What about cosmetics?

I use Prescriptives foundation for light coverage. I use their custom blends and Trish McEvoy brilliant blushes. A foundation brush is good because foundation is cream based and it allows you to put it on thin or thick if you need coverage. I use it in real life and on camera, and I found it to be excellent. I also like Chanel shadows and Chanel lipsticks and the Revlon mascara. Often, I will use what I get in my goodie bag. I get sent cosmetics from all over the place so I try everything.

I have different products and different colors in my kit. So if I change, I will take some of my base color that matches my lip and add to it.


I use a cream blush, like one from the Max Factor Professional Line, and blend it in very well. I like them because they are dewy not shiny, and shiny shows up terrible on camera and TV. For a lip liner, I use something subtle.

With eyeshadow or liner, everything is smudged. I smudge dark shadow from the middle of my eyes going out, and then I will put it on three or four individual lashes. When I do mascara, it makes my eyes open up much more. I use Lancôme mascara or Christian Dior when I need waterproof. On Dr. Quinn , I needed the waterproof to withstand the elements so I could cry, which I had to do everyday.

I prefer to do lashes and lip liner myself. My face is very asymmetrical, and I pencil on lip liner to even my lips out. Rather than do any fake bee stung lip thing—if you highlight the middle of your lips it will make them look much bigger.

What else are you working on now?

I'm working on ‘Blind Guy Driving,' a romantic comedy. Chris Pine and Eddie Kay Thomas, play a psychiatrist and wears a frizzy graying wig. She has some serious quirks about her. It's very comedic.

I'm also working on my home line, which can be found at janeseymourhouse.com , and handbags, which can be found at janeseymourhandbag.com . I used some shots from the red dress campaign and images of St. Catherine's court my love in England. The home collection is inspired by images over 1,000 years old. Some are from 950 A.D. and there is a lot of history attached. Nothing antique or ancient was changed. It was rewired: stone floors are heated underneath, wireless access is added, and TVs are hidden. We took the whole huge roof and completely refurbished whole thing. The church is from 1260 and there is a six-bedroom cottage for family reunions, parties, photo shoots weddings or vacation. It is ten minutes from Bath, in Cotswold, so you can go to real England—near Stonehenge. There is a fantastic chef.

I also have a book coming out in April with Bullfinch. It's a design book called “Putting it All Together.” One of my concepts is that people always ask me, ‘I know I like this, I know I like that, how do you put it all together?' The book is about finding your own unique taste and style, and how you put that in your home environment. It includes tips on furnishing homes and remodeling.

And in your home life?

At home, I develop organic gardens with my husband who is a great gardener. I'm the picker and deadheader. I deadhead roses and photograph them for flower portraits. My painting is his landscaping and James likes to plant every type of citrus in the world.

A good relationship is with someone so you are sharing life. My husband produced “Walk the Line”, and “Blind Guy Driving” he produced and directed. It's a team effort for these films and for raising the kids. He's involved with their baseball. I photograph and film them, while helping the coach the rest of time. I'm an obnoxious mother on the sideline.

My kids all paint and play piano, guitar, trombones and trumpets. My two daughters Jenny and Katie have just started designing silver jewelry. I like their rings so much that I would wear them myself. They are also into acting and modeling.

My son, Sean, is at film school. He made a 7-minute documentary about Holocaust survivors and is now looking at the Sudan in Rwanda. He is going to go to the Cannes film festivals. I teach my kids, not to put all their eggs in one basket. Some activities are only for amusement, but with me, my hobbies became my business.

Work with young people is important so we don't become dinosaurs. It is good to mentor someone. A lot of people my age have so much to offer. There are so many kids left at home. We should go out and help someone whose kids have not had benefits yours had.



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