Nico Parker on the One Bit of Beauty Advice She Wishes She Could Tell Her 13-Year-Old Self

Welcome to The Glowdown, the series where we dive into the beauty secrets of our favourite celebrities as they get real about their routines and non-negotiables exclusively with us. Join them as they sit in our beauty hot seat and we fire off a round of quick questions, giving you never-before-shared insight into the products they can't live without, their secrets to getting red carpet–ready, beauty pet peeves and the genius tips they've picked up along the way. This is no-holds-barred beauty at its finest.

This month, we sat down with Nico Parker. The 20-year-old actress became a global ambassador for luxury French beauty brand, Lancôme, at the end of 2024, and we were lucky enough to catch up with the star earlier this year, to ask her all about her go-to makeup products, her best beauty advice, and even her most-worn perfume...

1. Which beauty product gives you the biggest mood boost?
A good fragrance is key to boosting mood. At the moment, I’m really loving Ô Zenith from the Lancôme Les Ô collection, because it’s always a quick way me feel more confident.

2. If you could steal someone else’s makeup bag, whose would it be?
It’s a tricky one because, in terms of makeup, I’m constantly finding new people whom I’m inspired by. In this moment, I’d have to give it to Celia Burton, who did my makeup a lot for press recently. She’d always whip out these random new products that I became obsessed with.

3. You’ve got a spot. Are you team pop it or team leave it alone?
I’m technically team leave it alone, but I’m a terrible player for the team.

4. You only have one product to use for the rest of your life—what is it?
Lancôme’s Lip Idôle Squalane-12 Butterglow. I will talk about this magical product until the end of time. Any shade. Any time. They have the loveliest sheen and finish to them. I’m yet to meet someone who hasn’t immediately fallen in love with .

5. It’s a bad hair day. What do you do?
I’d like to give some productive advice, but the real answer is to cry out of frustration.