The name Viola Davis is synonymous with incomparable talent, wisdom that canât be measured, and of course, great skin. So itâs only right that the star is the latest face of beauty brand powerhouse, LâOréal, joining its long list of celebrity ambassadors that are declaring âyouâre worth it.â
ESSENCE was able to (virtually) sit down with the award-winning television and movie star for a moving conversation about beauty, aging, liberation, and how sheâs raising her daughter to know her self-worth from a young age.
The brand LâOréal is so synonymous with such wonderful memories. Whatâs your favorite memory with the brand?
VIOLA DAVIS: All I know is I know that I was in my twenties, and I just remember being startled looking at the television and it saying âYouâre worth it.â I remember it startling me, you know? Thereâs certain words that when theyâre put together, they startle you, and they startled me, especially as a beauty campaign. Back in the day there was like all these beauty campaigns and I remember looking at those women going, âOh, theyâre beautiful or whatever,â but it was Lâ Oreal and that whole affirmation of youâre worth it, that literally startled me. I attributed high cheekbones, youth, hair, and fitness to beauty, I never realized that how God made you is worth it. That was the first aha moment.
And youâre a part of the latest campaign for the Age Perfect Midnight Serum, can you tell us whatâs so great about the formula?
DAVIS:Â I love everything. I love its light richness, I love the packaging, I love how it feels as soon as you put it on your skin. It radiates, thereâs no dullness and it adds a brightness to my complexion. I love that my skin looks smoother and it doesnât feel like thereâs thereâs anything in there thatâs going to cause your skin to break out. Thereâs no parabens, thereâs no mineral oil, thereâs none of that. Iâve been telling people, I use it every day and I gave one to my husband because we were using one bottle together and he came to me and said, âI want my own.â Heâs been getting so many.
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