What Harris Reed Can’t Live Without

I once was carrying around a concealer stick, contour stick, foundation. But for the sake of time — being newly married, renovating a house, going between Paris and London — I was thinking, What is my go-to? It’s all about fitting into my bag, fitting into my pocket, fitting the TSA toiletries rule. I needed something in 45 seconds that was going to make me seem awake. This is my one-stop shop. I stick this underneath my eyes, around my jaw, on my cheekbones and forehead. (I’m not a makeup expert, but these are my places.) I don’t use a Beauty Blender. I go right in with literally three fingers. The second you put it on, especially on top of my Barbara Sturm Glow Cream, you look snatched. It doesn’t feel cakey. You’re not too covered. You have enough coverage, which is why I use it for a red carpet. But you’re also not walking to the grocery store or walking to grab a coffee looking like you’re wearing a full face of makeup. It’s that kind of nice natural beauty.

I don’t do serums or eye creams anymore. This is the only thing I really use besides makeup. You put a good thumb-size scoop on a fresh-washed face. I think it gives a really dewy effect, even if I’m putting on nothing after or I’m using it as a base. It doesn’t get cracked, dry your skin out, or make it look too oily. It’s quite smell-less? Is that a word? Unscented. It doesn’t have a smell. I have sensitive skin, so anything that has any perfume in it, or that’s very oily, I break out really easily. It keeps my skin hydrated. That’s a key thing for someone who’s traveling a lot, sitting in cars, planes, trains. (Literally, like Lady Gaga, another club, another club, another club.) My husband borrows it all the time. I kind of go through a jar way too often.

It’s so funny because I never did my hair well. I would always kind of put it in a bun or I’d always kind of braid it really messily. I remember on a set one time someone had the Dyson Airwrap, and I used it and it changed my life. The fact that, within seconds, you can get a whole section of your hair perfectly blow-dried and rounded is insane to me. It’s very easy to use. I think I have my routine down to three minutes. You can put on any kind of cream. I section my hair into four. I blow it up. I pin my bangs back on my head, and then spray a little hairspray. You get a fabulously perfect blowout.

Josh Wood is the one who dyed my hair ginger probably five years ago and I’ve not gone back since. If you’ve ever dyed your hair orange, you know that it’s incredibly difficult to keep up. His glosses are so quick. You put them on the shower with gloves on, leave it for five minutes, and then you have the freshest color. It obviously adds dimension, and also makes your hair look shiny. It does all those things you want to do when you go to the salon. But you can do this in your bathroom, by yourself, for much less money. I use it after I’ve done a shampoo and before doing a conditioner. I usually do it the same day that I do a hair mask, so my hair is extra hydrated and extra ready. I probably use it at least once a month. I try not to go too crazy because with a white bathroom, it kind of gets everywhere. I mean, it comes off, but it’s basically a red dye. Anytime I’m traveling, I take a tube with me. It just gives such a gorgeous color.

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They’re definitely on the expensive side, and I don’t own a ton of them because they’re so expensive. But what I can say is they’re worth the money. I think with women’s underwear, you have so many different kinds, while the men’s underwear game is always lacking. This underwear is just so soft and comfortable. I even wore it to the Met Gala because it was the only thing that really didn’t give bad underwear lines. I’m someone who is a little bit hippy-dippy. I grew up in L.A., near Topanga. And when I go home, I’m basically naked, watering my plants. This underwear kind of gives you the feeling that you’re not wearing any underwear. But you’re still supported. They seem inspired by old-school underwear adverts. I feel like in men’s underwear, it’s either Calvin Klein (which there’s nothing wrong with!), very classic, or something very sexy. I think it’s kind of nice to have an in-between. When I was a kid, you had your Spider-Man and SpongeBob underwear, and when maybe more in my teens, I remember American Apparel was it. And what I love about Zimmerli’s is even though it’s branded, it’s very unassuming and very nonchalant.

It takes years to find a shoe that works for everything. I have a larger men’s foot size (I’m a 44), and I can never squeeze into a women’s shoe. So to find an elegant “men’s” shoe is quite difficult. The Rainer boots give you this ’70s Studio 54 sexy, French feeling. They feel very in that era and that vein. They really remind me of what I would see someone like Yves Saint Laurent smoking outside wearing. They have this amazing versatility. I wore them to Vogue World and then to McDonald’s. I think the key in fashion is pieces that can be worn anywhere. If you need to go to the ballet, a black-tie event, or the pub, you can pull a look and the boots will work.

I almost didn’t put this on the list not because it’s a hidden secret, but because it’s TMI. When I got the job at Nina Ricci a year and a half ago, I was traveling so much more than normal and I was literally getting constipated all the time. This is super high, from my understanding, in minerals. All I know is that it really helps with my whole system going regular. Anyone I meet who’s like, “I’m just so bloated,” I tell them to drink the water and it always works. It’s such a weird thing to basically talk to you guys about. But I thought, you know what, if this can help someone else too, why not? I just feel like it helps your system flow so much better. I’ve always been very homeopathic about everything. I’m not a big pill-popper. I really should have a sponsorship for this water because I pimped it out so much that it literally sounds like I do. I’m chugging a bottle as I’m speaking right now.

I kind of started getting into taking a bit better care of myself about six months ago. I was always work, work, work first. I was late to the whole drinking-enough-water thing. I found this water bottle and it’s great because all you need to do is drink that amount of water a day, and you’re good. It makes me look like I know maybe more of what I’m doing when I go to the gym with it, even though I don’t know anything. I like that it’s giant and ginormous and I can hook it on to a gym bag. I have it in black and white. The black is probably my Fashion Week go-to, and the white is for my day-to-day. There are a lot of categories that have so much that’s not visually pleasing. So as someone who’s so driven by visuals, it’s kind of difficult to be like, “Well, what’s my water bottle if I’m not actually drinking out of the Aqua Carpatica one?” It looks chic.

Monster Munch, in the ketchup flavor, is the best chip out there — by far. I was a massive Flaming Hot Cheetos girl and then a Cheeto Puffs girl. I literally live for anything that’s got an airy, crunchy texture. You can really chow down on one. I actually found out about Monster Munch during my first Paris Fashion Week, when we were trying to find Cheetos and couldn’t find them. The chips look like inflated ghosts. The ketchup flavor is the most addicting thing. I’m not one to ever have a rider — and now I’m always saying, “Can I just please have Monster Munch if I’m ever in …” It’s a guilty pleasure. It’s not something I eat all the time. I would say they have a sweet tanginess to them with a little bit of a ketchup nuance. That sounds disgusting. I feel it’s one of those things that only once you try it, you’re like, “Oh my God, I can’t live without this.”

My grandfather, in a good healthy sense, loved his whiskey. And when he passed away, he left me a Scotch glass. I always had a tradition of having a glass of Scotch on the weekends. I got to explore different kinds of whiskies over almost ten years in London now. I bounced between a lot of alcohols. There’s something so regal and so elegant about Royal Salute. I respect that the minimum blending age that they use is 21 years. Most whiskey companies don’t do that. You have a five-year, a ten-year. The classic blend has these beautiful notes. It’s not too peated. It doesn’t have that smoky taste. It was a great gift for winning over my now-husband’s family. It’s my classy drink of choice, and Royal Salute bottles went around to everybody. As someone who’s kind of a packaging queen, I love that they always do a limited-edition bottle and incredible boxes.

You have so many icons in history who have had this watch. I like the story behind it. I guess the guy who created the Cartier Tank, during the First World War, looked out and saw the tanks in the street in Paris and designed the watch like a tank. I’m really into histories and stories. I’ve had my Cartier Tank for six years, seven years now. It looks so elegant with everything. It was one of the first things I bought myself after getting my first couple of clients with my business. It’s something you can look down as a reminder of what you’ve built. It’s something I’d pass down to my daughter, to my son, to my child. This is timeless. I think a lot of watches right now are very much about a trend, and this is something that just feels like it has substantial time and space to keep going on, keep lasting, and keep feeling relevant.