15 Questions With Natalie Noel

Youtuber, Style Influencer, and Sports Illustrated model Natalie Noel sat down with NEW YOU for an exclusive 15 question interview revealing her favorite fashion trends, holy grail beauty products, travels, and what she hopes her followers will learn from her.

Do you have anyone you look up to for style inspo?

Of course, I think I have a very laid back, sort of casual sense of style. I don’t like to be too over-the-top, but I love to dress up in something super fancy for a night out or wear a simple t-shirt like I am right now. I would say Hailey Bieber and Emma Chamberlain are sort of my style icons. I feel like they do the casual very well and the dressed up very well. So it’s finding that perfect balance, which I love.

What is your favorite piece in your closet?

I would say my go to piece that I wear the most often is probably a basic leather jacket that I have had for years from Express. It was like 50 bucks and I wear it all the time. But my favorite piece is probably, I want to say two or three Halloweens ago I was the Queen of hearts and I had this dress made that was kind of like the Cinderella version. It was pink and had little hearts all over. It was so cute. And it’s my favorite dress I’ve ever worn.

What are your favorite current fashion trends?

I think cargo pants I love a baggy oversized pant and think it’s so comfortable. I hate having to wear tight, constricting clothing, so that oversize look and specifically cargo and parachute pants.

How do you plan your outfits for travel?

When I travel, I am a big Pinterest girl. I’m always on Pinterest so for every trip, I make private boards for each destination, like, for Europe or I just went to Tahoe this past weekend and so I saved some items. Then I have a day before I leave where I go through my closet and have so many different things to choose from, and just sort of try to piece them all together. It’s a process for sure. There’s a lot to choose from, but we make it work, and I try to only bring one bag whenever I go places.

Do you have a Holy Grail beauty product?

My number one beauty product that I use right now is actually the One Size Blur Powder. It’s from One Size beauty. I use it every single day, all day long, and it just blurs my face and gives me a poreless look, which I love and makes me look airbrushed. I’m obsessed with it.

Do you have a favorite sunscreen that you use this summer?

I’ve been using the Supergoop! Sunscreen for my face and I use Sun Bum on my body. I try to use the sunscreens that are safe to go in the water and are not going to release chemicals everywhere.

What is your daily motivation?

Coming in to social media and having followers and influence was such a unexpected thing for me. It’s something I did never anticipated or anything. And I feel like it’s such a blessing. I love being able to interact with people or post things that make other people feel more empowered, confident, or motivated to look cute and dress up or go exercise or whatever. It is just to make yourself feel better, physically, mentally, whatever it might be. And I feel like that’s my biggest motivator for the day, is just trying to be that inspiration for other people.

Do you have any advice for your followers?

If you’re given an opportunity, like I was given an opportunity for four or five years ago, just trust your gut, follow what your heart desires and take that opportunity. Whether it’s a job or talking to a boy or a woman, whatever it might be, just go for it. Because if you don’t go for it, you’re never you’re never going to know what’s going to happen and it could be literally the best decision you’ve ever made in your life. So just do it.

What is something that you hope your followers will learn from you?

I think just owning it. I don’t I don’t find myself to be the most beautiful or the most intelligent, but I’m just I’m just me. I’m doing me and I’m doing it myself to the best of my ability. I try to put my best foot forward with everything that I do. And I think that’s what everybody should do. I hope that other people get that message from what I post and what I create.

What is your favorite show, movie and book?

I love Gilmore Girls. I’ve watched it so many times over and over again, and it reminds me of my mom and I because my mom was a single mom raising me and we were like sisters, we would argue or do the same things like sisters do. So that’s like one of my favorite shows of all time.

My favorite movie is 10 Things I Hate About You it’s actually been my phone background with this scene of Julia Stiles for years. It’s my favorite movie. It’s a little sappy, a little rom commy if you will, but it’s my favorite.

My favorite book? Gosh, I haven’t read an entire book in a long time, like since I’ve been in school. But when I was in high school, my favorite book was Holes by Louis Sachar. I think every kid kind of read that book. Yeah, it was really good. I don’t know why I loved it but it was really good.

Do you have any tattoos?

I do. I have one on the inside of my lip. I remember I was in college and I turned 18 and when I got to school and all my friends were like you’re 18 you have to get a tattoo now. And I was like, okay. I always wanted a tattoo, but I never knew what I wanted. So I decided to get it on the inside of my lip because nobody can see it. And I was like, If I’m going to do this on a whim, you know YOLO or whatever, I’m going to do it somewhere where no one’s be able to see it. So I got the Roman numerals 18 on the inside of my lip.

How do you manage your time?

I feel like I do so many things in a day or a week or a month that I forget how many things I do because I’m doing so many things at once. I think the key to me, honestly, managing my time is like that. Everything that I do is something that I genuinely love and I enjoy doing so it makes it really easy. I love my job, I love getting to make videos, obviously get to travel, which is one of the best things in the entire world to do. And it just makes it makes it so easy to get things done.

Since you have so many things going on, how do you wind down after?

I’m a big sleeper. I love my sleep more than anything, and I feel like I’m so hyperactive throughout my day because my mind is always going, going, going. When I get home and I just lay in my bed and make sure that I have the most comfortable bed in the world, because it’s so important to me. I just fall right asleep. I will fall asleep in less than 10 minutes and I’ll be out till the next morning. It’s really easy for me once I zone in on being calm and chill, and going to rest. It’s simple.

You have mentioned traveling. We saw that you went on a road trip. What has been your favorite destination so far?

I would have to say Italy. I know that’s so cliche and everybody loves Italy, but it’s for a reason. It’s the most beautiful place in the world. No matter where you go in the entire country, all the cities are so diverse and so different, but so breathtakingly beautiful at the same time. We most recently went to the Amalfi Coast in Positano, and it’s amazing. I rave about it to everybody. I’m like, you have to go at least once in your lifetime.

And where would you like to travel next?

My family’s actually from Ecuador, and I would love to go to Ecuador. I’ve been trying to get the whole family to go. I have so many family members there that I have called or texted but never actually seen in person. And I would love, love, love to go.

What do you keep in your purse?

My purse is pretty simple. I keep my one size beauty powder, I take that everywhere with me. I also just bring some gum, some lip gloss, my wallet, nothing too crazy. Usually a snack. I’m like queen of snacks, self-proclaimed. But I love a good snack. And I always, always have one on me.

Do you have any future big plans or news?

I am really excited. I have my second Instagram in @Nataliescloset, and even on my main Instagram I always try to focus on fashion related things, and I really love the fashion space. I’ve always wanted to sort of emerge into it and do my own thing. And so by the end of the year, I will be making that move and I’m really excited. I haven’t announced anything yet, but I’m really excited to be doing more in the fashion space.

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