Courtney Love's grunge-glamour style made a huge impact on our '90s childhood. Her bleach-blonde hair, vampy red lipstick, smudgy eyeliner and baby doll dresses were uber-cool in our eyes, but not exactly what our mothers had in mind.
The 48-year-old rocker continues to lay it on heavy with her clothing line, Never the Bride, and as the face of Saint Laurent. But we may have been a bit too quick to assume that it took Love less than 15 minutes to transform each morning.
In a recent interview with Into the Gloss, Love gives the editors a peek inside her makeup bag. And it sure is jam-packed! Turns out she's using some expensive, high-quality products, in spite of looking like she's barely done a thing. Read on for some of the beauty highlights and weep:
On the real purpose of facialists: "I've seen basically every facialist, and what makes a good facialist isn't creams, it isn't anything they use, it's how many fucking extractions they do. I don't want to hear about their fucking products -- I just want them to get all of the pus out of my face."
On Bioxidea Miracle masks: "There's even one for your titties. I haven't done the boobs mask one yet -- you just stick it on your tits, apparently. I have to try it. But I did the foot one and the hand one yesterday, and it makes my skin crazy. It's like I just had sex for four days."
On celebrity-endorsed skincare lines: "Put on your Vita-A-Kombi, your Revive cream, and then Quench, and you're good. And pretty much all of SK-II is amazing -- all I know is that Cate Blanchett was pimping it before they were paying her to."
On Karl Lagerfeld calling her a "whore:" "I remember once I was walking around in my clothes from my clothing line [Never the Bride], all this Illamasqua-style makeup, and Lagerfeld was like, 'You look like the 26 year-old perfect rockstar whore but you are not 26. You are never going to get laid like that.'"
On her Homage and Gold by Amouage fragrance splurges: "I feel like you would wear them if you won an Academy Award. Gold is a really heavy perfume, but you kind of feel like the Queen of England when you wear it. It's a huge smell."
Would you take beauty advice from Courtney Love? This isn't the only area she spares no expense. Check out the priceless antique pieces that make up her wardrobe. We'd love to go on a shopping trip sometime, Courtney!
Head over to Into the Gloss to find out what other products are taking up space on the style icon's vanity.
Rock on, Courtney!
Courtney Love's Style Evolution
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