Kate Walsh's New Scent—And Beauty Secrets
By Elizabeth Angell, Allure magazine
When my co-workers found out Kate Walsh from Private Practice was coming into the office to talk about her new fragrance collection, Boyfriend, almost everyone said the same thing: "She is so beautiful. And she seems so nice." I can confirm that it's all true. She looks great and she was funny and low-key, and even gamely drank a cup of our office coffee. (I offered her Starbucks, I swear).
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The Boyfriend collection, which goes on sale on HSN this week and will be in Sephora stores in February, was inspired by (you guessed it) an ex. Walsh says she realized that what she missed most was the scent her boyfriend left behind. "But you don't want to wear his cologne," she says. "You just want that feeling, that combination o excitement and security. It's cozy but still sexy." The result is woodsy and warm, but still feminine. Walsh also stars in a series of promotional films that she hopes will go viral.
While she was here, she also gave me some highlights of her beauty routine:
How she gets the perfect shade of red hair: "It's actually really hard. I'm constantly asking myself: Is it still right? Is it fading? I've had dangerous things happen. It can easily go pink or orangey. I've looked like an '80s rocker, like I'm Pat Benatar's missing bass player. But I love my colorist, Christopher Pierce at Andy Lecompte salon. Sometimes we put in highlights and change it up."
Her skin secret: "Kate Somerville. I'm obssessed with her products."
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Her favorite makeup: "Laura Mercier Eye Primer. My makeup artist turned me on to it. You can use it alone and it has this great peachy color, or you can wear it under other eye makeup. It evens everything out and it's a great concealer."
The one thing she won't do for beauty: "I won't spray tan. I just don't get it--I don't want something on my skin that I can't wash off. I don't see what's wrong with having fair skin. I think it's beautiful."
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