Photo: Kate Green/GettyHelen Mirrenrecently made her glamorous return to the red carpet at the opening night of theCannes Film Festivalafter months of isolating at home with her husband, directorTaylor Hackford, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During that lockdown period, the Oscar winner, 75, maintained a daily beauty ritual to help pass the time and give her some sense of normalcy.“Every day I put on makeup,” she reveals to PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I didn’t do it for Taylor because Taylor never notices. He asks if I’ve got makeup on or not and doesn’t really care, but he certainly doesn’t notice.““He’ll sometimes say in a rather puzzled way, ‘Oh, you look really nice.’ You just associate the fact that I look nice with the fact I’ve just spent an hour doing my makeup! But I would put my makeup on every day and get dressed every day because I enjoy it.“Mirren adds: “I felt like I was living my life properly. So, it was actually a good experience for me.“IAN LANGSDON/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockFor Mirren, whobegan her partnership with L’Oréalas one of the brand’s ambassadors at 69, returning to Cannes' historic red carpet was a thrill. TheF9star’s first appearance at the festival was in 1973 for the filmO Lucky Man.For more on Helen Mirren, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, orsubscribe now.“I have to say, I love it,” Mirren says of walking the carpet on la Croisette. “I love the opportunity to wear incredibly beautiful clothes. I appreciate the craft of couture. I’m a girl, I love,lovedressing up. And then I’m perfectly happy to give it all away at the end of the night and go back to my scruffy, Bohemian outfits.“And as for what it felt like to be in front of the carpet’s flashing lights after months away from the spotlight, Mirren sums the experience up as “extraordinary.““Having spent a year and a half sort of behind closed doors, I’ve forgotten what this was like. So a little bit intimidating. But at the same time, it was such fun.“The 2021 Cannes Film Festival runs through July 17.Listen below toour daily podcast PEOPLE Every Dayfor more on the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
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Helen Mirrenrecently made her glamorous return to the red carpet at the opening night of theCannes Film Festivalafter months of isolating at home with her husband, directorTaylor Hackford, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During that lockdown period, the Oscar winner, 75, maintained a daily beauty ritual to help pass the time and give her some sense of normalcy.“Every day I put on makeup,” she reveals to PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I didn’t do it for Taylor because Taylor never notices. He asks if I’ve got makeup on or not and doesn’t really care, but he certainly doesn’t notice.““He’ll sometimes say in a rather puzzled way, ‘Oh, you look really nice.’ You just associate the fact that I look nice with the fact I’ve just spent an hour doing my makeup! But I would put my makeup on every day and get dressed every day because I enjoy it.“Mirren adds: “I felt like I was living my life properly. So, it was actually a good experience for me.“IAN LANGSDON/EPA-EFE/ShutterstockFor Mirren, whobegan her partnership with L’Oréalas one of the brand’s ambassadors at 69, returning to Cannes' historic red carpet was a thrill. TheF9star’s first appearance at the festival was in 1973 for the filmO Lucky Man.For more on Helen Mirren, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, orsubscribe now.“I have to say, I love it,” Mirren says of walking the carpet on la Croisette. “I love the opportunity to wear incredibly beautiful clothes. I appreciate the craft of couture. I’m a girl, I love,lovedressing up. And then I’m perfectly happy to give it all away at the end of the night and go back to my scruffy, Bohemian outfits.“And as for what it felt like to be in front of the carpet’s flashing lights after months away from the spotlight, Mirren sums the experience up as “extraordinary.““Having spent a year and a half sort of behind closed doors, I’ve forgotten what this was like. So a little bit intimidating. But at the same time, it was such fun.“The 2021 Cannes Film Festival runs through July 17.Listen below toour daily podcast PEOPLE Every Dayfor more on the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
Helen Mirrenrecently made her glamorous return to the red carpet at the opening night of theCannes Film Festivalafter months of isolating at home with her husband, directorTaylor Hackford, amid the COVID-19 pandemic. During that lockdown period, the Oscar winner, 75, maintained a daily beauty ritual to help pass the time and give her some sense of normalcy.
“Every day I put on makeup,” she reveals to PEOPLE in this week’s issue. “I didn’t do it for Taylor because Taylor never notices. He asks if I’ve got makeup on or not and doesn’t really care, but he certainly doesn’t notice.”
“He’ll sometimes say in a rather puzzled way, ‘Oh, you look really nice.’ You just associate the fact that I look nice with the fact I’ve just spent an hour doing my makeup! But I would put my makeup on every day and get dressed every day because I enjoy it.”
Mirren adds: “I felt like I was living my life properly. So, it was actually a good experience for me.”
IAN LANGSDON/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
For Mirren, whobegan her partnership with L’Oréalas one of the brand’s ambassadors at 69, returning to Cannes' historic red carpet was a thrill. TheF9star’s first appearance at the festival was in 1973 for the filmO Lucky Man.
For more on Helen Mirren, pick up this week’s issue of PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday, orsubscribe now.
“I have to say, I love it,” Mirren says of walking the carpet on la Croisette. “I love the opportunity to wear incredibly beautiful clothes. I appreciate the craft of couture. I’m a girl, I love,lovedressing up. And then I’m perfectly happy to give it all away at the end of the night and go back to my scruffy, Bohemian outfits.”
And as for what it felt like to be in front of the carpet’s flashing lights after months away from the spotlight, Mirren sums the experience up as “extraordinary.”
“Having spent a year and a half sort of behind closed doors, I’ve forgotten what this was like. So a little bit intimidating. But at the same time, it was such fun.”
The 2021 Cannes Film Festival runs through July 17.
Listen below toour daily podcast PEOPLE Every Dayfor more on the 2021 Cannes Film Festival.
source: people.com
