Jen Atkin on the Beauty Fail That Left Her Needing Surgery
How much time do you spend getting ready?
More than usual. I started waking up really early to get my kids to school. I get up really early now. I spend an hour and fifteen or an hour and twenty between my routine of working out and getting ready. When I’m in LA by myself for work, it’s a good hour and a half or an hour and forty-five. I give myself a little extra time.
What is your favorite way to take a moment for yourself?
Honestly, I have to say, I was actually in a meeting getting ready for this trip, and I put in my Bellami tape-ins, and the girls all stopped talking, and their jaws were on the ground. They’re like, “You’re giving us Cher hair, that looks so easy,” and I’m like, You guys, you can do this yourself. For me, it’s the quickest pick-me-up. That and dry shampoo. It makes me instantly feel like you got your shit together.
Who are the women who inspire you the most right now?
I would say Melinda French Gates, Kris Jenner, and Kamala Harris.
If you could change one thing about beauty perceptions on social media, what would that be?
It’s such a hard question because I feel like there’s good and bad. It can make us feel bad about ourselves, but it can also help us get inspired and feel really good. I would just say being careful about negativity and comparison. And like, don’t ask ChatGPT what you should do with your hair. ChatGPT doesn’t know about hair trends.
You can only use three products for the rest of your life. What are they and why?
The Mane Hot Round Brush because it will get my hair done in like five minutes. My Bellami tape-in extensions with the balayage ends for instant glam. Ouai St. Barth’s Hair and Body Mist, it’s still my fave after all these years.
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