It Starts With Skin: What Stacy London Learned About Skincare

For a while, Stacy London thought the problem was makeup.

It wasn’t sitting the same. It felt heavier than she remembered. What used to look effortless started to look like something else entirely—something a little too deliberate, a little too visible. So, like a lot of women, she started reaching for less of it. Not as a decision exactly. More as a quiet adjustment to something she couldn’t quite name yet.

When she sat down with Rose-Marie Swift in Savannah, that question—what changed?—was still hovering. It didn’t take long for the answer to come into focus. It wasn’t the makeup. It was the skin.

“I want something that feels natural and healthy… like I’m actually doing something for my skin rather than what’s counterintuitive for it,” Stacy said.

“As I age, I want that dewy glow. I want to look like I’m moisturized.” Not glossy. Not wet. Not layered. Moisturized. That distinction is where everything starts to shift. Because once the skin changes, the routine has to change with it. Here’s what she learned.

1. The Right Oil Changes Everything

The first shift wasn’t convincing Stacy to try oil. She was already in.

When Rose-Marie said, “I love oils. People are scared of oils,” Stacy immediately agreed: “Why are people still scared of oils? Haven’t we moved past that? I love oils.”

What Rose-Marie showed her wasn’t whether to use oil, but how to use it so skin drinks it in.

“I like to press on Kakadu Beauty Oil, then spritz on our SuperSerum Mist on top so the mineralized sea water can pull the oil and moisture even deeper into the skin,” Rose-Marie explained.

It’s not about layering more. It’s about helping the skin actually absorb what you’re giving it—pressing it in, letting it integrate, letting it do its job.

“This just really feels unbelievable,” Stacy said, mid-application.

And that’s the shift. The right oil doesn’t sit on the skin. It becomes part of it—bringing back the kind of hydration that makeup needs in order to look like skin again.

2. Reframe Your Thoughts On Primer

If oil softens the skin, primer changes the way everything sits on top of it.

“I hate primer,” Stacy said immediately.

But then Rose-Marie applied ReEvolve Primer.

“It won’t get sticky or look weird, but it will hold the luminosity and the slight hint of pink will correct the sallowness,” she explained.

And almost instantly, Stacy saw something she hadn’t noticed before.

“Is that what’s happening? Because I never thought I had yellow in my skin and now I see it.”

It wasn’t dramatic. Just subtle—skin looking smoother, more even, more alive.

“I didn’t even know what primer was for… but look at that. Look at how it smooths the skin, and the luminosity.”

That’s when it clicked. Primer isn’t about adding a layer. It’s about creating the conditions for everything else to work better—holding onto hydration, softening texture, and letting light move across the skin again.

3. There’s Never A Bad Time To Moisturize

Most people think that once your moisturizer is on, you leave it alone.

Rose-Marie doesn’t see it that way.

“I’ve created all of my products to work synergistically together, so you can reapply your oils for moisture throughout the day—it’s not going to make your makeup come off,” she said.

For Stacy, this was immediate relief. Because the issue wasn’t how her skin looked when she first applied her makeup—it was how it looked hours later.

Instead of layering more product, you go back to the skin.

A small amount of oil. Pressed in gently. Bringing hydration back without disturbing what’s already there.

It’s not about fixing the makeup. It’s about keeping the skin alive underneath it.

By the time Rose-Marie finished prepping her skin, nothing about Stacy’s face looked dramatically different. But everything looked better. Softer. More even. More comfortable. Like the skin had something to hold onto again.

What you apply underneath your makeup is just as important as the makeup you use, because if your skin is happy and looking good, then it's harder for your makeup to look good. 

Once you start there—once you get that right—everything else becomes easier.

Next, Rose-Marie moves into makeup—how to shape, lift, and enhance without overwhelming the face. But none of that works without this first. 

Not sure where to start? Book a free Artist Advice consultation and we’ll walk you through it, step by step.