Dita Von Teese explains why the only thing she won't take off is red lipstick.
"I’m reluctant to talk about a lot of stuff because when I mentioned it, a lot of people were kind of really outraged about it and I was like, “This book is full of beauty secrets, and you’re going to have to buy it if you want to [know] all of them.” But I don’t hold back any punches. It’s like, “Oh, my God, I don’t want to read another boring book.” I want to be really forthcoming and honest and have a real, straight talk with people. I talk about everything. There’s a whole section on cosmetic surgery and the history of it, because the history goes way back and there are so many taboos attached to it even now."
What kind of makeup remover do you use?
MAC has a great Cleanse Off Oil that I really like and it just melts everything away. My other favorite is by Éminence. I love their stuff. I use a lot of their products, and they have one called the Stone Crop Gel Wash. It has such an interesting, slick texture and it’s all-natural, so you can use it on your eyes and everything. I use the Cleanse Off Oil to get the real heavy stage makeup off, or waterproof mascara, and then I use the Stone Crop Gel Wash for everything else.
Say you’re newly dating someone, do you still take your makeup off before you go to bed, or do you keep it on?
I see it two ways: First of all, it’s a great motivator in making sure that your skin looks good, which I feel sometimes people neglect and they’re just busy buying beauty products to [cover it up]. You could take care of those skin dramas if you just ponied up a bit of money to see a dermatologist instead of buying $200 face creams and thinking that’s going to fix it, because it won’t...If I’m in bed with someone, I like to reveal myself. I’m not at all embarrassed of people seeing me without makeup, but I don’t think everyone has a right to it.
Right, a bare face is personal.
Everybody could see me strip down, but there are people that I love being intimate in that way with and I’m happy to reveal everything about myself. Even lipstick is a little bit like a striptease-nobody ever sees me without red lipstick except for a few people, and they appreciate it. It’s almost like what you hold back from the world becomes kind of precious. When people see me without any makeup, for whatever reason, they’re like, “Wow, you look so young without all the makeup.” And I say, “I know, but I’m not trying to look younger. I just love how my makeup makes me feel, and I like the power I get from it, the power I feel from beauty.”
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