We have been on the edge of our seats watching Team USA rack up medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. While we were enthralled with figure skater Adam Rippon’s moving performance in the mens free skate on Monday, February 12 (which helped the U.S. team lock up its bronze medal) and blown away by teen snowboarder Chloe Kim’s ability to tear up the halfpipe and win a gold medal on Tuesday, February 13, we have been equally impressed by their super cool style. Us sat down with Rippon, Kim and their fellow Olympians snowboarder Jamie Anderson, skier Mikaela Shiffrin, luger Erin Hamlin and the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team to dish on their fashion, hair, makeup and wellness secrets. So while we may never make it to the Olympics, we can at least steal some gold medal-worthy tips and tricks. Keep scrolling for all their secrets!
You Might Not Train Like the U.S. Olympians, But You Can Steal Their Beauty and Fashion Secrets
Credit: Marc Royce
You Might Not Train Like the U.S. Olympians, But You Can Steal Their Beauty and Fashion Secrets
We have been on the edge of our seats watching Team USA rack up medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. While we were enthralled with figure skater Adam Rippon’s moving performance in the mens free skate on Monday, February 12 (which helped the U.S. team lock up its bronze medal) and blown away by teen snowboarder Chloe Kim’s ability to tear up the halfpipe and win a gold medal on Tuesday, February 13, we have been equally impressed by their super cool style. Us sat down with Rippon, Kim and their fellow Olympians snowboarder Jamie Anderson, skier Mikaela Shiffrin, luger Erin Hamlin and the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team to dish on their fashion, hair, makeup and wellness secrets. So while we may never make it to the Olympics, we can at least steal some gold medal-worthy tips and tricks. Keep scrolling for all their secrets!
Credit: Marc Royce
You Might Not Train Like the U.S. Olympians, But You Can Steal Their Beauty and Fashion Secrets
We have been on the edge of our seats watching Team USA rack up medals at the 2018 Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea. While we were enthralled with figure skater Adam Rippon’s moving performance in the mens free skate on Monday, February 12 (which helped the U.S. team lock up its bronze medal) and blown away by teen snowboarder Chloe Kim’s ability to tear up the halfpipe and win a gold medal on Tuesday, February 13, we have been equally impressed by their super cool style. Us sat down with Rippon, Kim and their fellow Olympians snowboarder Jamie Anderson, skier Mikaela Shiffrin, luger Erin Hamlin and the U.S. Women’s Hockey Team to dish on their fashion, hair, makeup and wellness secrets. So while we may never make it to the Olympics, we can at least steal some gold medal-worthy tips and tricks. Keep scrolling for all their secrets!
Intense winds in PyeongChang have thus far prevented the 22-year-old alpine skier from hitting the slopes at the Olympics, but something tells Us the laid-back beauty is taking it all in stride. She shared with Us that, when it comes to hair and makeup, she tries to keep things “fairly natural” while still having fun. “I actually enjoy getting hair and makeup done because it feels really good and I get to learn new things,” she explained, “but generally speaking, I want to look like myself. I want to look young.” That means styling her hair in “fun braids and curls” and wearing simple but effective makeup when she skis. “My favorite foundation is Laura Mercier Tinted Moisturizer with SPF because I feel like it protects my skin and it also makes it look a little bit smoother, which is always nice.”
After stealing our hearts with his free skate to a medley of Coldplay songs during the Team Event on Monday, February 12, the 28-year-old who is making his Olympic debut in PyeongChang had social media in a tizzy about how he maintains his #flawless glow on the ice. The self-deprecating skating star joked with Us that “it takes a lot of effort to look this mediocre,” and he relies on “a lot of lotions” and “a few plucks of the eyebrow here and there” to maintain his look. As it turns out, he is also not immune to the occasional embarrassing mishap. He shared that he once took a tumble on the ice that caused him to rip his pants — but it took him a while to realize. “My whole bare butt was out, and I didn't realize for at least like 20 minutes until snow started like melting down my butt cheeks!” It’s good to know that despite the nerves of steal and intense training, Olympic stars are just like Us!
The 17-year-old snowboarding sensation may have looked like a superhero soaring through the air on her way to locking up her first gold medal with a nearly perfect 98.25 score (out of 100) on the third run of her halfpipe routine on Tuesday, February 13, but it turns out she is just your average American teenager when it comes to her hair and makeup routine. “I put my makeup on because I want to look snatched,” she joked to Us. “I gotta look cute, gotta make sure my eyeliner is on fleek. I can’t mess around here.” To keep her “sensitive skin” happy despite the extreme cold, she relies on the Laneige BB Cushion Pore Blur with SPF 50 to even out her complexion and provide protection from the sun. “They have really good products, and my skin is always looking good,” she shared. “It’s basically what I use all the time so I look airbrushed!”
The 27-year-old snowboarder from Lake Tahoe, California, may have made history when she defended her gold medal from the 2014 Sochi Winter Games in the Women’s Snowboard Slopestyle competition on Monday, February 12, but she saw her career going in a very different direction had she not picked up a board. “If I weren’t an Olympic snowboarder I think I’d be some type of healer, using all kinds of crazy natural remedies,” she told Us. To thwart the ill-effects of her rigorous training, Anderson says she has learned “a ton about natural medicine, essential oils and Chinese herbs,” which she incorporates into her recovery. She’s also super low-key when it comes to her beauty routine, opting to braid and condition her hair with oils to keep it healthy and out of the way and applying nothing more than a little bronzer and mascara — if and only if she’s “feeling ambitious” — before competitions.
It is no secret that the ladies of Team USA hockey — who are currently undefeated in their preliminary games — are amazing on the ice, but you may surprised to know that they like to keep things fun and girlie beneath all the padding. When asked what people would be most surprised to know about her, forward Amanda Kessel told Us that she’s “really into fashion.” “I love clothes,” she said. “I probably have 50 pairs of shoes at least.” Her teammate Hilary Knight is also of the more is more mentality when it comes to fashion. She shared that she is always guilty of “over packing” for trips. On a more serious note, the 28-year-old California native said she is all about empowering women to look and feel their best. “I’m always trying to shatter that stereotypical body image of what women should look like,” she told Us.
While the 31-year-old luger was unable to successfully defend her bronze medal from the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, she did receive the honor of carrying the flag for Team USA in the Opening Ceremonies on Friday, February 9. Preparing for the Olympics has obviously consumed her life for last few years, but she has also been planning a wedding! Hamlin is set to marry her fiancé Jon Hodge on July 28 at her parent’s barn, and she told Us that she’s already picked out a dress — but her training regimen has complicated things a bit. “As far as fittings and stuff go, when I'm out of my season, my body changes a lot because I'm always trying to be heavy for competitions, so I'm a little bit bigger at this time of year than I will be in the spring,” she explained. She was tight-lipped about the design she chose, but she did admit that it is very different than anything she had ever imagined.
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