If you want to know about the beauty and wellness rituals that really work, ask an actor. Between spending hours per day in on-set makeup trailers, sitting for countless glam sessions ahead of red carpet appearances and gaining exposure to edgy new treatments, Hollywood A-listers have tried just about everything in the beauty and wellness space.<\/p>\n
Which is why when we came face-to-face with Dame Helen Mirren (Barbie<\/em>, 1923<\/em>) and Aja Naomi King (How to Get Away With Murder<\/em>, Grosse Pointe Garden Society<\/em>) at the L\u2019Or\u00e9al Paris Women of Worth event in Los Angeles, we had to ask: which beauty and wellness products and practices are most\u2014and least\u2014worth it?<\/p>\n \u201cThis is slightly off the wall, but the beauty product most worth it for me has been castor oil. It\u2019s a good thing for hair, lashes, skin, everything. You don\u2019t want to go overboard with it by using too much, but it\u2019s rather magical.<\/p>\n I also have to say Latisse works. Not all products do what they say they\u2019re going to do\u2014and I\u2019m not a proselytizer in that way\u2014 but it really works! Otherwise, a great L\u2019Or\u00e9al moisturizer is fabulous.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cThe beauty practice that\u2019s most worth it for me is taking a moment for myself in the morning. One of my favorite daily moments is when I take my hyaluronic acid and massage my face thoroughly because it\u2019s my moment to myself\u2014even though I\u2019m not always alone. Sometimes my child is with me, but I allow him to observe me loving on myself, and that will always be worth it. The thing that is not worth it? Negative self-talk. Diminishing yourself is never worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTherapy should be a beauty ritual for everyone. It makes me feel more like myself. It gets rid of all of the noise and clutter. And it helps me be more grounded\u2014and when I\u2019m more grounded, then I can fully appreciate everything I\u2019m bringing into the world and into my own life.<\/p>\n We have the ability to catastrophe everything\u2014things that are petty and small that we make so large\u2014but when I talk to my therapist, [I realize] all of this is manageable and I don\u2019t have to be in control of everything. Just releasing that to the universe and allowing whatever is going to come to come to me is a moment of grace for myself that makes me feel really beautiful.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"L\u2019Or\u00e9al](\"https:\/\/cdn-cjhgk.nitrocdn.com\/CXxGixRVyChwAxySbAyltuCiQXRKaWDN\/assets\/images\/optimized\/rev-9dad235\/www.newbeauty.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/loreal-group-shot.jpg\")
Helen Mirren on Her Must-Have Multitasker<\/h2>\n
Helen Mirren on the Lash Product She Swears By<\/h2>\n
Aja Naomi King on Her Must-Do Beauty-Meets-Self-Care Practice<\/h2>\n
Aja Naomi King on Her Unexpected Beauty Ritual<\/h2>\n