Into The Wilde

New Yorker Olivia Wilde is all about basic yet effective beauty. The acupuncture enthusiast tells us how she relishes room sprays and why she doesn’t do war paint

- Bee Shapiro

Olivia Wilde, 33, is known for her work as an actress, but these days she is trying on multiple roles. Recently she was the executive producer of Fear Us Women, a documentary that follows a volunteer soldier in the YPJ, an all-female Kurdish army. Also keeping her busy: acting in and producing the crime drama A Vigilante, out later this year, and touting True Botanicals, a skin care line for which she serves as a brand ambassador. Born in Manhattan, raised in Washington, D.C., and now living in Brooklyn, Wilde uses her days off to pop into the Brooklyn Museum for First Saturdays or to do hip-hop yoga in Union Square.

Skin care

I do enjoy the ritual of my morning. It helps me wake up psychologically as much as physically. I wash with True Botanicals Hydrating Cleanser – it’s really gentle. Then I spritz on some of the Nutrient Mist. Of all the True Botanicals products, it’s one of my favourites. It always smells amazing. I use the brand’s face oils, too. If I’m having breakouts, I use the one they have for clearing up skin, and then the tinted SPF. If I’m running around, I like Ursa Major Essential Face Wipes because they clean and moisturise at the same time.