Brenda Song Just Shared Her Minimalist Makeup Routine

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ICYMI, Brenda Song collaborated on a makeup tutorial with the internet’s favorite minimalist beauty brand, Merit. In the video, she reflects on her Y2K beauty blunders, her modern aesthetic, and what she learned from playing London Tipton on Disney Channel. (I don’t think I need to remind anyone that Tipton was a hotel heiress and all-around style icon.) She also talks about what it’s like to play Ali Lee in Netflix’s Running Point.

“I’m slightly more subtle now,” she joked after explaining how her 2003 beauty aesthetic was bold—maybe too bold. It’s clear she considers some of her past beauty choices to be a bit of a blunder. Think a red lip, smoky eye, full contour, and something she refers to as “little worm” brows. “It traumatized me,” she says.

These days, she says she prefers a minimalist routine. “I feel like I really like to focus on my skin—enhancing instead of masking.” As such, she uses a total of eight makeup products to enhance her beauty, admitting, “I think I’m more Ali Lee than London Tipton.” Scroll to see her eight favorite makeup products.