‘Sterling Point’ Star Ella Rubin Has Some Family Beauty Secrets—and a Pair of Scissors

Her “everyday plus” look begins accordingly: a light layer of IT Cosmetics CC Cream, followed by two shades of Tower 28’s Hydrating Concealer. A well-loved Fenty Beauty Match Stix—“Rihanna, I’m so sorry. I’ve owned this product for years,” she says when it hits the bathroom tiles—creates a shadow-like contour around her nose and eyes, while Benetint, another Sterling Point set staple, goes across her lips, cheeks, and over the bridge of her nose.

Chanel’s Baume Essentiel is tapped on as both highlighter and eyeshadow before Rubin turns to the lips, sketching in some shadow with Rhode’s Peptide Lip Shape and defining them further with Charlotte Tilbury’s Lip Cheat. It’s a lip routine that comes courtesy of her mother, who has worn the latter for as long as Rubin can remember. “I look just like my mom,” she says.

Her grandmother is another enduring reference: a former beauty-pageant competitor whom Rubin describes as “always kind of done in some way, but really still pared back” and “the most stunning, luminous woman.” Her golden rule? “Be moisturized every day. Non-negotiable.” She slicks on the body oil.