I was using the L’Oréal Infallible Setting Spray [Editor’s note: This won a Best of Beauty award in 2025!] which is an absolute godsend because you need your makeup to last all day, obviously you’re doing missions and you’re out in the cold and the rain and the weather was just not the best. That definitely helped. I was using the Patrick Ta blushes, which I’m obsessed with.
The mascara I was using was the L’Oréal one. It’s a gold one. I’m not too sure if that’s waterproof. But weirdly, I never have mascara problems, even if it’s not waterproof. I’ve never had mascara all down my face. I don’t know why.
When did MAC Spice become your go-to?
Oh my God, I’ve been using that for years now. I can’t remember what I ever used before that. I just really love the color. I don’t have much pigment in my lips. What’s it called where people get that lip blush and it’s permanent? I always think, oh, do I just get it? But then I’m like, oh my God, no, because I’m afraid then that Spice will look different on me. I always notice with my girlfriends, they’ll try Spice and it looks so different on them. But because I’ve got no pigment, I think that’s why different tones look different on my lips compared to other peoples. My makeup artist says it to me all the time as well, she’s like, “You have no pigment.” And I’m like, “I know, I’m very Irish.”
Were you able to interact with people in the castle while you were getting ready or were you getting ready by yourself?
You’re getting ready by yourself. You’re alone. I’m pretty sure we had Spotify on our TVs because I remember I used to put on music. Obviously there’s time off camera where you can talk to people, but obviously it’s no game chat. You can talk about anything else. And those were moments where we could really get to know each other. But no, for glam, we were just alone.
There wasn’t an awful amount of sleep. The filming hours were insane. You might’ve only had three hours sleep the night before, so you definitely need that time to just relax, have your coffee, and do your makeup in silence or with a bit of music, no distractions. I would always put on Ludovico Einaudi. He’s my favorite and there’s something about his music that is really relaxing to me.
How does your on-camera glam differ from your everyday glam? Do you turn it up for the cameras?
That’s one thing I don’t do, is turn it up for the camera, because I know that it could end in a disaster. If I’m going for lunch with my girls, I do the exact same glam. I can’t change my glam. Maybe if it was a night look I would try a little bit more of a wing, but that is it. I personally don’t think I’m that good [at makeup], but everyone’s like, “You’re so good at your own glam.” But when I have my makeup artist do my glam, I’m like, “Oh my God, you’re just so good.” When she does my glam, it lasts. I could sleep in it. Not that I would, because I’m very crazy about my skin care, but I could genuinely sleep in it and it would not budge. But whereas when I do my own makeup, I always notice it doesn’t last as long and it’s obviously the way I’m applying it. I always do the same thing, which is so boring, but I just think I know what works and I know what suits my face. Don’t fix what’s not broken.
