Surprise! That gorgeous “Real Housewife” that we couldn’t take our eyes off of, Jill Zarin, is back in the spotlight (as if she ever left!) with a simple solution to gorgeous skin, JILL ZARIN BEAUTY. Equal parts entrepreneurial queen and ageless stunner, we chatted with her about following your instincts, being open to opportunity, and how to maintain the beauty that IS skin deep.
NEW YOU: When did you first become deeply interested in skincare?
Jill Zarin: I’ve always been into skincare and beauty products because I’ve been on television a very long time and I want to look my best. Everybody wants to look their best, but I really want to keep it easy and simple.
I use water to splash my face, and then I take a very gentle cleanser and I put it on my face and wash it again because your skin is the largest organ in your body and you need to feed it water. It needs more water than any other part of your body.
And then I put on a very gentle moisturizer. It has sunscreen in it. It’s the number one product that you need. If you want any anti anything, anti-aging, anything at any age, whether you’re 18 or whether you’re 80, you need to wear sunscreen every single day. That doesn’t mean you have to wear a heavy SPF product. You don’t have to wear a zinc and a white, cakey kind of thing.
You just need a sunscreen. If nothing else, it’s the only thing that’s going to protect you from all the sun damage the sun gives you.
NY: What inspired you to create your own line of beauty products?
JZ: The reason I started Jill Zarin Beauty is because I thought that the field was just so crowded. I know it sounds like an oxymoron that I’m bringing two more products into the world, but I want people to know you don’t need a lot. I go to a store and I see a shelf of a brand with 50 different products. You don’t need 50 different products.
Honestly, you need a sunscreen and you need a cleanser, you know? So I wanted to make it easy and not confusing for people, so I put together a two pack and it has a cleanser and it has a moisturizer and it’s as simple as that.
NY: I’m sure you’ve heard some crazy myths about skin care over the years. What do you think is the biggest misconception out there?
JZ: I think the biggest skincare myth is that you need to have all these different products. There’s just too many out there, in my opinion. I think it’s very confusing, and women don’t know which one to choose. They just keep adding more and more and more, and I think that women just need to know to wash your face, give it a sunscreen, give it a kiss, give it some water, and that’s it. Then, you will have beautiful, beautiful, healthy skin.
NY: It’s no secret that your skin is amazing! What ‘s your best advice for those who want the same?
JZ: Please wear sunscreen, wear it every single day. Never forget it, and you will not have the lines and the wrinkles that you would have if you didn’t wear it. You really need to protect your skin from skin cancer, from moles, from skin damage, from lines. I’ve been wearing sunscreen my entire life, and that’s why people think that I have good skin.
Beyond that, I wash my face and I use a very gentle wash – and that’s what we created for Jill Zarin Beauty.
You put it on and it really exfoliates your skin. It feels so good because you’re taking off all the dead skin cells. We all shed millions and millions of skin cells every single day and you need to take them off your skin, otherwise you have clogged pores.
The reason. The reason why women get so many blackheads is they don’t exfoliate their skin. You want to have something a little bit grainy to wash away all the dead skin, because if it doesn’t have a little bit of grain, what are you using to wipe away those micro cells? You need to cleanse your skin at least once, If not twice, a day. And you must wear sunscreen every single day.
And I made it so easy. All you have to do is press and pump it once and you get a full amount of exactly what you need for your skin that’ll cover your forehead, your cheeks and your neck.
There will be nothing left over and nobody hates waste more than I do. I wanted to make sure that I gave it to you in a way that was simple to think about. Just press it down. Put it on your hands, roll it around your face and your neck and you’re good to go out the door. Jill Zarin Beauty is basically beauty made simple.
NY: Do you have any tips for aspiring entrepreneurs?
JZ: I get asked all the time about how I became successful. I have a lot of tips, but the number one tip that I have is trust your gut. I can’t tell you how many times I didn’t trust my gut and I lived to regret it.
Also, yes to everything because you never know what’s going to be behind that door. Saying yes to everything is really just being open minded.
And the last tip? I have a mantra, I have a ritual, I manifest things. I close my eyes every day and I think about where do I want to be in a month? Where do I want to be in a year? What stores do I want to be selling in? What products do I want to be doing? Where do I want to be in my life with my family? Where do I want to travel? All those things come into my head, and I think if you do that in business, it really helps you focus on being successful.
And success has many different answers. I mean, for me, there’s financial success, but there’s social success, there’s family success. And of course, we all want to excel in all three places. But I think if you close your eyes every day and you manifest things, all your wishes and dreams will come true.
NY: In your younger days, you had to figure this stuff out on the fly. If you could chat with your younger self, what advice would you give yourself?
JZ: If I could speak to myself at 19 years old, I’d tell myself to trust my gut because I regret the times in business that I did not trust my gut and listened to someone else instead. it might have been because they were experts in the field and they thought that they knew something better than I did.
I trusted them, but my gut told me it wasn’t right for me. I was right, and that’s a lesson I learned. So if I could go back 20 years, I probably wouldn’t have made as many mistakes as I made. But, you know, they’re not always mistakes. They’re learning experiences. I don’t think I’d be as successful in some areas without having gone through the pitfalls and the mistakes that I made, so I guess there’s no bad mistakes.
NY: What are some hot trends in the beauty space that excite you?
JZ: One of my favorite is the clean and sustainability trend. And for me, that means using Goji Berry and crystals in my skincare. I think it’s futuristic in a way, and crystals have been in the earth for millions and millions of years. To be able to recycle them, grind them up and even use them to exfoliate is amazing. .I love the excitement of those kinds of products because they’re eco-friendly, green and sustainable. I think that’s what young people want today, and so do I.
Another trend that excites me is that beauty and skin care products are being used by a wider age range than ever before. Our products are going to be introduced for women from 18 to 80 because there isn’t anybody here that doesn’t need a cleanser and a very gentle skin protector.
The other thing is that our products are very affordable. I wanted to make sure that I could fit the price point, so it’s something that isn’t going to break the bank. People are spending $600 or $800 on sunscreen and some protectors, and it’s outrageous. It’s almost criminal in my mind. I just can’t see myself spending that much money on something that I know shouldn’t be more than $40 at most. So I wanted to make something that’s affordable for everybody and that anybody aged 18 to 80 can really use.
NY: What excites you most about NEW YOU fans getting to enjoy this interview?
JZ: What excites me most is getting the feedback from NEW YOU readers! I have tried this with so many people and they all love it, but I want to know what you think. So please, write me, DM me and get in contact with me because I want all the feedback that I can get so that I can keep growing our brand.
