Blake Lively heard your “Disney princess” jokes and this is her response. Yes, Blake may have dressed up like Cinderella–with-an-Oakland-Booty at the Cannes Film Festival, but she wants us to think that her real style inspo was “Disney villain.” Sure, Jan. Anyway, Blake is still endlessly posting photos from her magical Cannes tour, so why not discuss this interview she did with Vogue UK while in Cannes? I sort of missed this last week because of Oakland Booty-gate, but it’s worth discussing now. You can read her full interview here. Some highlights:
She wishes she could travel with all of her L’Oreal products: “You know, I feel like TSA makes it really hard to have good beauty when you travel, because of the whole restriction thing. All the stuff I love – my pots of creams, my shampoos, my conditioners and all that, you have to put them in the little containers and hope the containers don’t explode… So I’m going to petition for L’Oréal to make an Extraordinary Oil that is travel-sized. They should do a full travel-sized version of everything. I feel like TSA is really C-blocking it, I don’t understand.”
What it’s like to walk the Cannes red carpet: “It’s neat, because I’ve had three very different experiences on the Cannes red carpet. As a L’Oréal ambassador it’s really about celebrating the glamour of Cannes, and it feels cinematic and like a fashion and beauty moment. They clear the carpet, which is unique – you never have another red carpet where it’s just the one person standing there. It’s actually incredibly intimidating! Then I’ve been there with my husband two years ago, which was so special. He actually broke a Cannes rule, and snuck away from the rest of his cast and came back and picked me up so we got to walk the red carpet together. To be there at Cannes with him, thinking: “Wow he has a film at the Cannes Film Festival – what a big deal” was so special. And then this year I had a film there myself, and standing there alongside Kristen and Jesse and Corey and Woody and presenting this film we all made together… it’s a very full-circle moment.”
She has done her own hair & makeup for red carpets before: “I’ve done my own hair and make-up for the red carpet before but either it’s because it’s for a last-minute event, or because I forgot to call someone… it’s never a good idea! But I do get very involved in the hair and make-up I wear because, I mean, it’s my face! I work with people that are such great artists that if I think I have an idea about something we can spitball and make it better. I am oftentimes involved in the design of the gown if it’s for a big event, so from the inception and from sketches I’m already thinking what hair, what make-up, what jewellery.”The “Because I’m Worth It” slogan: “We’re used to hearing these slogans from companies and so they’ve lost their meaning in a way, but women are worth it. Why the bleep not? It doesn’t just apply to make-up, it applies to everything. The instillment of self-worth in women is so important and you see that in the women they choose. I mean, Jane Fonda. I mean, I don’t know any woman alive – except maybe Gloria Steinem – who has done more for women politically and socially than Jane Fonda. You look at Susan Sarandon, who’s just new to the brand this year, and you see how impactful she is. And then you look at the younger women they’re hiring too, like Karlie Kloss who’s started a company that manages to feed starving children at the same time as make really yummy cute cookies. They’re incredibly iconic, it’s not just a bunch of 16-year-old models they’re hiring to put on blue eyeshadow.”
I love that Blake name-checked Karlie Kloss because I’ve always sort of felt like Karlie hijacked Blake’s shtick a few years back. Remember when Blake was “the good girl” who just loved fashion and loved to cook and bake? That became a template and Karlie used it too. I actually agree with Blake that it’s nice that L’Oreal isn’t just repped by 16-year-olds shilling eyeshadow, although to be fair… there were a hell of a lot of young models in Cannes working as L’Oreal ambassadors.
I rolled my eyes at this though: “He actually broke a Cannes rule, and snuck away from the rest of his cast and came back and picked me up so we got to walk the red carpet together.” Yes, Blake. No other couple has ever done that before! Brangelina wannabe.
Photos courtesy of WENN.
her greatest accomplishment. Bravo.
Baby, BABY I already told you that you are neither wise nor relatable that ALL we want is the BOOK on how you go about picking a surgeon and best publicist in the game THAT is a topic you clearly have a breadth of knowledge on, how to make the right connections, Schmoozing in the movie industry, tell me about THAT
The nose job transformation was epic, wasn’t it? Whoever looked at her original face and said, “I can make something out of this” did a stellar job.
I can’t hate on her too much because the interview seems like it’s mostly an extended L’Oreal ad. Which is her job, and she’s hustling like hell for them.
Also, she’s right. Higher end products should come in TSA travel size versions.
Her nosejob was one of the few that were brilliant. I’m not for beauty surgerys, but in her case I get it. She wouldn’t have had a career with her old nose..
All loathing aside, I love those blue dresses.
Damn that TSA for trying to keep us safe by preventing people from bringing enough chemicals into the cabin to mix a bomb? Don’t they realize we need to look good?
Hey, Blake, you could put that stuff in your checked luggage. Be sure to wrap it well so any leaks don’t get all over anything else.
Right? You know she checks a bag, just double Baggie the stuff and put it in there. Duh.
Or send it over by carrier if it is that important!
The restrictions are ridiculous though. I’m with her on this.
Its available in France … couldnt she send out one of her minions to buy it? I mean, there are plenty of pharmacies and supermarkets that sell it!
I dream of FedExing my suitcase ahead of time, as the richies apparently do. Look into it, Blake!
That was my first response too (about putting liquids in the hold) but the 100ml rule has zero to do with safety or terrorism. It makes no practical difference.
Yes, let’s pretend 3oz containers in 1 quart-sized bag is an important safety measure. There’s no rhyme or reason to it. You could pack an entire quart-sized bag with the same liquid in 3oz containers and that’d be ok. And if someone wanted to mix a bomb, all they need are some companions, each bringing one or more ingredients.
I’m not a celebrity, but I have shipped beauty products and clothes to travel destinations before. I’m sure Blake Lively can arrange to have all her products on hand.
You have? This is a thing? I am very intrigued. What exactly is the process? Is it FedEx? I really find this interesting, please share.
For special occasions, yes. I have a big extended family where weddings are a big deal, so when I’m traveling I don’t want to risk losing luggage. I pack a suitcase and FedEx it to my destination. UPS does it too, AA offers a similar service in selected countries.
She does Disney princess well, but I rolled my eyes at the Ursula thing. Girl, get on my level. Show up with some vampy lipstick, dark eyes, spiky necklace. It’s my favorite going-out look, and my GBF (gay boyfriend) calls it my “evil queen realness”.
“I feel like TSA is really C-blocking it, I don’t understand.”
Meanies.
(TSA however misguided in some of its actions is still only trying to save our lives.)
But, but is life worth living if we don’t have our pots of cream? 👸🏻
Yeah, she sounds stupid and clueless AF here. For all the issues I have with the TSA, the amount of makeup and hair products that I’m NOT allowed to bring onboard doesn’t upset me. GTFO marble mouth.
Really. And she can transfer her crap into travel sized-containers.
I don’t think she is serious about the c-blocking comment. It seems like it was meant to be a joke.
TSA is kinda just a pile of lies…
You’re allowed a litre of liquids in little bottles – why can’t you just use those to make a bomb? A litre is a lot!
Can you see the raging ‘travel minis’ market that was launched when those rules came in? TSA probably getting a sweet kick back.
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She is truly tone-deaf…the poor-mans’ Gwyneth Paltrow. Her willful blindness to Woody Allen’s history, plus this, infuriates me. She is either stupid, or just looking for a chance to promote L’Oreal products, or both. Obviously she is going to check multiple pieces of luggage, and her full-size beauty products would go there (as mine do). As for saying she “doesn’t understand” why the TSA would “c-block” (charming) her bringing as much liquid as she wants on the plane? Well, there is no excuse for such an ignorant statement. Other than ignorance.
She is stupid and ignorant. She has very much proven so.
I don’t think she’s harmful, though, until she is given a platform to show her astonishing ignorance. Some women, just like some men, really are better off just standing there looking pretty and being nice. Blake is one of those women. Don’t expect depth from her. She just doesn’t have it.
I don’t necessarily agree with your argument but the “poor mans’ Gwyneth Paltrow” comment is brilliant. LOL!
yeah, Budget Goop is a perfectly accurate description of her.
“Sure, Jan”
I’m done 😂😂😂😂
me too. Cracking up like an old person. So funny
“I’ve done my own hair and make-up for the red carpet before”
Such courage! 😉
I find the celebrity brand shilling interviews the best: “Oh I can’t live without my L’Oreal!”
*Two years later*
“Oh I can’t live without my Cover Girl!”
It’s the circle of life.
Well, she finally gave a decent interview. I’m glad she name checked Karlie Kloss, she’s a proper model (she can walk and do editorials) who also has her head on the shoulders. Did you guys know that apart from the cookies charity she set up a summer camp for teenage girls who want to learn basic coding?
I’m not the least bit surprised that she name checked Karlie. Her and Karlie are friends according to Karlie’s Instagram they’re “baking buddies” so not surprising at all.
i have a similar sentiment every time i’m forced through airport security, especially heathrow, that shit takes forever. because of some nutcases, and we are talking about very very few people here, all travellers have to stand in line multiple times for multiple hours. and if you’re really lucky the perfume you brought in some airport abroad without these funny restrictions on liquids will be disposed of.
no water, no cream, no medicine on the plane, because terrorism. ugh!
it is so very annoying and plain inefficient.
Yep, and I doubt any of this is really keeping us safe. Maybe I’m cynical, but I think it has more to do with making us buy sh-t at the airport.
or inside the airplane. it also serves as a reminder that we, the populus, are supposedly in great danger. now think- who has a vital interest in that?
Not to mention the unconscionably long lines that have popped up right around the same time TSA rolled out their pay-for-prescreening scheme! At least TSA’s Head of Security was finally fired.
Heathrow? As of last year, that was actually one of the faster international security checks I’ve moved through – unlike some other places, we weren’t made to remove our shoes or any such thing. And I packed all my beauty products/perfumes away in the checked luggage, after keeping a few sheet masks and miniscule sachets/tubes of cleanser. I wasn’t given any hassle about it, and I’m brown.
She thinks it’s neat to walk a carpet, what is she twelve….well mentally maybe. Bravo for doing your own makeup, what a big girl you are. Personally, I’d stick with the professionals if I were you. This woman child keeps going down lower and lower in my book. Should have never mentioned her adoration of WA. Never thought much about her, but now she’s shoving herself and her nonsensical comments on a regular and annoys the crap out of me.
It’s just a big Blake Lively and L’oreal commercial… in that order.
And (not that this is a reason for TSA rules) American beauty & skincare have a TON of ingredients that have been deemed harmful & banned in other countries…so most of your US L’oreal crap that you want to bring in your carry on is probably flammable & packed with carcinogens. So I’m glad you have to check that mess…😷
Well you can actually realize she’s being honest about done her own hair…since she looks scruffy and untidy here with those bunchs of hair letting off from her hairstyle.
I can believe it. Sometimes her looks are terrible.
I can’t put my finger on it exactly, but I feel like she really wants to be the new cool funny couple. Granted, Ryan has a good sense of humor, and I feel like she’s tried very hard to catch up with him humor-wise so that they’re equally ‘cool’ and funny. But it’s just not working. She used to take herself very seriously, and while I appreciate that she’s mellowed and I love a good self-deprecating sense of humor, it comes off awkward when it’s insincere. Like that face she’s making in the top Instagram pic. Too much. I’m struggling with how to verbalized this.
I was thinking exactly the same thing. She really is going in for an image overhaul, isn’t she? I guess she sees how GOOPiness has turned out for Gwyneth, who is doing her own image revamping.
Susan, I think you mean that Blake is full of sh-t. I believe that. I also believe every word out of her mouth is a publicist’s. Blake has no wit or real sense of humor. I believe the same of her husband. All of their quips were written for them. Word.
That pretty much is all the relevance or professional achievement Budget Goop will ever have to her name – getting photographed for product shills and getting ready for them. Enjoy it while it lasts, Flake.
“But I do get very involved in the hair and make-up I wear because, I mean, it’s my face!”
So the monotone orange hair and skin are her idea …