Julianne Moore Shares Her Bag of Beauty Tricks

13.01.2023 - 23:27 / glamour.com

May December with Natalie Portman), Moore isn't interested in rushing through this interview as if it's just a box to check off on her busy schedule. Instead, she's interested in making small talk, followed by having an honest conversation about beauty, skincare, and . That authenticity is why she was the perfect choice to unveil Hourglass Beauty's new campaign for their Unlocked Satin Crème Lipstick, a vegan, cruelty-free lipstick with 20 high-impact shades and a universal red, as well as the brand’s ongoing mission to support animal welfare. But here's a shocking reality that makes this launch so essential, and why Moore wanted to spread the message: the pigment usually used to make red lipstick comes from carmine, which is the industry's go-to red pigment produced from .

Awful, right? Hourglass was the first beauty brand to develop a patent-pending, vegan replacement for carmine, which made it super easy for the Oscar winner to endorse. “I was originally like, “What?,” Moore says when she heard about the awful practice involving female insects. “Especially for something that's not a need.

I mean, lipstick is a want, it's not a need. So it's great that they found this formulation, and it's also a really great color.

I have a hard time with red; sometimes they're too blue, sometimes they're too orangey, but , is a really, really good one.” Plus, 5% of the profits from Hourglass' Unlocked Lipstick go to animal rights. "All of the women involved in the campaign are committed to social issues, so it's just so nice to be involved in something where that's part of the job."Julianne Moore brings the campaign to life alongside inspiring models and influencers representing diverse social causes, including Yovanna Ventura (an