Earlier this week, WNBA star Angel Reese graced the cover of Vogue and shared the role both basketball and fashion play within her life. While interviewing with the magazine, she also filmed a video sharing a number of beauty secrets she swears by to look and feel her best both on and off the court.
During her conversation with Vogue editor Maya Singer, she told the publication that she has always been able to strike a balance between her two passions. “It’s always been both: basketball and fashion,” she stated. “But I was a fashion girlie from young too. I was always in my mom’s closet, putting on her stuff. I liked to carry a purse. Hair done. I wanted to look put together. I still do.”
As far as her beauty secrets go, that too goes way back to her childhood for the now 22-year-old, who noted that her grandmother used to always put mascara on her lashes before her games as a child. Reese also noted that her penchant for being dolled up before games was how she got her nickname “Bayou Barbie,” as she always had her nails, lashes and hair done.
Here are some additional excerpts from the interview:
On her pre-game routine
“I don’t do too much on the…
