In our Monday Morning series, the self-motivated say WSJ. How they start the week.
If Naomi Campbell has a bad Monday, she finds that sleep is the key to getting her week back. “Sleep cures everything,” he says. But like many these days, the 50-year-old Campbell is not getting enough of it. What is she doing to combat insomnia? “I want to see something that has nothing to do with my business, where I see someone else’s life,” says the supermodel. “I love my [Real] Housewives. I am a great Andy Cohen [the television host who’s also an executive producer of the series] Fan. I really am now Potomac. “After finishing the Atlanta and Beverly Hills versions, he says he started watching the show on Cohen’s recommendation.
Born in London at the age of 15, Campbell was one of the original “big five” supermodels of the 1990s with Christy Turlington, Cindy Crawford, Linda Evangelista and Claudia Schiffer. (Actually, Campbell participates Supermodels, An Apple TV + documentary series currently in filming.) As one of the premier models of the past few decades, she made history as the first black model on the cover. Vogue Paris in 1988. (Next year, she will be the first black model to cover the US VogueValuable September 2005 Magazine.) In 2005, he founded the charity Fashion for Relief, which raises funds for disasters such as Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 earthquake in Haiti, and the current corona virus epidemic. Campbell has his own YouTube channel, called Being Naomi, which he launched in April No filter with Naomi series, In which he interviews friends like Maria Carey and Cameron Diaz. She did not stop modeling. He recorded his first Calvin Klein campaign last year, and he made another appearance VogueCover Star in the November issue of the magazine.
Here, she speaks WSJ. About spending time in Nigeria; Her minimum breakfast and her maximum vitamin routine; As well as how his grandmother, who died in September, stayed with him.
What time do you usually wake up on Mondays, what do you do first?
I always try to be easy on Mondays. Monday will be tough. But the first thing I do when I get up is get up on my knees and pray. And then I take it [out] Start my phone and my day.
What do you eat for breakfast to start the week?
breakfast? [Laughs] The first thing I have on my computer is warm water with lemon juice, and then some of mine has celery juice [supplement] Powders. I might have two boiled eggs, but that’s about it when breakfast goes by. Breakfast is not a big deal for me. Breakfast is only great when I’m on vacation and then I make breakfast. When I’m at home, I do not really make breakfast.
In another Magazine In the interview, you said you only eat once a day.
When I work, I think food slows me down, so I like to eat while I enjoy it. Food is something to enjoy.
Can you tell us a little bit about your vitamins? Do you take anything to prevent Govt-19?
If I had that solution, wouldn’t I be lucky? All I do is add a few more things to boost my immunity and keep it strong. I spoke with Dr. Seema Yasmin, a beautiful doctor, two weeks ago. I take my elderberry, I take my pulp silver. I take my oregano oil and flaxseed oil and 50,000 IU of vitamin D once a week. What else do I take? Hair and nail pills. I take vitamin C, fluid. Ruthenium, iron. Also, I believe in homeopathy. Regular colds, I take essential oils to avoid anything to keep my immune system balanced. If I get sick … I can go back fast.
You have now arrived in Nigeria and in the new year you are staying in Africa. How do you settle?
I am a very organized person, people should not believe. I set up a lot of things before I arrived, my phone. The first thing I did was I set up my little one No filter Tested my lights and studio and wifi with my table and my stand. I am [my] Home, so I know my surroundings well.
You are a forerunner of Govt Purity Pioneer. I read that the Hazmat case you famously wore in March goes to a museum. Which one can you share?
It goes to the Fashion Museum Bath [in England]. I wondered. I, Is that so? Why would they like it? But that is exactly what they want.
Do you have multiple hasmat cases?
Oh, no. When I bought them – Linda Evangelista was very smart, she added [to] Get them – I bought them in bulk, I bought them on subscription, so they keep coming. There was a point when my subscription didn’t come because they would be exhausted and I panicked even though I wasn’t going anywhere. It’s funny, because as a person when I first wore it, She had to give it to the hospital. Why is she stealing? They were behaving like I was stealing goods from the hospital, sneaking into Manhattan, going to hospitals and stealing their supplies. I felt it when I read it. So I started replying, “I got it on Amazon! I got it on Amazon! ”I bought it fair and square on the internet.
What is your beauty routine these days?
I will never give it in full because I am not ready to give it yet in full. But it is comprehensive, and it takes a long time. I can wear my Pat McGrath [Labs] Make-up and do my face in 10 to 15 minutes, but my skin care routine takes a while. [Editor’s note: Campbell was recently announced as the first-ever face of Pat McGrath Labs.] Hydration is important. I do not like matte skin. Matte skin ages us, we don’t try to age, do we?
What started No filter Like?
My house in New York has a lot of light, so I put my iPod books in a stack and sat at my dining table to find out: What is everyone doing at the moment? That’s really it, and I still have it today. Talk to some of my friends and see what they do.
Documentary series Supermodels You are with Linda Evangelista, Cindy Crawford and Christy Turlington recently announced. Did you start working on it?
They are filming me now as we talk. The whole time we do this I keep thinking: I am limited in my journey now, can they continue with me? But [director] Barbara Copley is a very strong woman and she is very amazing at what she does and she continues to be with me. When she told me that they were going to come to Africa, I was very happy because I want them to understand and understand what I want, to see the same, to love the same. I am glad they are here with me now.
What is one piece of advice that guided you?
I feel like everything my grandmother was growing up with in me, I was crying, screaming, in terms of hygiene and caring for you. Knowing that one day you are your own in the world, you need to take care of yourself. I feel like everything my grandmother told me was flooded again [during the pandemic] There is so much in my life. She was so much in my life and it was weird to lose her [in September] At the same time. I am grateful for all the things I have learned [her]: How to cook, how to clean, do not trust anyone, have to rely on yourself.
This interview was edited and suppressed for clarity.
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