You should get comfy with firsts while you’re as proficient as Alton Mason. At simply 24, the actor and mannequin has had a breadth of experiences, from performing as a background dancer to strolling the runways of Chanel and Gucci to filmmaking and making music. He just lately made his performing debut in Baz Luhrmann’s highly-anticipated movie Elvis, the place he portrayed Little Richard. “It was an actual honor to be paying tribute to a man who was earlier than his time in magnificence, trend, music, rock and roll—it’s actually surreal to me,” he says. Although admittedly nervous through the movie’s premiere at Cannes, the multi-hyphenate star relished the expertise. “If you do one thing for the primary time, you wish to do it properly. You wish to make individuals proud.” And right now, Mason has one other first: unveiling his every day routine within the newest installment of Vogue’s magnificence secrets and techniques.
“You understand, rising up, my skin-care routine used to only be aloe vera and African black cleaning soap, however what I came upon is [that] I used to be lacking so many steps, and it actually was simply drying me out,” he explains. With knowledgeable basketball participant father and mannequin mom, Mason grew up globetrotting earlier than setting stateside in Arizona. And so, his lifelong travels have knowledgeable his magnificence routine. A vital step wherever he’s? Supercharging his pores and skin with moisture for a delicate, glowing complexion. “My face often will get actually dry, so I would like this to hydrate—particularly after the airplane,” he says. “If you’re transferring and touring a lot, and being in all these totally different environments, having a routine is so grounding—it’s so centering as a result of your mind [is] realigning with the place you might be regardless of the time zone or the place,” he insists. Then, Mason pats his face dry with a towel and reaches for Dr. Dennis Gross’s facial steamer. “Steam is definitely a significant key in revitalizing dry pores and skin,” he says. Together with his pores opened up, a clay masks is subsequent. “[It’s] going to dive in and get all of the impurities which can be beneath the pores and skin,” he explains whereas letting the masks sit for 5 minutes. “These masks additionally assist with night out your pores and skin tone and concentrating on ingrown hairs, which I undergo from.”
After rinsing off the masks, he opts for Alo’s radiance-boosting serum and First Assist Magnificence’s vitamin C. Then, a therapeutic massage curler immediately reduces puffiness, and a face cream locks in moisture. Lastly, it’s time for SPF. “The solar is fairly highly effective isn’t it?” he says, admitting that regardless of his mother’s finest recommendation, he didn’t put on sunscreen for years. “Now I’ve all these darkish marks, discoloration, solar spots—I ought to’ve listened, but it surely’s by no means too late.” As a swipe of Laneige’s beloved lip therapy rounds out his skincare, all that’s left is to brush his full, fluffy brows, which have turn out to be a calling card for the mannequin. “I all the time considered tweezing my brows, however I sort of began feeling my unibrow,” says Mason. As soon as he places on his durag and glasses, his routine is completed. Sporting a radiant glow, he says goodbye: “Sending you all love, all good vitality. Peace y’all.”
Under, store Alton Mason’s magnificence secrets and techniques.
Director: Gabrielle Reich
Director of Images: Josh Herzog
Editor: Tajah Smith
Affiliate Producer: Natalie Harris
Manufacturing Supervisor: Equipment Fogarty
Manufacturing Coordinator: Ava Kashar
Affiliate Expertise Supervisor: Phoebe Feinberg
World Expertise Casting Director: Ignacio Murllio
Publish Manufacturing Supervisor: Marco Glinbizzi
Publish Manufacturing Coordinator: Jovan James
Supervising Editor: Kameron Key
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
Filmed at: The Wall Road Lodge