts they concluded the pipes were to blame. They installed filters on the shower head and the sink faucet. They credit this with clearing up the large cystic breakouts.
The smaller bumps went away once they stopped using oil-based products. Jackson now uses a water-based "water cream," which they call ideal for their skin type. Sunscreen follows. They say it is the one sunscreen that doesn't leave their skin feeling clogged.
Why the Routine Stays Short
Jackson says they have tried longer skin care routines, but whenever a routine demands a big commitment, they stop doing it. Minimal pressure works best for them, both for skin care and in their personal life.
Journaling is their example. They used to apologize to their diary for not writing in weeks and felt pressure to write every day. Now they write when they "feel called to do it." The short skin routine works the same way: wash, apply a few products, and they're out the door in about ten minutes.
Five Products for the Face
Jackson uses five products on their face. The first is a creamy Chanel eyeshadow that they use as contour. They draw a small dot and blend it out. They note it blends easily while the sunscreen and moisturizer are still fresh, and less easily later in the day.
They say they don't experiment with makeup much anymore. As a teenager they went through an "emo phase," with dark eyeliner, colored mascara, and "just everything." Now they prefer simple and easy.
Next is a lip stain, which they let dry briefly. They say the tube is almost empty because they use it so much. They also carry a mini version of their face sunscreen, which they use on the lips. Then they go back in with the eyeshadow on the upper and lower lip to shape it. The last lip product is chocolate-flavored and tastes like a Tootsie Roll to them. Jackson says it is technically a lip sleeping mask, but they wear it during the day for a very slight darkening effect.
The final face product is a highlighter. Jackson says they started using it on the recommendation of Lisa Potter Dixon, who does their makeup when they are overseas.
Rough Patches, Friends, and Music
While applying makeup, Jackson talks about going through rough patches and realizing they needed to do things that make them happy. That led to rock climbing and spending much of their free time with friends. Recently their best friend got them into photography.
Music, they say, is "like the air I breathe." They had been playing guitar since about 13 or 14 but kept it suppressed as a hobby and were scared to pursue it seriously. In their early 20s they decided they couldn't keep holding back, because music was what made them happy. At that point they had not yet found the other things that brought them happiness, and before getting sober, music was the only thing that got them through hard times. After getting sober, they say, it became even clearer that music "really is everything." Apart from "service," they call it their primary purpose. They mention they are heading to the studio after filming.
Writing the Next Single in Under an Hour
Jackson describes a recent studio session with their friend Jason, who was comping vocals on a song. Jason asked whether they were old enough for their view of love to have changed. Jackson answered that every love they've had has been "deep but different." They then told him about the relationship their first album was about and said it had felt like "our souls had been stitched together."
Jackson realized that phrase could be a lyric. They went into another room and wrote the song in under 60 minutes, and they were excited by how quickly it came together. They admit they sometimes get in their own head and feel they need co-writers. This piece, they say, they wrote 100% by themselves, and it will be their next single.
Scents and a Connection to Their Father
For fragrance, Jackson first uses a perfume they bought about four years ago and rarely use, which they say smells like a bonfire. They apply one or two sprays.
They also use a few oils. One is made with saffron, and they love the scent because it reminds them of their father. The family lived in the Middle East for a time, and their dad used many perfumes from there. Another is a temple oil from Lake Shrine. It is very strong, so they put only a little on their wrists. They are generous with the saffron oil and apply it "kind of everywhere," including on their clothes when they aren't wearing white.
The Deodorant Compromise
Jackson says friends have teased them for years about not wearing deodorant. They eventually started using one, but found that crystal deodorants don't work for them. They once had a 100% natural deodorant scented with something like Nag Champa or Palo Santo, which they say lasted about an hour. The product they show is "the closest I can get" to what they want.
To finish, Jackson keeps scrunching their hair, especially in the sun, so it dries fully. They say this is pretty much their day-to-day routine, and they head off to the studio.
Hi Vogue. My name's Paris and we are going to walk through my hair care, skin care, and daily makeup situation. First up, I always start with the hair. I don't wash my hair every day, which some people might find gross, but I just my hair doesn't get greasy and it's good for me to just maintain the shape and curls of everything. So, I did shampoo and conditioner for this and then the first thing I do, I spray.
I buzzed my hair just over 10 years ago and I realized in the last few years that constantly bleaching and straightening it was not helping it get longer and I've had to do like an extension situation. So, on my day-to-days, I just try and take care of the natural texture and let it do its thing and it actually has been growing a little bit because of that.
So, after this, I'll do one pump of this in one hand and then another pump of this in that same hand and I mix them together and I kind of just try and spread it out as much as possible. The length is extensions and the texture is natural and my girls, Breanna and Nikki at 901, were able to find textures from Great Lengths that match mine. They were able to add like 4 in with extensions that match, which is really cool.
So, I'll do this little scrunchy thing with it and the scrunching kind of allows it to keep its shape as much as possible. Sometimes I do a little bit of heat protectant, especially if I'm air drying in the sun. It kind of lessens that. The saving grace though has been like a salt spray. It helps those pieces cling together so that it doesn't get like frizzy.
And then the last thing for hair is I do just like a hair oil.
I do pick up things from kind of everywhere that I go. I was just on an island and I collected sea glass. But if I'm ever going to take something from Mother Earth or like mom-ish, I do make sure to always leave an offering behind. Otherwise, it feels like stealing. I feel like that's the best way for me to stay clean in my energy.
And then the final thing, which I'm going to stop the video for, is I do two protection braids on either side. Protection braids are really great when you leave the house. And you can infuse it with essential oils if you want. There's some really nice oils like peppermint that would work great.
Okay, so braids are done. On the skin, I wash my face with a cleansing serum.
I started taking care of my skin a few years ago. I was just doing it wrong. So I was having all these crazy breakouts. And then now I learned like a pretty simple process that works well for my skin in the climate that I live in.
I think the biggest thing that affected my skin, especially cuz I live in a really old house, was the pipes. I had like some really bad breakouts and I realized, oh, it's the water. And so I have a filter on my shower head and my faucet sink that has been a saving grace. That has helped with the really big cystic ones. And then the small bumps that I would get, I was able to get rid of by not using any oil-based products. I use a water cream. It's water-based, which is kind of like the ideal for my kind of skin.
Then, I put on sunscreen. This is the one sunscreen that doesn't make me kind of clogged.
I've tried the longer routines, and anytime there's like a big commitment like that, I find myself not doing it. And I think the least amount of pressure for anything is better for me and like my personal life. So, like even when it comes to like journaling, you know, I don't know if other people are like, whatever, like apologize to their diary. Like, "Oh, I'm sorry. I haven't written in weeks." But like, I used to do that, and it's just like this pressure to journal every day. And I'm just like, I'm going to do it when I feel called to do it. And I think having a shorter routine for my face has been better, especially cuz like, you know, in the morning when I wake up, I wash my face, I put these things on, and I'm out the door in 10 minutes, which is really nice.
And then, I start makeup. I use five products for my face. I think this is actually like an eyeshadow. It's a Chanel eyeshadow, but it's creamy, so I use it for contour. And I just draw a little dot. And I rub it in. It's easy to rub in when the sunscreen and moisturizer are fresh. It's harder to do throughout the day.
I don't really play around with makeup so much anymore. I think I used to, especially in my teen years when I was like, I had a bit of an emo phase, and I loved dark eyeliner and the different color mascara, and just everything. And now, it's just I like to keep it simple and easy.
I use a lip stain that I let dry for a second. This is almost sold out cuz I use it like crazy.
We're going to go on to... I went through some rough patches and just realized that, you know what, I'm like, oh I need to do things that make me happy. I got into like rock climbing and just hanging out with friends. A lot of my free time is spent hanging out with friends. Recently, my best friend got me a little bit into photography and you know, my music is kind of just like the air I breathe.
Take that off. I also have a mini sunscreen that I use. Literally just a miniature version of what I put on my face. Okay. The same super subtle. I'll go back in with the eyeshadow. And just do a little bit on the bottom and top, which help shape the lip a little more and then this, which is a chocolate, tastes like a Tootsie Roll. It's technically lip sleeping mask, but I wear it at night. And it gives just a very slight darkness to it.
I was pretty like scared to start doing music, cuz I've like kind of been playing guitar for like, I don't know, since I was 13 or 14 and I just like suppressed it as a hobby. And then in my like early 20s was like, I can't do this anymore. That's what makes me happy and I just have to do that. Especially cuz this was before I figured out all the other things that made me happy. That was kind of the only thing that like got me through the hard times before I got sober was music. And then, you know, when I got sober, it helped me be like, oh wow, music really is everything. It really is like the air I breathe. Other than service, it's just that's my primary purpose. This is my day-to-day. Like I'm going to the studio after this and doing more music.
This is my highlighter that my girl Lisa, who does my makeup when I'm overseas, Lisa Potter Dixon got me on this. This is a cool highlight I put here.
Something that's very exciting is I was in studio with my friend Jason and he was comping vocals for a song that we were doing. He was like, "Are you old enough to the point where you know, your perception on love has changed yet?" And I'm like, "Every love I've had has been deep but different." And I was kind of telling him about the relationship that I wrote my first album about. I was telling him like, "Yeah, it just felt like our souls had been stitched together." And I was like, "Huh, you know, that's actually a vision lyric." I went into the other room and in under 60 minutes wrote the song. It started coming together so quickly and I was so excited about it. Sometimes I get in my head and feel like I need co-writers and this is a body of work that I did 100% by myself. That is the next single.
I got this forever ago. And I don't use it too often, as you can see. I got it like maybe 4 years ago. But it smells like a bonfire. So, I'll do like one or two sprays of that.
And then I have these little oils that I really like. This is made with saffron and I love this scent cuz it reminds me of my dad. We lived in the Middle East for a time and he used a lot of their perfumes and stuff. And then this one I also have, which I got from Lake Shrine, which is just like a temple oil. And I like how it smells. It's very strong, so I'll leave a little bit on my wrists. And then I'll do the saffron one, which this one I'm very generous with because I really just love saffron so much. So, that I'll put kind of everywhere and if I'm not wearing white, I'll also put a little bit on my clothes.
A lot of my friends have given me a hard time over the years about not wearing deodorant and cuz I am, if you can't tell, one of those. So, I just I started using one and you know, it's because the ones that are like the crystal deodorants, those don't work. I had a deodorant that was 100% natural and was like, it was like Nag Champa or like Palo Santo scented. It works for an hour. So, this is the closest I can get. This is it.
I'll keep scrunching especially in the sunlight so that it finishes drying, but that's... This is my day-to-day pretty much. If you made it this far, thanks for watching. Vogue, thanks for having me. I'm going to go to the studio now.
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