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Julia Rabinowitsch, The Millennial Decorator


“You understand how your iPhone cycles by means of pictures for you? Just lately, an image got here up of me as a five-year-old holding an American Lady doll with such a thrill on my face, and it jogged my memory that even at a younger age, I used to be obsessive about the style world. After learning communications on the College of Southern California, I labored in hospitality for a yr earlier than going to FabFitFun—I obtained laid off in February of 2020. I had no job or sense of course, however I wanted a artistic outlet, so I began The Millennial Decorator. On the time, it was simply an Instagram account for me to showcase my residence and the way I used to be adorning my life, which was primarily by means of classic finds. That changed into me doing classic drops. It was solely homeware at first, however sooner or later, I spotted I had amassed 9 pairs of classic sneakers, together with a pair from Celine and two pairs from Chanel. I requested everybody if they might be desirous about them and so they mentioned sure. That first drop bought out fairly rapidly. I used to be actually promoting over DMs and that went on for a couple of yr earlier than I created an precise web site.

My ‘Sink Sequence’ was a spur of the second factor, too. I used to be capturing one in every of my drops in a lodge and had all of those merchandise across the sink. I organized them in several methods and posted them. Manufacturers beloved the idea and commenced approaching me to create content material for them. I’ve labored with manufacturers like Dieux, Advantage, and Milani Cosmetics. I just lately did an IRL Sink Sequence for the launch of Summer time Fridays’ Dream Lip Oils that individuals beloved. After I’m placing one collectively, I consider the story I’m telling: ‘Who is that this lady? The place is she going? What sneakers is she sporting? What does she like?’ That informs what merchandise and equipment I embody.

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SKINCARE
I’ve very unhealthy hormonal pimples, and my morning skincare is designed to arrange my face for fulfillment in hiding it. I don’t wash my face. As an alternative, I begin off with The Skinny Confidential’s Scorching Mess ice curler. It’s nice for depuffing and easily the coldest curler I’ve tried. Typically I’ll use Peter Thomas Roth’s Cloud eye patches, which I hold in my fridge subsequent to the butter. Then I placed on Rhode’s Glazing Milk as a moisturizer, and I like to combine Sonsie’s Tremendous Serum and Furtuna Pores and skin’s Face and Eye Serum. On days that I bear in mind, I placed on sunscreen. I do know I have to get higher with that. Truthfully, a part of that battle is that it’s taken me a very long time to seek out one which doesn’t break me out. Supergoop!’s Unseen SPF 40 is nice in that respect.

At evening, I wash my face twice with La Roche-Posay’s Toleriane hydrating cleanser, which a dermatologist really useful. It’s very light. I heard that your own home towels can break you out, even when they’re washed with bleach, so a couple of yr and a half in the past, I began drying my face with Clear Pores and skin Membership’s disposable towels. I hold it fairly minimal after that. Summer time Fridays’ Jet Lag masks is basically moisturizing and by no means makes me get away. The identical goes for Sonsie’s Multi Moisture masks. The mixture of Kate Somerville’s DeliKate cream and EradiKate gel has really been actually nice for soothing my offended pores and skin and clearing pimples marks. I noticed a reasonably vital distinction after utilizing each of them nightly for a couple of week. I don’t know if that’s an excessive amount of, however it labored. Chanel’s Retexturizing AHA peel, Chanel’s Professional Masque, and Chanel’s Le Raise Professional serum are nice, too. If I need to spot deal with, I combine Aztec Secret Indian Therapeutic Clay and apple cider vinegar—I’ve been doing that since I used to be 15. After I need to pamper myself, Furtuna Pores and skin’s obsidian gua sha and Biphase oil are the proper pair. And just lately, I’ve been obsessive about Jo Malone’s vitamin E lip conditioner and Santa Maria Novella lip moisturizer earlier than mattress. But when my lips are chapped, there’s no higher savior than C.O. Bigelow’s rose salve.

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MAKEUP
I put NARS’ tinted moisturizer within the shade Alaska on with my palms—I like finger portray my face. If I need to look additional glowy, I add in a couple of drops of Westman Atelier’s Liquid Tremendous Loaded Illuminator in Peau de Pêche. The mixture makes me look ethereal. Then I am going in with Hourglass’s Vanish Airbrush concealer in Cedar. It’s a lifesaver and really the perfect concealer I’ve ever used. It covers up pimples fairly nicely.

Today, I’m obsessive about Chanel’s lip and cheek balm in Full of life Rosewood, which is the shade that Margot Robbie makes use of. Slightly bit goes a good distance, and it really stays on my face all day. For those who apply it to your lips, it provides you that lovely, ’bitten lip’ look that’s trending. I simply pat it in with my fingers—and generally on my eyes, too. On days I don’t use the Chanel balm, I like Advantage’s Flush Balm in Stockholm, Saie’s Dew Bush in Child, or Westman Atelier’s Child Cheeks blush stick in Petal. The restrict to blushes really doesn’t exist.

Chanel’s Clear Multi-Use Glow Stick is my highlighter. It makes you glowy however not overly shiny. I like to use it on my nostril, forehead bones, and cheeks. Typically I prefer it over my eyeshadow, which just lately has simply been my bronzer, Glossier’s Cloud Paint in Swept and Drift. If I’m going for some additional sparkle, I’ll use Victoria Beckham Magnificence’s EyeWear stick in Ballet or Sephora’s Colourful Eyeshadow in Twinkle Twinkle. Sephora’s eyeshadows are significantly underrated.

On the times that I need to fill in my brows, I like Anastasia Beverly Hills’ Forehead Definer in Mushy Brown, which additionally makes an awesome eyeliner, topped with Glossier’s Boy Forehead, which I’ve been utilizing since I used to be 17. Nothing holds my brows like Boy Forehead, and better of all, it doesn’t go away behind any residue. Then I really like Ilia’s Limitless Lash mascara.

In relation to my lips, I really like Chanel’s lip liner in Pivoine. Then I normally cycle between Saie’s Glossybounce in Kiss, Summer time Fridays’ Dream Lip in Blush Goals, and Rhode’s Peptide Lip Tint in Toast.

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HAIR
I really like my pure hair coloration as a result of it jogs my memory of Charlotte York, however my grays had been driving me mad—no person informed me that you could get grays at 25. On the identical time, I used to be intensely scared of beginning any hair coloring journey as a result of I didn’t need to wreck my strands. I lastly obtained over that worry and went to Bianca Hillier at Andy Lacompte. She’s very proficient. I informed her to match my pure coloration precisely, no highlights or something. After which I get it lower at Spoke and Weal.

I really like Rōz’s shampoo and conditioner. They scent wonderful, and so they’re made by Mara Roszak, a hairstylist, so I actually belief that she is aware of what she’s doing. I’m an enormous fan of Crown Affair as nicely. I really like their hair oil and No. 002 brush, however my holy grail is my La Bonne Brosse N.03 brush in Ivory. Speak about aesthetic magnificence merchandise. It’s essentially the most lovely brush I’ve ever seen. So far as styling goes, I’m just lately obsessive about Djerf Avenue’s On The Go styling gel and Breezy styling mist. Typically I’ll simply put on these as fragrance as a result of they scent so nice.

The one factor I do every day is blow dry my bangs. The remainder of my hair is wavy—I really like my pure waves and I embrace them. My boyfriend obtained me a Dyson Airwrap two years in the past, and I’m nonetheless making an attempt to determine methods to use it. Like, how are ladies reaching these appears to be like? I’ve watched the tutorials—all of them—and I simply can’t.

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FRAGRANCE
My room is stuffed with Jo Malone candles. I’m obsessive about English Pear and Freesia and Lime Basil and Mandarin particularly. And I am going by means of Salt and Stone Saffron and Cedar candles so rapidly. They scent like Maison Francis Kurkdjian’s Baccarat Rouge 540, however in the perfect, non-headache method.

I get questions on my private scent the entire time. It’s Angel by Mugler. It’s a bit robust, however it jogs my memory of somebody that I grew up with, and he or she at all times smelled heavenly, really like an angel. It has calabrian bergamot, praline, and patchouli. My ex-boyfriend used to put on Dior’s Bois d’Argent for years, and I nonetheless find it irresistible. My new boyfriend—we’ve been collectively 4 years now—has given me bottles of it, too. I feel he’s simply joyful he discovered me a present I really like. [Laughs] I like to make use of Crown Affair’s Signature Scent as a fragrance as a result of it jogs my memory of my mother. She used to put on Dolce & Gabbana’s Mild Blue, and it’s related. Byredo’s Mojave Ghost and Glossier’s You are additionally within the combine.

NAILS
If I need a manicure, I’ll go to Livingston Nail Bar and get one or two coats of OPI’s Bubble Tub. I’ve tried to embrace lengthy and spherical nails, however they’re not for me. I’m a sq. girly by means of and thru. I’m embracing the millennial of all of it. However since I’m enjoying with sneakers all day, I not often have a manicure. As an alternative, my pre-bed pampering features a five-minute hand routine utilizing a cuticle scraper device I obtained from Amazon—it’s pink and white and utterly non-aesthetic however lives by my bedside—and Chanel’s hydrating and fortifying oil, which smells divine, like camellias. I end off with Chanel’s hand cream or Sidia’s hand serum. You’ll by no means catch me going to mattress with dry palms.”

—As informed to Daise Bedolla

Photographed by Brittany Bravo in Los Angeles on April 23, 2024



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