It’s like a one-blade razor and you do it on dry skin. I don’t use moisturizer anymore I don’t exfoliate anymore. On the unconventional beauty secret she swears by: “About a year ago, I started Korean face shaving. What the positive body-image movement is doing is showing brands that ALL women wear their clothing or use their makeup or carry their handbag, so why wouldn’t all women be in your advertising? There’s been progress, but there’s still that ‘token’ curvy girl. As a model, you’re not supposed to take it personally because they’re trying to find the right person for their brand and I get that.
It’s like you can’t win-you’re either too big or too small or too tall. Then, as she matured and got older, she got her ‘womanly’ body and was able to do it. “She auditioned for Playboy and they told her she was too thin-they told her she wasn’t curvy enough for them. She was always giving me a positive message.” She really instilled in me the idea that we only have this one body and no matter what it looks like or how it may be changing, we should always be celebrating it. How her mom helped promote a body-positive image: “My mom is probably one of the first women to speak out about posing nude and how it was a feminist choice for her-it was her embracing her body. I had all the awkward things you could possibly have as a teenager-except I was also on TV.
Then there was me: kind of super awkward, a little overweight with a lisp and acne. What it’s really like to grow up on reality TV: “The girls I went to school with were tall, model-esque and very beautiful they were constantly leaving to go act or travel the world.
You May Also Like: The $13 Secret to J.Lo’s Radiant Glow The model recently sat down with us to discuss all things body image and all the beauty tricks she’s tried. Next up: An EP set for later this year and a feature on Yellow Claw’s latest album LOSAMSTERDAM coming out on April 7. “It’s helped stop my face from breaking out and I rarely wear makeup anymore.” Besides going bare-faced and being brave enough to talk about one of those “hush-hush” beauty habits, Simmons is also doing a ton to promote the body-image movement through both through her hosting gig on Refinery 29’s Body Image School digital series and as the face of Adore Me’s “all women campaign,” which centers around showing how lingerie looks on women of all sizes. She may be the daughter of one of the world’s most notorious makeup mavens (her dad is KISS front man Gene Simmons), but 24-year-old Sophie Simmons seldom relies on foundation nowadays.
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