Welcome to The Glowdown, a series where we take a deep dive into the beauty secrets of our favorite celebrities as they get real with us exclusively about their routines and non-negotiables. Join them as they sit in our beauty hot seat, and we launch into a round of quick questions that give you never-before-shared information about the products they can’t live without, their secrets for getting red carpet ready, beauty pet peeves, and the genius tips they’ve learned along the way. This is no-holds-barred beauty at its finest.
This month, we sat down with Georgia May and Lizzie Jagger. The model and sister duo have recently been named as Jo Malone London’s global English Pear ambassadors, whose campaign focuses on sisterhood. We couldn’t wait to learn all of their beauty secrets, so keep scrolling for the fragrance recommendations, makeup hacks, and affordable hair products they can’t live without…
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1. Which beauty product gives you the biggest mood boost?
Lizzie Jagger: Fragrance, definitely.
Georgia May Jagger: I feel like applying fragrance is the last thing you do when you go out at night, so you feel like you’ve completed your hair, makeup and outfit.
2. If you could steal someone else’s makeup bag, whose would it be?
GMJ: I think I would steal Emily Wood’s makeup bag because I’m sure she has lots of fun glitter and colors. I would just like to see it.
LJ: I loved seeing Val Garland (makeup bag). I think stealing a makeup artist’s makeup bag would be the most rewarding!
3. You’ve found a location. Are you team popping it or team leaving it alone?
GMJ: I think we’re both a team.
LJ: I’m doing it heavily Team Pop. I’ll pop it for anyone!
4. You only have one product to use for the rest of your life—what is it?
GMJ: Moisturizer or lip balm.
LJ: The May Botanicals Super Balm.
5. What’s the best beauty advice you’ve ever gotten from each other?
GMJ: I feel like Lizzie is very good at giving herself an amazing facial before a modeling job. He instilled this in me.
LJ: Georgia inspired me further into masks by making her own mask from kelp. Every time I take it off I feel like a mermaid. You are just glowing.
6. What is your signature scent?
LJ: Jo Malone London English Pear & Sweet Pea is my signature scent. I like a lighter scent during the day that I can then layer with something darker like rose.
GMJ: Mine is Jo Malone London English Pear & Freesia. I love that it’s so fresh and smells like spring.
7. Strong lips or strong eyes?
GMJ: A strong lip. I think we are both in a strong position. It’s even easier. We’ve been talking a lot about how we do our makeup in the car, so it’s easy to do on the go.
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8. You’re getting your nails done. What is your favorite color?
LJ: Either forest red or emerald green.
GMJ: Right now, I’m looking for the perfect sparkly nails from the early 2000s. I want anything shiny and rainbow.
9. What is your beauty philosophy in one sentence?
GMJ: I feel like it’s about not taking yourself too seriously on the outside and not trying to compare yourself to others. I feel like we live in a real comparison culture. Try to embrace the personal things you like about yourself.
LJ: With makeup, especially at night, there’s so much more!
10. What’s your biggest beauty no-no?
LJ: Glowing bronzer for me. Excessive iridescence on the skin.
GMJ: I struggle with eyeshadow without mascara. I know it’s trending right now…
LJ: I agree with that!
11. Candles, reed diffuser or nothing?
GMJ & LJ: Candles, of course.
GMJ: I love the Jo Malone London Red Roses candle.
LJ: And English pear and freesia candle.
12. Name one beauty product that is always in your handbag
GMJ: In my handbag, I definitely have May Botanicals Super Balm. Simply because it is multipurpose.
EJ: And me too!
GMJ: Also, I usually have concealer on. Clé de Peau Beauty Concealer (stick).
LJ: I always have Charlotte Tilbury mascara in my handbag.
13. The best drugstore product under £10?
GMJ: Bleach London Hair Elixir for split ends – it’s the best.
LJ: For both of us! I’m using a quarter bottle per week!
GMJ: Boots’ No. 7 Under-Eye Concealer Pen is also really good.
14. Describe your eyebrows in one word:
GMJ: I was going to say undecided because I’m always going to bleach them or dye them black!
(Image credit: Getty Images, Bleach London)
15. Your worst hairstyle (or hair moment) ever…
LJ: A scruffy fringe from when I was a pre-teen. A thin fringe is actually high maintenance on someone who has naturally curly hair.
GMJ: I like mine a lot. I’m sure not everyone will agree with me because I (at one point) felt like a purple mullet!
16. Makeup Primer: Love it or hate it?
LJ: I just got into it. I’m experimenting more with over 40 makeup primers, like line filler, pore filler…
GMJ: I’ve never used makeup primer on myself. I know it’s a thing, and I’m sure that’s why when people do my makeup, it looks better, but I’ve been too into setting sprays, which I’ve never used before.
17. Confession Time-How often do you clean your makeup brushes?
LJ: Once every three months, and I know that’s not enough, but that’s as much as I remember.
GMJ: I’m actually quite guilty of not using brushes and using my hands more, unless it’s eyeshadow. In which case, rarely!
18. Which celebrity’s hair would you love to steal?
GMJ: I’d tell my mom, but I wish I could pull off ’90s Drew Barrymore, that little bleached crop.
LJ: Oh, me too! I wish I could have Linda Evangelista’s short hair, but I’m happy with mine.
19. Which era of beauty inspires you the most?
GMJ: I’m really into the ’90s, where it’s like this grunge Gothic aesthetic, but it’s also glamorous.
LJ: I loved it in the 90s, when it took you an hour and a half to look like you had no clothes on. But I’m really inspired by the 20s, 30s and 70s (even though they’re very loosely inspired by the 20s and 30s). That ethereal glow look that’s not afraid of glitter eyeshadow.
20. Best beauty hack?
GMJ: I feel like there are quite a few. Using a hair dryer to heat your eyelash curlers is a thing I’ve noticed.
LJ: And I’ll do it after applying mascara!
GMJ: I’ve never been able to wear liquid eyeliner like our mom did, but she does this thing where she puts her whole head to the side, and draws that way, and every time I look at it, I’m like, I don’t understand how you do it, and it works!
LJ: One last hack. Beetroot juice instead of blusher. And rubbing chilli on the lips makes them bigger.
21. What do you do in your free time to relax and reset?
GMJ: Spending time with my son and walking my dogs.
LJ: We love going to spas and getting massages. And we both really love a nice long bath.
Shop Georgia May and Lizzie Jagger’s favorite beauty products:
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English Pear and Freesia Cologne
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English Pear and Sweet Pea Cologne
clay de peau beauty
concealer stick
may botanical
super balm skin protector
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red rose candle
bleach london
hair nectar
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English Pear and Freesia Candle
charlotte tilbury
Pillow Talk Push Up Lashes! Lampblack
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