“What’s in my bag” videos are more than just a peek at the products our favorite celebs use and love every day, it’s a little glimpse into their psyche and personality we don’t always see—hence why the genre has become a fan favorite with Gen Z. The latest to hit the internet is the perfect example, as Jenna Ortega just revealed some of her beauty must-haves along with her wellness rituals and mental health journey.
On November 28, Harper’s Bazaar U.K. posted an “What’s Inside My Beauty Bag” video featuring the Wednesday star. Of course, we watched the whole thing and found her favorite makeup product to be the most intriguing.
One of her most-used products is her favorite lipstick, the Dior Rouge Dior Forever lipstick ($45) in the shade Forever Nude Touch. In fact, she uses this one so much that the stick itself has become nothing more than a “nub” of pigment. She says she loves it since it’s a “very natural shade, very nude” that she will wear sheer but will also “build it up.”
Ortega says the lipstick, in combination with her favorite eyelash curler—Shiseido Eyelash Curler ($24)—is all she needs to use if she wants to feel presentable without doing a full face.
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Another one of her most used products is the Elizabeth Arden Eight Hour Cream Skin Protectant ($29). Despite using it nearly every day, she has had the same tube for two years, and it’s still half full. Ortega shared that her makeup artist introduced it to her on the set of Wednesday and the upcoming Beetlejuice 2. “We always started off our day with this,” she says, explaining that they used the thick, multi-purpose cream to buffer the dark lipstick she wore on set. She also uses the cream on her cuticles. “I used to have a bit of a picking problem and I feel like that’s really helped,” she says.
The product she’s had the longest is one she picked up on one of her first acting jobs. She says she saw everyone in L.A. using the Mason Pearson Pocket Bristle & Nylon Hairbrushes ($43) and couldn’t stop talking about how it was the “cool” brush to use on set. Her first hair and makeup team gave her one of the brushes as a gift when the show finished filming.
Other than beauty products, she carries a journal to practice being present and mindfulness, as well as to jot down her dreams. She says that since writing down her R.E.M. visuals, her dreams have become so much more interesting, plus they have provided inspiration for her future directorial debut.