Hairdresser Chris Appleton is well known in Hollywood. He collects on the red carpet Jennifer Lopez, Kim Kardashian, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa and many other Hollywood stars. He always looks great too. This week, Chris is featured in the Beauty Around the Clock column in Marie Claire magazine. And in an interview, he told how he starts the morning and ends the day, and also shared beauty hacks and his favorite creams and serums (remember their names for a gift to your husband, boyfriend or friend!).
How the morning starts
Chris Appleton gets up at seven in the morning and drinks coffee first thing. He recently bought a coffee machine, although he used to be a bit of a snob and liked having coffee made for him in cafes. However, now he has become his own barista.
Chris also cannot imagine a morning without meditation. “I really like to start my morning with meditation,” he says. I also read a lot of books and listen to a lot of audiobooks. I enjoy learning more about myself and the world.”
However, Appleton admits that at first meditation was difficult for him because he could not turn off the thoughts in his head. “Now I understand that it is important to be in touch with your emotions, but you do not need to go into a phase where they control you,” notes Chris.
Beauty routine
Chris is a Facial Brand Fan SkinMedica. In the morning, he uses a scrub (especially if he was in the gym before), and then the TNS Advanced Repair serum. “This remedy gets rid of wrinkles. I just feel like my skin is firmer afterwards,” Appleton shares.
He also applies an HA5 hyaluronic acid moisturizer to his face. And then sunscreen. “I used to live in England, but when I moved to Los Angeles, I realized that the sun here is quite strong and really damages the skin, so it’s important to use SPF,” says Appleton.
Fitness
Chris does fitness with a personal trainer. “I don’t have much time, but the coach works with me for an hour with the phone turned off,” he says. – We try to train all parts of the body. I do both weights and cardio. This is the only way to get the correct proportions of the body. If you only work with weights, then you become too voluminous. If you do only cardio, you get a flat figure. I like to look at myself in the mirror and think about what else to work on to look better.
Appleton also always does ab exercises. “This is important to me because it makes me feel better. It’s not just about how I look, but how it makes me feel,” says Chris.
Hair care
Of course, Appleton knows everything about hair care. His favorite shampoo is Color Security, color wow. It has the most natural composition, plus it does not wash off the paint from the hair, which is also important. After Chris puts a Money mask on his hair, Chris Appleton + ColorWow, which was developed jointly with ColorWow. It strengthens and smoothes strands.
The hairdresser also admits that he always dries his hair with a hairdryer, not imagining how you can go out with a wet head. Perhaps this was affected by his life in England, where it was cold and damp.
For hair styling, Chris chooses wax. And if there is a photo session, then he applies Root Touch Up, ColorWow powder to the strands. He also uses it on his eyebrows to fix the shape.
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Chris admits that he wants to be like Brad Pitt. “Brad Pitt looks really good. And throughout all the years. I’d like to look like Brad when I’m older.” Appleton shares.