Beauty
Splash
Seventeen, June, 2002
Smallville's Kristin Kreuk switched gears when the temperature is rising.
Make waves
"I love swimming," says the talented 19-year old Smallville star,
who grew up along the Pacific coast in Vancouver, BC, Canada. "My favorite
summertime activity is anything in the water. I once went to the beach wearing
mascara. When I got home I looked in the mirror and realized that I'd spent
the entire afternoon with raccoon eyes--and my friends hadn't said anything!
Of course, you don't need mascara at the beach."
Kristin's skin is fair, so even her tinted moisturizer, Neutrogena Healthy
Defense Daily Moisturizer contains sunblock. Her lips stay healthy with Neutrogena
Lip Moisterizer and Neutrogena MoistureShine Gloss in Dizzy gives them a coral-rose
shine.
Go for Pink
"Strawberries are my favorite fruit. I started making my own smoothies
last year--I like the ones with strawberries or mangoes best. My friends like
to put soy milk in their smoothies, but they also taste great with a little
ice cream." While shooting Smallville, Kristin has to wear clear nail
polish--Lana Lang, her character on the show, is very conservative. But Kristin
is more daring off-camera. "From about ninth grade until twelfth, I always
wore polish. I loved deep, rich colors. If you're going to paint your nails,
you should get crazy with it!"
Lighten Up
"I do't use that much makeup--I'm pretty natural. I wear even less of
it in the summer," Kristin says, as we add light green eyshadow to her
lids. But she wasn't always so subtle about this stuff. "I used to wear
blue mascara. Why not have fun with the color?" Thought she often puts
her hair in a ponytail on hot days, Krisitn had never tried pulling it back
with a hankercheif. "I really like the scarf in my hair," she says.
"I'll have to try this more often."
Let It Shine
"I always feel healthier with a little color on my skin," says Kristin.
"But I don't get much tim ein the sun and its not healthy, so I sometimes
use self-tanner. I'm not very good at it, though. I often get streaks or splotches.
If I'm careful, it turns out really well." One thing Kristin has mastered
is the perfect sparkle. "I used to wear lots of glitter for my high school
gymnastics competitions, like many gymnasts do in the Olympics. I prefer fine
glitter becasue it looks like fairy dust and makes me feel pretty. I just
have to be careful not to get it all over my clothes!"
Save Face
"Two summer ago, when I starred in Snow White: The Fairest of them All,
I had to stay out of the sun," Kristin says. "I always put on a
hat and sunblock--the thnk white stuff. When I was younger I went to Mexico
with my family. I got so burned that my nose basically peeled off. It was
disgusting! Now I apply Neutrogena's SPF 30 Block all the time. I also really
love pale pink glosses. I usually have to wear my hair back or it gets stuck
on my lips."
Get Beachy Hair
"I love having messy hair," says Kristin. "But because mine
is so straight it doesn't normally get that way. I put in a lot of effort
to make it look as messy as humanly possible. I'll tease it and then mist
some hairspray in it to break things up. Sometimes I even use bobby pins to
make it stick out in random places. But an hour later, my hair usually goes
back to normal. I think everyone wants the kind of hair they don't have. In
high school I wasn't allowed to wear makeup, but when I was 16 I could do
what I wanted with my hair. I dyed it purple once and even considered getting
a perm. But I'm glad I didn't--it would have looked awful!"
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