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But her successes didn’t come without their roadblocks.
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“I kept thinking, ‘What do I do with myself?
‘,” says Michaels.
“Those little things have kept me sane, through this whole situation,” she says wistfully.
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And of course, part of that self-care time is all about fine-tuning her beauty ritual.
Her current favorite product?
ThePaula’s Choice 2% BHA Liquid Exfoliant.
Courtesy of Julia Michaels
“I use that every single night.
I don’t know if I’m supposed to, but I do every night.
It truly changed my skin.
I am obsessed with it.”
The brand’sPerfect Strokes Liquid Lineris currently in her rotation.
Another big part of her self-care and self-expression isher tattoos.
“I love tattoos and I love the way that they make me feel,” she explains.
It’s such an intimate thing.
It’s sort of like songwriting, you know?
This is what I want on my body.
I trust you to make it look the way that I want it to look.'"
But sometimes, things don’t always go according to plan.
She even has a few on her legs that she did herself.
“Wouldn’t recommend, but I was bored and on tour,” she explains.
All of the pieces she did herself are stick-and-pokes, and she clarifies that theredefinitely was notalcohol involved.
