What do a ballerina, a love-struck high schooler, and a sea monster have in common?
Theyre all part of Lana Condors repertoire.
Each of the performers vastly different roles has impacted how she sees and interprets beauty.
Condor talks to Allure about growing up with parents who didnt look like her and other formative beauty memories.
As told to Jesa Marie Calaor
I’m Asian American.
I grew up in a household that was not Asian at all, but my brother was Asian.
Roland Mouret dress. Jenna Katz earrings. Makeup colors: Makeup By Mario Lip Palette on Cheeks and Lips.
However, I kind of grew up the way they grew up.
Makeup colors: Makeup By Mario Lip Palette on Cheeks and Lips.
It’s little things too.
Max Mara top. Tory Burch pants. Mounser earrings. Laura Lombardi necklace.
My castmates were all talking about [the Southeast Asian fruit] durian a couple of days ago.
I’ve never had durian, but a lot of my castmates grew up having it.
My first memory of using a beauty product was in the second grade.
Tory Burch top and skirt. Max Mara belt. Ariana Boussard-Reifel earrings.
I grew up taking ballet and it was the first time I used hairspray for a performance.
It was a purple can of nasty hairspray that I used to slick my bun back.
Being a ballerina very much defined my earlier sense of beauty, for better or worse.
Cult Gaia dress. Rebecca de Ravenel earrings.
Its what I wore for ballet and I loved it.
That’s the negative side of my first understanding of makeup from the performance world.
Tory Burch top and skirt.
Coach dress. Mondo Mondo bracelet. Makeup colors: ILIA Multi Stick Cream Blush and Highlighter in Lady Bird and Make Up Forever Rouge Artist Lipstick in Daring Mulberry.
Ways of utility for her dont work for me because I am Vietnamese and she’s Irish.
We have different faces.
We have different skin.
Max Mara top. Tory Burch pants. Mounser earrings. Laura Lombardi necklace. Makeup colors: Neen Pretty Shady Eye Pigment in Glare and Tower 28 Shine On Lip Jelly in XOXO.
We have different features everything.
I stopped ballet at 19 because I started acting.
The idea of acting and being able to use my voice was like, “Oh, hell yeah.
Cult Gaia top and skirt. Lizzie Fortunato earrings. Makeup colors: Lashify Gossamer Lashes in A12, Rare Beauty Cheek Bronzer in Happy Sol, and B12 Sisley Phyto Lip Twist in Nude.
I’d much rather do that.
Rebecca de Ravenel earrings.
The Me Too movement was happening and representation was more at the forefront.
They light me differently because I have a round face.
I have beauty marks that they’ll light to get rid of it.
I think the industry really likes to perfect a face.
And at her ultimate they call her “bad bitch she was wearing so much makeup.
It was so intense, so very TikTok-y, and not natural at all.
This was not the makeup artist’s fault; she was doing her job and that was her direction.
The character was just so not who I am as a person.
I guess that’s the joy of acting.
But it also can feel uncomfortable.
I loved my makeup in theTo All the Boysmovies.
I love a fresh face.
I’ll do a heavy beat if I have to, and I love it.
It’s one of my favorite things.
I love graphic eyes.
I love big, bold lips.
But when it comes to everyday looks, [my character] Lara Jean always looked very fresh.
Pretty natural, but fresh and romantic, and she wore a lot of blush.
I wear a lot of blush in life.
Makeup colors: Neen Pretty Shady Eye Pigment in Glare and Tower 28 Shine On Lip Jelly in XOXO.
Actually, the movie that I’m on right now is interesting.
They were very specific about my appearance as well, because its an all-Asian cast.
The specific note was that my appearance should be more classic Asian beauty and not Asian American beauty.
Cult Gaia top and skirt.
My understanding [of that] is that in America, we love contour.
We love a little bit more of a sculpted look.
I love lashes and I love a snatched look.
But the direction was to be more classically Asian beauty from Asia” so no lashes, no contour.
More of, like, glass skin, kind of inspired by K-beauty.
In regard to trends and makeup, there is a difference.
My journey to finding out who I am and my roots is a very interesting one.
Sometimes I win and sometimes I lose.
That’s something that I very much loved aboutTo All the Boys.
I think that my identity journey will go on forever and ever and ever.
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[The brand] changed the tip recently and I was bummed.
It still works and is a holy grail for me.
I believe it’s made in Korea.
It makes sense that it’s so good.
I’ve used this blush since [Selena Gomez] debuted her line.
Saie
Saie Slip Tint
I like it better than foundation for every day.
This interview was conducted prior to the strike.
