Welcome to Shelf Life, the place Olympians are breaking down the wonder routines carrying them by the 2024 Paris Video games. As we speak, Paralympian—and licensed esthetician—Brittni Mason reveals her go-to lip gloss, her skincare routine for combating oiliness, and her secret to airbrush-finish make-up on and off the monitor.
If Brittni Mason weren’t a world-class Paralympian, she’d in all probability be a beautician. Nicely, truly, she already is. The 25-year-old (who was born with Erb’s Palsy affecting her left shoulder and arm) has medaled twice (one gold, one silver) in monitor and subject, however operating isn’t her solely expertise. Regardless of a packed athletic schedule, Mason discovered the time to grow to be a licensed esthetician final December. “I’ve all the time liked magnificence. I’ve an obsession with pores and skin, lashes, hair, and nails,” Mason tells Attract. “I figured if I be taught this stuff, I haven’t got to pay anyone else to do them for me, I can simply do them every time I wish to.”
Mason now affords her esthetician services to teammates, generally in return for what she hasn’t but mastered: hairstyling and nail therapies. “I’ve two ladies who do my nails and hair each few weeks, so I do their lashes. It is a commerce of providers,” Mason says.
This degree of magnificence repairs is time-consuming, and much more so for a full-time athlete. “Normally, I’ve a set schedule with my coaching however I give myself a minimum of someday every week for self-care which is often Wednesdays since we do not observe that day,” Mason explains. “I prioritize my hair, lash, and nail days as a result of that’s important and I refuse to not make time.” The exception, in fact, is when she’s competing. Whereas knee-deep within the 2024 Olympics, the Paralympian doesn’t have entry to her hair and nail ladies, however that doesn’t imply she’s any much less glammed up—the reply is all within the prep.
Hair
I get my hair executed a minimum of as soon as a month. I’ve simply grow to be a braids girly, which was not the case earlier than. I’ve all the time preferred wigs and sew-ins, however if you stay in Florida and the humidity is what it’s, you be taught to love braids. I do put on my hair out pure generally, however with coaching day-after-day it’s totally laborious to not slick it again in a bun or a ponytail, and I get uninterested in slicking my hair again into the identical ponytail model. Wash days are actually lengthy additionally, which is why I prefer to hold my hair braided or in some kind of [protective] model. I like braids as a result of they’re simply very handy, [but] I do not like taking them out, and I do not like the method of getting them in. It is a love-hate feeling.
I begin my wash days through the use of a clarifying shampoo to cleanse deeply. Then I exploit both a deep conditioner or a daily conditioner, then I let it dry a bit in a towel wrap earlier than I blow dry. My hair is thick and it takes a very long time to blow dry, so I keep away from wash days as a lot as doable. I exploit the Hair Essentials Kit from Eternally Wonderful Assortment. It’s owned by a cosmetologist I discovered on Instagram; she’s native to the Detroit space.
Pores and skin
I’ve oily skin, and I’ve discovered that much less is extra in my routine. I bought my esthetician license final yr, and since then I’ve cared about my pores and skin much more—particularly within the limelight of sports activities on TV, social media, and issues like that. I all the time double cleanse my face within the evenings. I really like La Roche-Posay and use their stuff faithfully. I begin with the Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil adopted by the Toleriane Purifying Foaming Face Wash for Oily Skin. Within the mornings I’ll observe my cleanse with the Vichy Mineral 89 Hyaluronic Acid Face Serum or the Vichy Vitamin C Serum. I first found the model in Paris final July whereas procuring at a pharmacy. I end off my morning routine with the La Roche-Posay Toleraine Double Repair Face Moisturizer UV SPF 30. It’s simply chef’s kiss; so good. I exploit that each single day.
I do have a separate little post-practice routine, although. I exploit the Yours Cloud Factory Cleanser. It smells tremendous good, and I don’t know why however it makes my pores and skin really feel so clear. All I do is wash my face with this after observe and I placed on a face moisturizer and there is nothing else on my face.
