I’m asleep by 10 p.m., which makes me so happy I could honestly cry. There is nothing that makes me feel like more of a queen than being asleep by 10 p.m.
Thursday, October 17
6:30 a.m.: I have a Cherry Bombe photo shoot this morning. I wake up, take a shower, and get in the car for an 8 a.m. call time in the Meatpacking. I’m still 20 minutes late. It’s early, but I called for it, knowing that I will need to be preparing for the party tonight. I’m not a breakfast person, but they do offer me a chia pudding, which I eat. It makes me feel like a wellness blogger!
8:30 a.m.: I don’t usually do anything to prep my skin the night before a shoot, like put a mask on, though I should just because it would make me feel a lot better! But there’s always hair and makeup. I don’t know how to do my own hair and I don’t pay much attention to makeup, so it’s a real treat—especially because I have an event tonight. Usually I wear a BB cream by BareMinerals, I wear mascara, and I wear lipstick. That’s pretty much it. Sometimes if I have time, I’ll add Glossier Cloud Paint and then a highlighter stick over it, and Boy Brow. I don’t fuck with eyeliner or eye shadow or foundation; it’s not that interesting to me. I want the no-makeup makeup. But I’m always after lipstick that never comes off. I love Nars and MAC; I wear matte lipsticks or lip stains.
9:30 a.m. They give me a manicure on set, though that’s very rare. Typically I always have a gel manicure, but this week has gotten so crazy that I haven’t been able to squeeze one in. Given the amount of times that I wash my hands or am cooking, I feel like a regular manicure lasts me two days, and a gel lasts me two weeks. I’ll probably get one this weekend. I go to this place near my house, on Smith Street, called Santorini Nails—just a neighborhood nail spot. I do typically this orange-red color.
2 p.m.: The ultimate self-care is hiring people to help you when you need help. I learned this recently, and it has changed my life. That’s really the main lesson in the book [“Ask for Help,” page 11]. It’s great to be able to do everything yourself, but it doesn’t make you a hero. Three talented women are helping me execute the food for the book release party, and it is making me so much more relaxed, I’ll actually be able to have a good time at my own party—a first, to be honest. We are prepping pretty much all day at my house, where I have all my tools.
4 p.m.: Drinking water is a huge thing for me—that’s a lesson I’m still learning. I used to wait until I was so thirsty I could hardly stand it, but I’m trying to preempt that and just drink more water throughout the day instead of letting it get to that point.
7 p.m.: Party night! We party and dance so hard and drink so much wine, and I am surrounded by people I love and respect. It’s the first time I have thrown a party where everyone that came was someone I wanted to talk to and hang out with and celebrate with. No politics, no favors, no weirdness. It’s liberating and makes me feel so excited about being in this place in my career.
11 p.m.: My two friends, Michael and Chris, who I saw Kacey Musgraves with, helped me bring all the stuff home to my house. I was going to do it myself, and they were like, “No, no, no—we’re coming with you!” That was really nice. I thought they were just going to drop me off, but they helped me upstairs, and then we ended up hanging out for another two hours. That’s my nighttime ritual [laughs]: to keep drinking.