Welcome to Shelf Life, the place Olympians are breaking down the wonder routines carrying them by way of the 2024 Paris Video games. Right now, 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. Nicely, 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 area, however working isn’t her solely expertise. Regardless of a packed athletic schedule, Mason discovered the time to turn into a licensed esthetician final December. “I’ve at all times cherished magnificence. I’ve an obsession with pores and skin, lashes, hair, and nails,” Mason tells Attract. “I figured if I be taught this stuff, I haven’t got to pay anyone else to do them for me, I can simply do them each time I need to.”
Mason now presents her esthetician providers to teammates, generally in return for what she hasn’t but mastered: hairstyling and nail remedies. “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 stage of magnificence maintenance is time-consuming, and much more so for a full-time athlete. “Normally, I’ve a set schedule with my coaching however I give myself at the very least someday every week for self-care which is often Wednesdays since we do not apply 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, after all, 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 completed at the very least as soon as a month. I’ve simply turn into a braids girly, which was not the case earlier than. I’ve at all times appreciated wigs and sew-ins, however whenever you dwell in Florida and the humidity is what it’s, you be taught to love braids. I do put on my hair out pure generally, however with coaching each day it’s totally laborious to not slick it again in a bun or a ponytail, and I get uninterested in slicking my hair again into the identical ponytail model. Wash days are actually lengthy additionally, which is why I prefer to preserve my hair braided or in some type of [protective] model. 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 through the use of a clarifying shampoo to cleanse deeply. Then I exploit 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 doable. I exploit the Hair Necessities Equipment from Ceaselessly High-quality Assortment. It’s owned by a cosmetologist I discovered on Instagram; she’s native to the Detroit space.
Pores and skin
I’ve oily pores and skin, and I’ve discovered that much less is extra in my routine. I obtained my esthetician license final yr, 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+ Mild Foaming Cleaning Oil adopted by the Toleriane Purifying Foaming Face Wash for Oily Pores and skin. Within the mornings I’ll comply with 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 buying at a pharmacy. I end off my morning routine with the La Roche-Posay Toleraine Double Restore Face Moisturizer UV SPF 30. It’s simply chef’s kiss; so good. I exploit that each single day.
I do have a separate little post-practice routine, although. I exploit the Yours Cloud Manufacturing unit 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 apply and I placed on a face moisturizer and there is nothing else on my face.