7 Things I Just Learned About Kelly Rowland’s Beauty Routine

Kelly Rowland, successful musician and author, doting mother, supportive BFF of Beyoncé and rowl™ model to all, just gave an interview to Into the Gloss that details her beauty routine. And in my correct opinion, it’s packed to the gills with critical info. Perhaps more critical, even, than the fact that she’s capable of stealing a photo that contains Beyoncé, which I learned via Beyoncé’s gram this morning. Or that her married name is Witherspoon (no relation to Reese), which I just discovered via her novel of a Wikipedia page. Kelly Witherspoon.

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If you want don’t want to miss a beat — like that she wears blue eyeliner (hides tears!), prefers face masks that peel (same) and washes her face twice a day (attn: Harling Ross, single-day face washer) — you may want to jog over to ITG to read it in its full glory. If you just want 10 important takeaways to copy down in your diary tonight, please find a seat and get comfortable.

1. She wrote a book for new moms because she needed it herself.

“I have one son. He was born two years ago on November 4, and he’s the greatest thing that’s ever happened to me,” is the opening line of the interview. While traversing the onslaught of changes that come with having a kid (skin, hair, life, everything), she sought help in the form of a book and couldn’t find it.

“I remembered this Toni Morrison quote…’If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.’ So that’s exactly what I did.”

And thus, Whoa Baby was born.

2. A woman in Atlanta hand-makes her body lotion.

Celeb perk I didn’t know existed: bespoke lotion. “There’s a company called Iwi Fresh out of Atlanta, and this woman handmade my body lotion for me,” says Kelly, who deserves it.

3. She let music guide her last haircut.

In what is truly an act of modern bravery, Kelly allows her hair stylist to cut her hair according to a soundtrack. “She’s a vibe-type of hair stylist,” she explains, referring to her stylist Nikki Nelms, “so when we were figuring out my hair, she was like, let’s listen to the music and decide where it wants to take us as far as hair.”

Would you or wouldn’t you?

4. She’s too scared to touch her own hair.

While she has a few hair opinions, such as liking a clean scalp (direct quote: “I like a clean scalp”), she says she mostly leaves her hair in the hands of others. “I’m too scared to do anything else. Anything more than [wave spray], and I’m screwed. Screwed! Makeup I can do — hair, I cannot.” As a haver of literally incredible hair (please google Kelly Rowland hair), she could have fooled me.

5. She learned how to contour after Destiny’s Child performed at the Brit Awards.

“When Destiny’s Child did the Brit Awards, [makeup artist] Eric Ferrell … did this beautiful contour that made us look like we had no makeup on. I was like, ‘Oh God, this looks so good,’ but I eventually had to wash it off.” She learned to contour as a result.

Comment below if you, too, learned how to contour because of Destiny’s Child.

6. She uses the foundation Claire deemed “the best” in a recent MR story.

Remember when MR beauty expert Claire Carusillo tried 15 of the most celebrated foundations to find the best one and picked Koh Gen Do? She should have just asked Kelly. “My foundation and concealer is Koh Gen Do,” she says, answering Claire’s burning question in a single breath. Also, she applies it with her fingers, which means you can too.

7. KELLY’S GOT A SECRET.

In the most mysterious/intriguing finale in ITG history, Kelly refuses to share how she smells so perfect and amazing (an assumption). “My scent? I never tell. It’s a secret. I like a little hint of rose — something sexy but effortless. I like for it to strike a memory, you know what I mean? It’s funny… the other day, Delta [Goodrem] goes, ‘I knew you were here because I smelled you!’ I adore that. It’s the one thing—everyone wants to be remembered by their scent.”

Raise your hand if you want to remember Kelly by her scent.

Photo by Cindy Ord via Getty Images.

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