Welcome to Shelf Life, the place Olympians are breaking down the wonder routines carrying them via the 2024 Paris Video games. At the moment, Paralympian—and licensed esthetician—Brittni Mason reveals her go-to lip gloss, her skincare routine for combating oiliness, and her secret to airbrush-finish make-up on and off the observe.
If Brittni Mason weren’t a world-class Paralympian, she’d most likely be a beautician. Properly, really, she already is. The 25-year-old (who was born with Erb’s Palsy affecting her left shoulder and arm) has medaled twice (one gold, one silver) in observe and subject, however working isn’t her solely expertise. Regardless of a packed athletic schedule, Mason discovered the time to turn out to be a licensed esthetician final December. “I’ve at all times beloved magnificence. I’ve an obsession with pores and skin, lashes, hair, and nails,” Mason tells Attract. “I figured if I study this stuff, I haven’t got to pay any person else to do them for me, I can simply do them every time I need to.”
Mason now provides her esthetician services to teammates, typically in return for what she hasn’t but mastered: hairstyling and nail therapies. “I’ve two ladies who do my nails and hair each few weeks, so I do their lashes. It is a commerce of providers,” Mason says.
This degree of magnificence maintenance is time-consuming, and much more so for a full-time athlete. “Often, I’ve a set schedule with my coaching however I give myself at the least at some point per week for self-care which is normally Wednesdays since we do not observe that day,” Mason explains. “I prioritize my hair, lash, and nail days as a result of that’s important and I refuse to not make time.” The exception, in fact, is when she’s competing. Whereas knee-deep within the 2024 Olympics, the Paralympian doesn’t have entry to her hair and nail ladies, however that doesn’t imply she’s any much less glammed up—the reply is all within the prep.
Hair
I get my hair finished at the least as soon as a month. I’ve simply turn out to be a braids girly, which was not the case earlier than. I’ve at all times favored wigs and sew-ins, however while you dwell in Florida and the humidity is what it’s, you study to love braids. I do put on my hair out pure typically, however with coaching each day it’s extremely exhausting to not slick it again in a bun or a ponytail, and I get uninterested in slicking my hair again into the identical ponytail type. Wash days are actually lengthy additionally, which is why I wish to preserve my hair braided or in some type of [protective] type. I like braids as a result of they’re simply very handy, [but] I do not like taking them out, and I do not like the method of getting them in. It is a love-hate feeling.
I begin my wash days by utilizing a clarifying shampoo to cleanse deeply. Then I take advantage of both a deep conditioner or an everyday conditioner, then I let it dry a bit in a towel wrap earlier than I blow dry. My hair is thick and it takes a very long time to blow dry, so I keep away from wash days as a lot as attainable. I take advantage of the Hair Essentials Kit from Endlessly Advantageous Assortment. It’s owned by a cosmetologist I discovered on Instagram; she’s native to the Detroit space.
Pores and skin
I’ve oily skin, and I’ve discovered that much less is extra in my routine. I acquired my esthetician license final 12 months, and since then I’ve cared about my pores and skin much more—particularly within the limelight of sports activities on TV, social media, and issues like that. I at all times double cleanse my face within the evenings. I really like La Roche-Posay and use their stuff faithfully. I begin with the Lipikar AP+ Gentle Foaming Cleansing Oil adopted by the Toleriane Purifying Foaming Face Wash for Oily Skin. Within the mornings I’ll observe my cleanse with the Vichy Mineral 89 Hyaluronic Acid Face Serum or the Vichy Vitamin C Serum. I first found the model in Paris final July whereas procuring at a pharmacy. I end off my morning routine with the La Roche-Posay Toleraine Double Repair Face Moisturizer UV SPF 30. It’s simply chef’s kiss; so good. I take advantage of that each single day.
I do have a separate little post-practice routine, although. I take advantage of the Yours Cloud Factory Cleanser. It smells tremendous good, and I do not know why nevertheless it makes my pores and skin really feel so clear. All I do is wash my face with this after observe and I placed on a face moisturizer and there is nothing else on my face.
