Scarlett Johansson Says She Does Her Own Makeup
Photo: Getty Images
When celebrities have highly photographed public events daily, it’s no surprise that they enlist a whole team of experts to make them look their absolute best for the camera. What is surprising, however, is when an A-list star like Scarlett Johansson says she does her own makeup for a big night, without the help of others.
According to her interview in the December issue of ELLE, “Johansson prefers to do her own makeup—except when attending major galas.” Should we be skeptical or incredibly impressed? Johansson always looks very polished and put together at events. But what exactly classifies as a “major gala”? Does the term mean black tie events like the Oscars and the Met Gala, or is this a sneaky way of saying she gets help with all red carpet events?
Related: Carrie Underwood Never Leaves The House Barefaced
ELLE has proof of one major appearance where Johansson put her application skills to the test: when performing onstage at Coachella music festival. “I’m not particularly high maintenance,” Johansson told ELLE. “This wasn’t really work—it was pleasure.” She says her daily beauty routine includes “some sort of tinted moisturizer, mascara, and maybe a bronzer.” That does sound incredibly low maintenance for a well-known actress, but again, chilling at Coachella in cutoffs is hardly the same as walking the red carpet at a film premiere. Other celebrities like Blake Lively have also gone on record saying they do their own makeup, so Johansson is not alone. “I like to do my own hair and makeup for events,” Lively told The Cut. “I think it’s fun.”
Johansson tells Refinery29 she’s never had a complicated beauty routine, though she does appear to be going through a particularly easy, breezy phase, even chopping her hair into a modern pixie. “Everybody kept saying, ‘Don’t cut your hair! You might hate it!’ But, then I thought, Why am I letting other people tell me what to do?” she told the website. “I can just wash and go.” Judging by her wet, slicked-back hair at the Gotham Independent Film Awards Monday night (pictured above) she really does.
