Mindy Kaling likes to be dressed up as much as anyone, but she can also appreciate a quiet night bare-faced at home with her kids.
Kaling, 45, tells PEOPLE that despite her age, she still loves to enjoy the ultra-luxe beauty moments that come with the red carpet.
“I still never get old being in glamorous clothes,” Kaling tells PEOPLE while at Sephoria in Atlanta on Sept. 28. “The transformation in how it makes me feel about myself is so huge. It goes all the way back to when I first started wearing makeup myself when I was 13 or 14.”
Mindy Kaling in Sephoria.
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Although most of her makeup choices these days are a little more subdued than when she was in her 20s or even her 30s, Kaling says she still likes to go glam on special occasions — especially the Met Gala.
“The Met Gala is the only time I really experiment with eyeshadow,” he said Office alum says. “In general, with the way my eyes are set, I think a clean eye usually works best with the way my face is shaped. But as I’ve gotten older, it’s a little more ‘less is more’ when it comes to color. When I was younger , I loved all the different eyeshadow colors — blue, purple, orange, yellow Euphoria I am inspired by it. But now I can only admire it without trying it myself.”
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Instead, Kaling says she appreciates chilly nights with her three kids — Katherine (aka Kit), 6, Spencer, 4, and Anne, 7 months — where she can enjoy a skin-care routine (including the lion pose, which she’s invested in for the past years) and completely discard make-up.
“I have three young children ages 6 and under, so I really enjoy the makeup-free moment where I can focus a little more on skincare than I did even in my 30s,” says Kaling. “That’s why I invested in this brand Lion Pose, because it helps with my hyperpigmentation. I really wasn’t that into skin care until I was 40. Now it’s like, 50% makeup and 50% skin care. That’s what makes coming to Sephora , where both things are really fun.”
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