Sienna Miller Wants You to Stop the ‘I’m So Old’ Narrative

Charm: The photos of the new campaign are downright dreamlike. Where is your favorite place to visit in the English countryside?

Siena Miller: I love Somerset and Dorset, which looks like Thomas Hardy country. And I love Wales. But the Cotswolds are beautiful. And by the time spring arrives, it’s so euphoric that it’s like the best mood. It’s just getting through the winter months, which is so hard.

Since your mother and Charlotte Tilbury are very good friends, what is the best beauty advice your mother ever gave you?

My mother was really glamorous and beautiful, and quite irreverent. I mean, it was in the 90s, when I watched her when she was little: lots of friends, wine and cigarettes. It was just pretty cool. They really are rock girls from the 60s. They can still drink us under the table. They will go on vacation and stay up all night talking and dancing around the kitchen table. They have that kind of energy. I think it was more inspiring in spirit than in practical advice. My mother didn’t wear much makeup either.

I feel like you’re the same…it’s that kind of natural beauty that shines from within.

I like to look like I’m not really wearing a lot of makeup. I like to look like I have good skin. I know how to do makeup because I’ve worked with some of the best makeup artists in the world for years. But overall, I want to look dewy, fresh, and rosy. Charlotte taught me how to put freckles back where I found them. Defining small freckles makes you look fresh and younger, and it doesn’t matter.

What product do you use to remove freckles?

I use Foxy Brown lip liner. For me, it’s the right shade.

Courtesy of Charlotte Tilbury

Do you have a certain lip and cheek shade that you swear by?

Lip Cheat, but there’s a really pink one. I prefer the browner kind at the moment. It’s Pillow Talk Medium. I like. And I like this one too: Talk Fair. And Talk Deep is pretty good for a freckle.

Do you do contouring?

Not really, but I’m 44 and pregnant. I need this contouring.

Well, you give me hope. I froze my eggs at 34 and am now in my 40s, so I appreciate you being open about it.

Yes. [Being pregnant in your 40s] is the best.

How so?

Having had a baby at 29, then having a baby at 42, and now 44, it’s so much easier when you don’t have the conflict of feeling scattered and wanting to do X, Y, Z. If I’m in bed at 9 p.m. with a book, I’m so happy now. And now I have an excuse to do it. Life is in a more grounded space. I think the 30s are chaos. You say, “I want to settle down. I want kids.”