Being in LA is a lot like being in the most aesthetically-pleasing alternate universe you've ever seen — like Oz, but with Glinda, the Good Witch of Goop and Highlighter. Chamblerain isn't an LA native and only made the move from the Bay Area a couple of years ago, and agreed that the adjustment to the city's standards was difficult.
"Moving [to LA] was definitely tough," she said. "I've always gone through acne phases — it's been on and off my whole life — but once I started getting acne again [after moving to LA] it was tough." Even so, she never found herself conforming to the LA aesthetic: "It's not me. I've never really been a big makeup-wearer, I'm not big into dressing up, I go out in sweats that I've worn the whole week, but that's not what people in LA do. At first I was judging myself because I didn't really fit in, I was like, 'Wow, everybody is fully ready just to go to the grocery store or to grab coffee,' and that is not me. I definitely had to take a deep breath and say, 'Emma, that's not you and it's OK that's not you and it's OK that they're doing that. Just because you live here doesn't mean you have to conform to the way other people here live in their day-to-day life."
While you'll never catch Chamberlain covering up a zit, she admitted that LA has had one positive effect on her routine. "I never really knew about skin care [before moving to LA]. I've learned a lot about skin care and health in general from living here because people are so hyper-focussed on that and that's actually been really cool because I never cared before," she said.