When actor Joey King confides that there’s pretty much nothing she wouldn’t try in the name of beauty within the first five minutes of our interview, I knew we were in for a good time. “I really can’t think of anything,” she muses. “I’m like, would I shave off my eyebrows? No. But, actually, now I think of it, I’m like: sure why not? I’m kind of game for anything.”
Despite our Zoom call being a brief 15 minutes, Joey radiates open, girl-next-door vibes from the get go. Relaxed, self-assured and ready to roll with life and have a laugh while she’s at it, she might be our new favourite beauty bestie – although we’d have to share the honour with her IRL bff, Sabrina Carpenter. The pair share one of the most wholesome female friendships in Hollywood, along with a wicked sense of humour. When Joey got engaged to her now-husband, director Steven Piet, Sabrina lamented: “still getting used to our open relationship but really happy for you guys.” Meanwhile, in an interview with Vanity Fair, Joey joked, “I don’t even know who that is?”
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It might be one of the reasons cosmetics brand, Elf, tapped up the actress for its latest lols ad. With her dry wit, she follows in the footsteps of Jennifer Coolidge’s iconic baby dolphin impression. “They killed it with that one,” Joey laughs of her predecessor. Newly repping the brand’s Power Grip Primer, Joey’s ad campaign – with Lucien Laviscount from Emily in Paris – shows her “meeting the parents” with a quirky little twist. “It was so fun,” she says of the process. “It really didn’t feel like I was at work.”
The collaboration was a natural fit for Joey, who coyly admits her beauty stash is overflowing. “I have so much makeup. I’ve just accumulated so much over the years,” she winces, before countering that she’s big on spreading the joy. “I share with my sisters and nieces and we kind of trade back and forth,” she nods. Which brings us back to the big topic of beauty: the biggest risks she’s taken, the TMI body-hair fail she won’t be repeating and the signature perfume she’s accidentally gatekeeping.
So without further ado, here’s what Joey King told us when she sat down with GLAMOUR…
I really loved shaving my head. Honestly, I think it was one of the most liberating things I’ve ever done…
I kind of do anything and everything. I’ve dyed my hair so many times, I’ve done so many different makeup looks. I really loved shaving my head. I couldn’t hide behind my hair to feel pretty, so I was able to kind of experiment more with makeup looks that made me feel bolder or beautiful. I really, really enjoyed that because I kind of just had my face as my canvas.
