Watch This Model’s 5-Minute Bedtime Routine for Glowing Skin
During fashion month, Adut Akech was everywhere—walking the runways with slicked smoky eyes at Tom Ford, a bright lilac mouth at Max Mara, and a bare strobed face at Saint Laurent. But as any rising model learns quickly, a jet-setting, nonstop show circuit can take a toll on one’s complexion. “Traveling so much really, really dries out my skin!” confesses the Sudanese-Australian beauty. But fortunately for Akech, she’s got a bulletproof nighttime regimen that, against all odds, keeps her skin perpetually healthy and glowing. And now? It’s anyone’s for the taking.
“It’s very important to get all the makeup from your face,” says Akech, soaking a cotton round in French drugstore mainstay Bioderma Sensibio H2O Micellar Water before wiping away every last bit of pigment and oil. After a thorough cleanse and letting a few quick-fire mists of toning rosewater sink in, she applies single drops of Organic Doctor Rose Otto Facial Serum to the center of the forehead and along the tops of her pyramid cheekbones, before blending it all over the face. “Serums are very, very important because they lock the moisture into your skin,” she adds before lightly tapping a different supercharged elixir into the under-eye area with her ring finger “because it is the most gentle” of them all. She then massages Asarai’s featherweight Ultralight Moisture Cream into her visage. “It’s from Australia, just like me!” she grins. And the hometown love doesn’t end there—next up is a swipe of Lucas Papaw ointment, an Australian beauty balm and cult sensation she stocks up on whenever she’s Down Under. The final step? Smoothing Wild Growth Hair Oil along her hairline and over her cornrows. “If you’re somebody with Afro hair and you’re trying to grow out your edges, this is really, really good,” she says. And with that, Akech is off to bed looking impossibly fresh—REM not required.
Filmed at The Standard High Line
