8 Items Every French Woman Has in Her Bathroom – ryan

Look inside any French woman’s makeup kit and you’d hard pressed to find more than a handful of products. Emily in Paris stars Camille Razat has just threewhile Philippine Leroy-Beaulieu touts six in her interview with Vogue France.

In all the reporting I’ve done on the French girl makeup look, the running theme is always less is more. Many of us love stocking our vanities with tons of products to achieve the perfect contour and lined eyes, but if you want to do as the French do, you’ll axe pretty much all of it.

So, what goes into a French woman’s makeup arsenal? Stick to the core essentials from Chanel, Lancôme, Dior and/or Clinique, with an emphasis on a great under eye concealer. (My personal rec is the French brand Typology’s concealer serum$35.) Note that none of the women listed above use foundation!

If Manon is walking out the door with nothing else, she tells me, “I always have concealer and a little blush.” For some extra credit, keep an eyelash curler, mascara and, of course, that quintessential red lipstick on hand. (A well-known beauty trick French moms love.) I’m currently in love with Jenny Patinkin’s The Big Reveal Eyelash Curler ($20), which has a flatter curve for my lash line.