Rachel Brosnahan Skincare Interview
Rachel Brosnahan on Why Skipping Makeup Actually Makes Her Feel More Empowered
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You're not a teenager unless you broke a few beauty rules, right? "When I was 18, I'd always wanted my nose pierced but my parents wouldn't let me get piercings or tattoos," Brosnahan said. "I had one ear piercing, and that was all I was allowed. And so when I went to college, I immediately pierced my nose — a tiny little diamond stud. My parents were horrified when I told them, but then when my dad saw it for the first time, he actually thought it was cute."
As for why she doesn't have the piercing in now, the answer is simple: "I took it out once for an audition. At the time, I was auditioning a lot for Boardwalk Empire. I was in college, like my freshman and sophomore year, and obviously they didn't have nose piercings in the 1920s, so I had to take it out. I guess I left it out too long because it closed up completely. I went back to my dorm room freaking out because I couldn't get my nose piercing back in — so I stuck a safety pin through it. That was dumb, and I still have a scar from it almost 10 years later."