Mavi Staiano by Rachel Chandler Guinness

The rising creative director and assistant to curator Neville Wakefield, Mavi Staiano checks in from a holiday in her hometown of Sorrento, Italy with her beauty secrets told to Into The Gloss. Mavi Staiano is photographed by Rachel Chandler Guinness in Sorrento, Italy on August 24th, 2012.

“I’m from Naples and grew up between there and Sorrento, but I moved to London to study at Saint Martins. I was there for five years, which was amazing. Then, a year ago I moved to New York for a job, but really I just wanted to come to New York because it suits me and my mood at this stage.

Lately, I have been really into the wet-hair look, but I don’t like the way gel feels when it dries. I’ve tried water-based gels but they just absorb into my thick hair and then it feels even thicker two hours later. So my solution, and it’s a bit messy, is our olive oil.

I often take products from my mom when I’m home. She loves Sisley. My favorite is a hydrating mask they make, the Express Flower Gel. I leave it on for hours instead of the suggested time, ten minutes. I also use my mom’s anti-aging creams from Sisley, even though I am 24. It just seems like a safe thing to do. And I am also diligent about using Blistex, as I get very flustered when my lips feel dry.

I don’t use perfume because I’ve been told I have really bad taste in perfume. Maybe something’s wrong with my sense of smell. I don’t use much makeup either, but I do have quite a lot. I have to use eyebrow gel because my eyebrows are very long.

I never use foundation, the feeling of it on my face has always driven me nuts. But I like Sisley bronzer. For mascara, I use either Givenchy Phenomen’Eyes, the one with that funny little ball, or Diorshow. Sometimes I line my eyes with a MAC Eye Brows pencil. I have loads of lipsticks that I like, but they’re mainly YSL and discontinued because they are from Tom Ford era. I know you probably shouldn’t keep makeup for that long, but the thing is, my mum was kind of a compulsive shopper during that time, like she went to see a psychiatrist for it. At that point, she really only liked Tom Ford’s YSL, so she bought loads of clothes but also literally every single piece of makeup that came out every season. We’re still living off it!”