Kristine Froseth Is Ready for Her Close-Up
“Are you watching the Olympics at all?” asks Kristine Froseth. The actress and model woke up early to watch the games—specifically track and field—because the Ingebrigtsen brothers from her native Norway are doing considerably well. “I’m supporting my home country!” she exclaims from her new Williamsburg digs.
Growing up, the 25-year-old split her time between New Jersey and a small town outside of Oslo. Moving every several years was challenging (to say the least); Froseth struggled to adapt to the language shifts and confluence of cultures. Even though she convincingly played a mean girl in Netflix’s Sierra Burgess Is a Loser, in reality, Froseth was on the receiving end of snide comments, so she did what any savvy performer would do and channeled the energy of her less-than-friendly classmates for the part. “I’m grateful now because I feel like it definitely helped me get out of my comfort zone,” she says, referring to the trials and tribulations of her high school days. “But while it was happening, it wasn’t that fun.”
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She’s certainly making up for it now. After being discovered at a mall in Norway at age 16, Froseth has modeled for the likes of Armani and Miu Miu, and was recently named a Chanel ambassador, otherwise known as the crème de la crème of fashion endorsements. Her life is pretty much like a fairytale turned into reality: For its winter 2018 show, the French fashion house flew Froseth and her best friends to Paris, where they stayed at the iconic Le Bristol hotel, enjoyed lavish dinners, and attended the coveted presentation, an enchanted forest inside the Grand Palais dreamed up by the late Karl Lagerfeld.
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“I always admired what the brand represented—what [Coco Chanel] did for females at the time, giving them freedom and more opportunity,” Froseth says. (Her own grandma wore the No.5 fragrance.) In her new sartorial role, Froseth gets to dress up in the latest collections and hobnob with fellow Chanel muse Kristen Stewart (“She’s so dope and chill”). One might imagine this makes her former high school bullies of the Twilight generation rightfully jealous.
Here’s the thing about Froseth: she’s disarmingly beautiful yet at the same time radiates youthful innocence. When she gets dressed, there’s a palpable air of European sophistication—her sparkling blue eyes and prominent cheekbones demand attention, and she can’t help but smile through it all. Her appreciation for everything—the glamour, the work—is apparent. You can practically hear her toothy grin when she speaks.
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“Because I was always the new girl, I always had to be the one to put myself out there—and fashion is all about putting yourself out there.”
Fortunately, being raised between two different countries helped jumpstart Froseth’s career. “Because I was always the new girl, I always had to be the one to put myself out there,” she says, “and fashion is all about putting yourself out there.” Turns out, engaging in small talk is not a trait held by many Norwegians. “In the States, people are more open to starting conversations with strangers,” Froseth says. She cites the term “janteloven”, a social concept coined by Danish author Aksel Sandemose that discourages individual success and favors the collective. “It basically means that you’re not supposed to be different in any way.”
After starring in The Weeknd’s music video for “False Alarm”, Froseth landed her first major feature film in 2017: Rebel in the Rye, based on the reclusive life of J.D. Salinger. Then came Looking for Alaska, an adaptation of John Green’s award-winning YA novel, which Froseth was a particularly big fan of. “It’s important for that age to talk about that stuff: first loves and trauma,” she says. “It meant a lot to me to feel like I could relate to someone in that way.”
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That’s the appeal of Froseth. On the outside, she looks like someone whose Instagram you’d scroll through while seething with envy (to quote Carrie Fisher in When Harry Met Sally, “Your basic nightmare”), but she couldn’t be further from it. When discussing her role in Sierra Burgess, Froseth says: “I’m always really curious to understand why people are the way they are. I feel like we very often can be quick with judging, so I wanted people to understand that hurt people hurt people.”
In The Assistant, Kitty Green’s powerfully intimate #MeToo drama, Froseth plays one of the many young girls who a Harvey Weinstein-type boss preys upon. It’s a small role, but a crucial one: For Froseth, whose character is scantily clad in the film, it sparked contemplation about how women can potentially invite sexual harassment via how they dress. “I hope that we can feel super confident and empowered in our skin, own our sexuality, and do it for us,” she says.
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To prepare for her next role in the upcoming Lena Dunham film Sharp Stick, Froseth is rewatching Girls, fittingly, as a twenty-something living in Brooklyn. “It’s just so on point,” she says. “You feel less crazy about the things that you’re going through.” Most everyone can agree that your twenties are stressful, with mapping out your career, forming an identity, and navigating relationship landmines; personally, Froseth is looking forward to the next decade. “I’m excited to hit 30,” she says. “People say it just gets better.”
In the meantime, Froseth has taken up running to quell her age-appropriate anxiety. She’s even signed up for the New York City Marathon in November. It makes sense, then, why earlier she was watching the Olympic runners so intently. “It’s always been a dream of mine to do a marathon and then an Iron Woman,” Froseth says. “I want to push myself in different ways and see how far I can take it.” Could an action movie be in her future? “I would love to get really ripped and do all my own stunts.” A Chanel model who can do both.
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Photographer: Andy Jackson; stylist: Sarah Zendejas: hair: David Von Cannon using R+Co; makeup: Gita Bass using Chanel Beauty; nails: Mo Qin at The Wall Group; stylist assistant: Nicole Guzman; producer / visual editor: Sameet Sharma; Special thanks to The Waverly Inn
Superdrug’s ‘amazing’ £9 foundation shoppers say is ‘better than Chanel’
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Superdrug shoppers are impressed with an “amazing” budget-friendly foundation they claim is “better than Chanel”.
High street retailer Superdrug has an army of fans keen to snap up its wide range of makeup, beauty tools and accessories, haircare, household essentials and more.
Superdrug stocks a range of beauty brands and even has its own line of products but one foundation by cruelty-free brand e.l.f. has garnered much praise.
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e.l.f.’s Flawless Finish Foundation costs £9 on Superdrug’s website and promises to “restore uneven facial skin textures and tones, for visibly brighter skin”.
The foundation, which comes in a variety of skin tones to help beauty lovers get their best match, has racked up a string of five-star reviews online, being praised as “amazing” and “better than Chanel”.
Jackie titled her review “amazing!” and said: “I bought this foundation a few days ago and I am already obsessed! It has such amazing coverage and works perfectly with the e.l.f 16 hour camo concealer too! It lasts all day and is by far the best drugstore foundation I have ever come across. I used to use more expensive foundations with less coverage and more expensive! 100% worth the small amount of money that it costs!”
Another reviewer titled their post “Better than Chanel or any high end foundation!!” and added: “I will never be purchasing Chanel or any of my other luxury foundations again!!”
Reviewer Jen said: “I am in LOVE with this foundation” while Nina said: “I love this so much. I need to order 3 bottles because it comes in a small bottle. That’s my only con. Trust me its worth trying. I fell in love and don’t wanna use any other foundation ever!!”
Rayanne titled her review “perfect” and added: “My first time buying this brand and I’m impressed with the quality and coverage!!! [Goodbye] dark circles and imperfections.”
All e.l.f. cosmetics are cruelty free and vegan. You can buy the foundation from Superdrug’s website here.
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Coco Austin still breastfeeds her 5-year-old, and experts say it’s normal
Coco Austin’s daughter Chanel will be 6 in November, but she still loves to nurse, Austin said.
Austin said she and her husband, Ice-T, are OK with Chanel nursing occasionally.
Experts say nursing a 5-year-old doesn’t provide nutrition but could give COVID-19 protection.
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Coco Austin, the reality TV star and wife of Ice-T, says her 5-year-old daughter still nurses and that she has no plans to stop breastfeeding anytime soon. Experts say that while nursing a kindergartner is outside the cultural norms in the US, it could have benefits for both the mom and the child.
For long-term nursers, “there is a special closeness that you get,” Diane Thompson, the director of La Leche League Alliance, an affiliate of La Leche League International, told Insider. “They’re just not willing to give up that particular piece of their relationship just yet.”
Still, Thompson said, the breastfeeding relationship is likely almost over.
“Children do wean,” she said. “It does come to an end.”
There is no weaning age
The World Health Organization recommends that parents nurse children exclusively for six months and then nurse and offer food “up to the age of two years or beyond.” Nursing parents stop for a variety of reasons, from perceived low supply to a return to work to a desire to be done with breastfeeding.
In the US, 35% of infants are still nursing at one year, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention data, and there’s little data on nursing rates beyond that.
There’s no consensus on when humans naturally wean, but most experts agree that it’s generally between the ages of 18 months and 4 1/2 years.
“At some point, most children will get off the breast after the age of 2, voluntarily,” G. Thomas Ruiz, the OB/GYN lead at MemorialCare Orange Coast Medical Center in Fountain Valley, California, told Insider.
But in many cultures, nursing toddlers is more common, and Austin and Chanel wouldn’t be outside the range of normal, Thompson said.
Extended breastfeeding looks different
Many people may imagine a 5-year-old nursing on demand like an infant does. But nursing a preschooler is very different from breastfeeding an infant, Thompson said. For starters, school-aged kids are getting almost all of their nutritional value from food.
That’s true for Chanel, who likes to eat steak and hamburgers, Austin told US Weekly.
“At this point in nursing its just for comfort and believe me the girl loves meat so it’s not like she isnt eating real food,” Austin wrote in an Instagram post over a year ago.
“Five-year-olds don’t nurse like newborns,” Thompson, who nursed her daughter until she was 4, said. “It might be before bed or when they get hurt. It’s when someone gets hurt or someone just needs comfort.”
There are some possible benefits
Ruiz said that nursing held little nutritional or immunological benefits for preschoolers during normal times.
“Five-year-olds are vaccinated, and they have an immune system, so they’re not generating a lot of immunity from breastfeeding,” he said.
But during the pandemic, there could be a benefit, especially if the nursing parent is vaccinated against COVID-19. COVID-19 antibodies have been shown to pass through breastmilk, so Austin could be giving Chanel a little bit of added protection if she’s vaccinated.
“I wouldn’t necessarily recommend that you breastfeed a 5-year-old, but it’s an interesting thought now because breastfeeding is a way to deliver antibodies to your child,” Ruiz said.
Ruiz and Thompson agree that if Austin and Chanel are happy with the breastfeeding arrangement, then it’s fine.
As for when to stop, Thompson says that’s up to the parent and child.
“You’re both doing this together,” Thompson said. “This is a relationship. You both have to be happy with where the relationship ends.”