Celebrity Beauty

The Freja Beha Guide To Effortless Beauty

FREJA BEHA ERICHSEN is the epitome of laid-back Scandinavian chic - beautiful, effortlessly stylish and the kind of woman other women want to be. We spoke to the Danish model about what it is that she does to maintain her particular brand of nonchalant cool.
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Keep Your Skincare Regime Simple

"My routine is really simple. I wash my face with Bioderma Sensibio H2O, and I exfoliate around once a week. I then use an oil-free moisturiser, and that's pretty much it."

Curl Your Lashes

"That's the main thing I do, I curl my eyelashes. It really changes you from looking asleep to looking awake. Most of the time I just curl them and leave them, but if I'm going somewhere a bit more special I might put on mascara. Otherwise I don't really wear make-up, or paint my nails or anything."

Break Beauty Rules

"I never really wear any make-up on my face, like foundation or anything - and I really wouldn't advise that you leave that on your skin at night -but I do often leave on my eye make-up overnight. I actually prefer it the next day, it looks more worn-in."

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Know How To Relax

"I love to have massages, I think it's really important to relax. In New York I usually go to Massage Williamsburg or Great Jones Spa."

Keep Your Morning Routine To A Minimum

"I get out of bed, brush my teeth, wash my face, put on moisturiser, put on clothes and leave. Four minutes. I like to shower at night, so I can roll out of bed."

Keep Exercise Interesting

"I see a trainer twice a week, I started about six months ago. I never used to exercise, before that. I go so that I don't have to think about it. It's more of a health thing - I want to be able to tie my shoelaces when I'm 75. Plus this way I can eat and drink whatever I want. But it's because I want to be healthy, and to do a good thing for my body. We do lunges, crunches, push-ups, jumps - he keeps it interesting."

Leave Your Hair Alone

"I actually haven't done anything at all in the last couple of years, so it has got really long. I'm quite happy with it. I don't really have anyone specific that I see. I often chop my own hair, and I'm fortunate to work with some of the best hairdressers in the industry, so often on a shoot they'll do something."

Find Your Perfect Fragrance

"The Hugo Woman fragrance is very lovely. I really like the floral notes, but then it has a deeper finish with the amber. We had a lot of fun shooting it. In general I love jasmine, and I love the smell of wood, or of a beautiful spring day. And lavender, it makes me think of being a kid and walking through lavender fields in the South of France. And I like the smell of soil, especially after it has been raining."

Know What Suits You

"As a child I always wore the same black jeans and white T-shirt. I mean, I had about five pairs of the jeans and about 10 T-shirts, but that's what I wore, and is pretty much what I wear still. I never really spent time playing dress-up, I was running around with the boys building forts."

Do A Job That You Love

"I always love working with British Vogue because I feel like I know all of the editors and photographers so well now. It's difficult to choose just one highlight, but I really enjoyed the shoot in Denmark with Cass Bird. It was so homely, we just played music and people were dancing - it felt like we were on vacation. It was special, showing [Vogue fashion editor Francesca Burns] and Cass where I'm from."

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