Carrie Underwood On Married Life, Skin Care & Loving Her “Bad Girl” Style

Posted by April 13, 2012 2:15 pm

On her go-to beauty style:
"I love a few glam touches. I don’t feel like you have to be either/or. Like having a t-shirt and jeans with a great pair of shoes. It’s kind of like treating your skin right [...]

On her go-to beauty style:
"I love a few glam touches. I don’t feel like you have to be either/or. Like having a t-shirt and jeans with a great pair of shoes. It’s kind of like treating your skin right and then having some fierce eye color or great lips, you don’t have to be full-on all the time."

On the inspiration for her new album 'Blown Away':
"When you’re writing songs, you always think of people that you know or family members or whatever. You always relate the characters in the song to your [...]

On the inspiration for her new album 'Blown Away':
"When you’re writing songs, you always think of people that you know or family members or whatever. You always relate the characters in the song to your life. And when you’re writing, you have to make these characters human, so you have to draw on real people and real emotions and real situations. Inspiration comes from a conversation, somebody you went to high school with, maybe a TV show, just some random idea. I shouldn’t say all my songs are based on real people because there are some really out there songs and I wouldn’t want somebody to be like, 'Is she talking about me?' But yeah, it just comes from everywhere."

On what she wished she listened to her mom about:
"I know she told me growing up 'use your sunscreen, drink your water,' but you never really listen when you’re like 15 years old. I wish I did.'

On her skin care routine:
"I’m as simple as possible. Cleansing, moisturizing with sunscreen and that’s it. I can’t take like 20 things with me when I travel and I don’t have time or energy or space in my [...]

On her skin care routine:
"I’m as simple as possible. Cleansing, moisturizing with sunscreen and that’s it. I can’t take like 20 things with me when I travel and I don’t have time or energy or space in my life for anything complicated. So, to me, it’s finding great products that work."

On her favorite look from her 'Good Girl' video:
"I kind of like the 'bad girl Carrie' the best. I love the straight hair with the bangs and the red lips. I feel in my normal life, I have a hard time with [...]

On her favorite look from her 'Good Girl' video:
"I kind of like the 'bad girl Carrie' the best. I love the straight hair with the bangs and the red lips. I feel in my normal life, I have a hard time with red lips because I feel like I get it everywhere. I feel like I have red on my teeth and I’ve like managed to smudge it all over my face, so it’s one I’m really scared to try, but for a video it’s so much fun.'

On tips she's picked up along the way:
"I’ve learned a lot from working with Olay just about stuff I didn’t even know about. Like how lights from lamps and overhead lights can cause skin damage. You can [...]

On tips she's picked up along the way:
"I’ve learned a lot from working with Olay just about stuff I didn’t even know about. Like how lights from lamps and overhead lights can cause skin damage. You can get UV damage from lights inside too, it’s not just at the beach. Who knew?" 

On upcoming projects:
"Well first and foremost the album. That’s what’s been in, on and around my mind for the past several months and now it’s about that time, so it’s a really exciting time for me. It’s [...]

On upcoming projects:
"Well first and foremost the album. That’s what’s been in, on and around my mind for the past several months and now it’s about that time, so it’s a really exciting time for me. It’s about to get really busy for me. And playoffs! Playoffs, I mean it’s not a project for me."

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It is always hard to believe when you meet a superstar that you love only to find out she really is THAT amazing in person. But that is exactly what happened when I met the one-and-only Carrie Underwood yesterday for our chat about beauty, husbands, and the perils of working out with makeup on.

American Idol favorite turned world favorite, Underwood has taken the world by storm. And with numerous number one singles, it is no wonder her fan base has extended far beyond the country niche. But who knew a girl this busy had time to extend a helping hand? Underwood teamed up with Olay to give recognition to millions of moms on this quickly approaching Mother’s Day. Olay knows that the person who represents true beauty are moms, and the Olay Beauty By Example program is designed to encourage daughters to recognize that. Women are invited to log on to www.facebook.com/Olay, and sign Olay’s online declaration to acknowledge their moms as their “Beauty By Example.” In return for every person who participates, Olay will contribute one ounce of product, up to one million ounces, to look good feel better, (a national organization dedicated to improving the self-esteem and quality of life of women undergoing treatment for cancer).

No one knows more about being beautiful from the inside out than Carrie Underwood. “It’s not like I have a “superstar Carrie” that uses these things and “normal Carrie” that uses those things. I believe that being beautiful is from the inside, out, it’s  all important to feeling good inside and outside: using the right products, eating right, exercising, drinking a lot of water. All of that goes hand in hand and will make you the best you that you can be.”

Speaking of “superstar Carrie” vs. “normal Carrie”, the star says she has had to make some adjustments to her daily life since becoming famous. “I quit going to the gym,” she said, “it is too much of an effort to look good, and I will never understand makeup at the gym. I just work out from home now.” But becoming famous isn’t the only thing that has boosted her beauty routine, now that she’s married she likes to put in an extra effort for her hockey-player hubby.

“Mike [Fisher] loves the whole natural thing. I know he loves me when I get all dressed up, and I want to make an effort for him, and I want him to notice things,” she explained. Trust us, Carrie. He notices. So much so that he’s been skimming off the top of your beauty counter. “I’ve caught him stealing my Olay Complete. He was going golfing and he was like, ‘Do you have anything,’ and I was like ‘yeah!’ And so I gave it to him and it just disappeared after that.”

Check out the slideshow above to read the rest of our interview and see what other exclusive beauty tips Carrie dished to me.  

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