Shay Mitchell Is the New Global Face of Maybelline
glamour.comGlamour's , we always ask the same question: Do you remember the first beauty product you ever used? But before I'm able to ask Shay Mitchell, the actor and entrepreneur has me beat.“One of the first things my mom ever bought me was with the green cap," she tells me over Zoom. "That image is permanently ingrained in my mind: my caboodle and that one product.”It's an appropriate answer given the exciting news: Mitchell is the new global ambassador of Maybelline.
But more important, it's a believable answer. Who among us didn't use the same iconic green and pink tube growing up?Maybelline's long legacy is not lost on Mitchell, who is passing down the same beauty traditions to her own daughters, Atlas and Rome. “When you have such nostalgic images ingrained in your head from really iconic brands, those stick beyond,” she says. “Now, having daughters who are also interested in makeup, who go through all my bags and use my Maybelline products, it's wild.
These are the core memories I had when I was younger that now I'm going to have with my daughters.”In a similar way, Mitchell's career carries the same kind of special nostalgia.
After all, she starred in two of the most beloved young adult drama series of the past two decades, Pretty Little Liars and You.
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