Lilly Singh Shares Her Must-Have Beauty Product (and Her Best Career Advice)

If you don’t know Lilly Singh yet, it’s only a matter of time before you do. As the only female host of a late-night show on a major network (NBC), the former YouTube personality has already made headlines—and we get the feeling that she’s just getting started.

Case in point: She’s starring in Olay’s upcoming Super Bowl commercial alongside Taraji P. Henson, Busy Philipps, Katie Couric and retired astronaut Nicole Stott. To celebrate her partnership with the iconic brand, PureWow talked to Singh about her must-have beauty product, earliest beauty memories and career advice for anyone who is looking to follow in her footsteps. 

The one thing Singh has on her at all times is “some form of lip balm,” she told PureWow. “I don’t know what it is, but I can’t stand the feeling of my lips being chapped or dry, so I’m constantly putting on balm. Maybe it’s a nervous tic? Or a subconscious thing? Either way, I have a balm in my car, in my backpack, on my nightstand...everywhere I go, there is balm,” Singh told PureWow. (Same, Lilly, same.)

“I didn’t really start getting into beauty and makeup until I was in high school, and even then, I was completely clueless,” says Singh. “One of my earliest memories involves going to my best friend’s house before school. I would wake up extra early to go there so she could straighten my hair with an iron. I would lie on the floor while she flattened my hair, which is definitely not advisable in hindsight.”