{"id":3113,"date":"2026-09-22T08:52:59","date_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:52:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/christine-taylor-isnt-chasing-anything-anymore-and-thats-the-whole-secret\/"},"modified":"2026-09-22T08:52:59","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T00:52:59","slug":"christine-taylor-isnt-chasing-anything-anymore-and-thats-the-whole-secret","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nichebeaty.com\/index.php\/2026\/09\/22\/christine-taylor-isnt-chasing-anything-anymore-and-thats-the-whole-secret\/","title":{"rendered":"Christine Taylor Isn\u2019t Chasing Anything Anymore\u2014and That\u2019s the Whole Secret"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I grew up in a small town next to Allentown, PA, so Christine Taylor\u2019s name has been in my orbit my whole life, as it is for everyone from there. We knew she was nearby before we knew why\u2014a family friend\u2019s daughter had gone to school with her, somebody\u2019s older brother remembered her as the block\u2019s babysitter. And then she was Marcia Brady as we watched her marry Ben Stiller, and the whole town kept its own quiet tabs on her from there.<\/p>\n

These days, I catch her the way a lot of New Yorkers do, a few rows into the Knicks crowd, which is its own little full-circle thing for someone who started out a mere 90 miles away. But cheering from a distance is different from actually reaching her.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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When I got her on the phone, I wasn\u2019t just fact-checking a skin-care routine; I felt like I was checking in (and taking up too much of her time)\u2014mid-sentence with her dogs going into bark mode, followed by an in-depth chat about what it actually feels like to stop caring what the photos look like the next morning.<\/p>\n

Ahead, the actress opens up on her nighttime ritual, her favorite lymphatic facialist and why she finally stopped picking apart red carpet photos.<\/p>\n

We all know you from a ton of different things, but your skin was absolutely glowing on the sidelines during the Knicks\u2019 games this season. What does your daily routine actually look like?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI got into a really good habit at a young age. I was always good about washing my face before bed, doing the full routine no matter what, and that stuck. I would never skip a night. When you\u2019re exhausted, and you\u2019re like, \u2018Let\u2019s just do a makeup wipe and go to sleep!\u2019 No, that\u2019s not me. I have to do the whole routine every night, which is hilarious for Ben, because he\u2019s like, \u2018Here we go, the nighttime routine is coming.\u2019 But it\u2019s a nice ritual, honestly. I\u2019ve got a couple of cleansers I alternate between, plus a serum, moisturizer and eye creams.<\/p>\n

Now that I\u2019m in my 50s, it\u2019s really more about keeping my skin at its best, and because I live in New York, I have different sets of products for warm weather and cold weather. And I drink a lot of water. It\u2019s basically all I drink. Maybe a little Stiller\u2019s Soda here and there and some Diet Coke! I\u2019m not going to lie and say I only drink water\u2014that would be weird. But water helps a lot, especially because I lean dry.\u201d<\/p>\n

Are you a facial person? Do you do the treatments?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cI do, and I love trying different facialists. The one I find most gratifying, where you see a difference immediately, is microcurrent. I\u2019ve got a great gal named Sarah\u2014she\u2019s a one-woman show, and she has a little company called Stillpoint Beauty in the garment district. I was introduced to it maybe nine or ten years ago, and I\u2019ll do a session before work or a red carpet because I can actually see it in photos afterward. It\u2019s deeply relaxing too\u2014I fall asleep during it, even with the little jolts. <\/p>\n

My favorite kind these days is lymphatic drainage, though. I go to Tracie Martyn for that. I\u2019d love to hone my own skill set there, because now that I\u2019m 55, that\u2019s a game changer\u2014you can just feel the puffiness drain out. I don\u2019t always have time in the morning to do it myself, but when I get a lymphatic facial, I love it so much.<\/p>\n

On the dermatologist side, I\u2019ve basically got frequent flyer miles there. I do Clear + Brilliant every few months\u2014it\u2019s a lower-level laser, nothing that requires downtime. Once a year I do Ultherapy, which is a bit more intensive, but you still walk out looking normal. I haven\u2019t chosen to do anything invasive at this point. I think it\u2019s working for now.<\/p>\n

I also love dermaplaning\u2014that peach fuzz coming off makes a real difference with the products I use afterward. And honestly, not everything has to cost a fortune. I\u2019ve got a few splurge products for winter and then some that are just decently priced and work fine.\u201d<\/p>\n

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I know a lot of us still think of you as our generation\u2019s Marcia Brady. Is there a beauty moment from The Brady Bunch Movie<\/em> that\u2019s stuck with you?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s so funny\u2014I resembled Marcia to begin with, but my hair wasn\u2019t as light as it eventually ended up being. It wasn\u2019t as light as the end product. I was already highlighting it, but the director wanted all of us on the girls\u2019 side to look like that bright blonde was growing out of our heads naturally. So almost every week or ten days, they\u2019d have the colorist come do the roots\u2014not even highlights, just constant root coloring. I\u2019d never done that kind of intensive color before. <\/p>\n

When the movie wrapped and my natural color started growing back in, it was a real process keeping my hair healthy without over-coloring it, putting in lowlights to try to get back to something more natural. It was a genuine eye-opener about how deep you can get into hair color. When we signed on for the sequel, the big thing in my contract was: Please get me a wig!<\/p>\n

Honestly, the wig looked so much better than my actual processed hair did in the first movie. I wish I\u2019d known that going in. But\u2026you live and you learn.\u201d<\/p>\n

You\u2019ve been in this industry since you were a teenager. Does it feel strange looking back?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s interesting, because I have a podcast now\u2014Hey Dude…The 90s Called!<\/em>\u2014that looks back at what the entertainment industry used to be like, pre-cell phones, pre-social media. So much of my early work came out of the \u201990s, and the level of nostalgia around it has given me a chance to step back and see the impact some of these films actually made. I did 90s Con the last two years, my first real experience interacting with fans who grew up on this stuff. One woman told me watching the Brady Bunch <\/em>movies every summer was something she and her dad did together. When you work on a project, you sort of compartmentalize it\u2014you do the job, it comes out, and you don\u2019t get much interaction with people around it after that. <\/p>\n

Getting to actually talk to fans, including ones who knew about stuff I forgot I\u2019d even done\u2014there\u2019s a horror movie from the \u201990s, Night of the Demons 2,<\/em> that apparently makes the rounds\u2014it\u2019s been really special. I\u2019m sentimental about it now in a way I wasn\u2019t before. I still pinch myself that I started in Allentown in high school and I\u2019m still here, still getting to work with young filmmakers. I have so much gratitude for the fans who kept these films alive.\u201d<\/p>\n

One of the good things about getting older is definitely caring less. What does confidence look like for you now, as opposed to the start of your career\u2014especially since you started so young?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s the greatest gift, honestly. In my teens and 20s, so much of my confidence was based on external validation\u2014if a job went well or someone said something nice, I felt great, because someone else was telling me I was okay. That doesn\u2019t work on me the same way anymore. If someone writes something nasty, it still stings, but it doesn\u2019t define me. Confidence now is about being comfortable on the inside. I used to go back the next day and look at red carpet photos critically. It was always, \u2018Ugh, that angle wasn\u2019t great.\u2019 I stopped doing that. If I felt good in the moment and had a great time, that\u2019s what I want the memory to be. I don\u2019t want one unflattering photo out of context to overwrite that. That\u2019s come with age, and it\u2019s the best part of getting older.\u201d<\/p>\n

If you could tell your teenage self one thing, what would it be?<\/strong><\/h2>\n

\u201cJust to be easier on myself. I had this exact conversation with a girlfriend recently. I remember being in my late 20s thinking, \u2018I wish I were a little more fit, a little more this or that.\u2019<\/p>\n

Then, a few years into my 30s, I looked back at photos from my 20s and thought, what was I thinking? I looked amazing! It doesn\u2019t matter what\u2019s going on externally if you\u2019re not content on the inside\u2014you\u2019ll feel unsatisfied either way. I\u2019d tell myself to take it easier, stop being so critical.<\/p>\n

My daughter is in her early 20s now, and I have to say, this generation is amazing! There\u2019s so much more self-acceptance, so much more owning who you are. That took me a long time to get to. I\u2019m proud that she already has it.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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