Karen Gillan’s Favorite Things | Glamour

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My favorite way to relax

I’ve really started to value the art of self-care. It’s all about the salt baths and different oils. I started to have baths in the morning, which is a weird thing to do, but it’s like my meditation or something. I use oils from Aromatherapy Associates; I really like their destress blend because it’s so relaxing. Then I have a huge bag of epsom salt that I put into a cute little container with a scoop that’s next to my bath, and I put that in, and I feel amazing. 

Aromatherapy Associates De-Stress Mindy Bath & Shower Oil

Epsoak Epsom Salt

My favorite item in my closet

I have an old The Who rocker T-shirt, and I just love it so much. It’s my favorite thing to wear during the day and my favorite thing to wear to bed.

My red-carpet look I love most

Favorite look ever?! Like, ever? Oh gosh, I don’t know. Wait, I do know! There was a yellow dress I wore to the Guardians of the Galaxy, Volume 2 premiere, and it had leather trousers underneath. I wore some stripy shoes with it, and it was just really cool.

The skin-care products I always carry with me

La Mer’s lip balm is a staple in my bag. That’s the only one that works for me. Unfortunately it’s also the most expensive. I love La Mer, so I also use their Moisturizing Soft Cream. It’s my favorite. And then I also have this aloe vera healing gel from Rejuvi that I mix with their flavonoid complex. I can’t live without it.

La Mer The Lip Balm

La Mer The Moisturizing Soft Cream

Rejuvi Skin Healing Gel

Rejuvi Flavonoid Complex

The shampoo and conditioner I always use

I recently switched to Aesop shampoo and conditioner, and I love it. I’ve always loved their soaps, specifically their exfoliating hand soap. This is a random story, but I was staying at a castle in Scotland and they had all Aesop products, so I was like, I’ll just wash my hair with this, and it was the best my hair has felt, so I bought it. 

Aesop Classic Shampoo

Aesop Classic Conditioner

My favorite pair of sunglasses

Oh, my classic Ray-Bans. The Wayfarer classic black ones, always. They just make everything look cool.

Ray-Ban Original Wayfarer Sunglasses

The sunscreens I swear by

I have two. Clinique mineral sunscreen for the face and then Neutrogena’s sport face, because it doesn’t make me break out at all. 

Clinique SPF 50 Mineral Sunscreen for Face

Neutrogena Sport Face Sunscreen Lotion SPF 70

The hat I always wear to protect me from the sun 

I’ve been indulging in UPF protective hats as of late. I look like an insane person when I’m walking my dog, but whatever. I have it in navy and in pink.

Scala Women’s Cotton Hat UPF 50+

My favorite workout clothes

Outdoor Voices has really nice leggings and sports bras. I’ve also been wearing Gym Shark, which gives you a really nice shape. I like their leggings too.

Outdoor Voices Springs 7/8 Leggings

Outdoor Voices Double Time Sports Bra

Gymshark Vital Rise Seamless Leggings

The best thing I bought during the pandemic

My Mr. Stacky outdoor stackable vertical planter that you can grow herbs in. I’ve also been growing food, and it’s delicious. A lot of basil, strawberries, peppers. I’ve tried growing corn—I don’t know if that’s going to work.

Mr. Stacky 5 Tiered Vertical Gardening Planter

The TV show I can’t stop watching

I just finished the first season of Outlander, which is so insane that I hadn’t seen it before because it’s set in the place where I am from, Inverness! I am so late to the party, but I watched it and was totally blown away and am now obsessed. Episode five in season one was really exceptional…it was a really romantic love story, and then Tobias Menzies as evil Black Jack Randall comes in, and that performance just blew my mind.  I was like, “What is this?!” This show is not what I expected it to be. Oh, and then the season one finale where they rescue Jamie was hard to watch, but amazing. Sam Heughan better get me on the show. [Laughs.] I’m going to be an extra. Or maybe they’ll give me a line. That would be good.

My favorite reality TV show

I just watch so much reality TV. My favorite is Love Island: UK, closely followed by Vanderpump Rules or Siesta Key on MTV. Those are the top three.

The books I love

I just ordered one that I haven’t read yet called Shuggie Bain, and it’s set in Scotland. I heard that it’s amazing. And then I’ve always loved Alice in Wonderland. Ever since I was a girl, I was obsessed with her. She was my favorite of the Disney princesses, if she counts as one.

Shuggie Bain: A Novel by Douglas Stuart

Alice in Wonderland: The Original 1865 Edition

My favorite fast-food order

I love French fries, especially the crinkly ones from Shake Shack. Love it. I mean, I’ll also get a burger, but I’ll get two sets of fries every time.