Hi, I'm Mariah Carey and I'm going to
share my fabulous life lessons with you.
Walk us through your typical morning
routine. What time do you get up and
start your day and any beauty rituals?
Okay, this is difficult because I don't
like mornings and unless I have to get
up like I'm doing something for work and
it's it's you must be at the place by
such and such a time. I'm not out of bed
until the afternoon the earliest. I
don't like mornings. I don't like
breakfast. I'm not a breakfast person.
My friend Chris just told me that he
doesn't like breakfast either. And I was
shocked cuz I'm the only one that seems
to have that rule cuz other people love
breakfast. Somebody told me take care of
your skin. And I think that's a really
good piece of beauty advice. I like to
wear masks like beauty masks at night
and soak it in. And I don't go in the
sun. I try to avoid overexposure to the
sun. I think I got that from watching
Oprah Winfrey when I was growing up
about don't go in the sun. I don't think
she said don't go in the sun, but it was
like be careful of the sun.
What's your favorite way to pamper
yourself?
I love to take hot baths. I'm really a
person that loves baths and for me
that's pampering myself because there's
no one else around and I'm just there
enjoying the moment and not having to
think about anything else. I like lang
lang and I put it in the in the tub with
me and it's very healing and it just
smells great.
When do you feel that you're most
beautiful?
After I have a full bit of makeup and
hair and the whole thing and everybody's
done their job and we are filming and
here we are. Hi. Christopher Buckle is
the only one that's ever tried to
describe me to me and he said, "You're
fabulous." So, I guess we have
to go with that. This was just
yesterday. So,
I think my personal style is like it
goes from a big warm fuzzy coat to like
pajamas. I walked into this studio today
in these Fendy pajamas that I have and
it was a little bit I don't know people
liked it but I just if I'm not going on
stage or doing something else like that
I'd rather just wear pajamas. Is that
fabulous or bleak?
The most fabulous item. I have some
jewelry that I love. I have a necklace
made of diamond hearts that goes down
like this and goes into a beautiful
pear-shaped diamond. And so if I if I
had to just like have like a plain dress
and that necklace, I'd be good. We need
shoes, too. But that's a lot to pick
out.
I think haters say that there's too many
diamonds. If they are haters, then it's
cuz they want them. I don't know how
many diamonds on a particular day or how
many carrots. I just I have a big safe
and I keep most of my stuff in there.
And now I really have to get some things
fixed because I I just wear them and I
sleep in them and I do whatever.
I noticed that I'm very drawn to Tom
Ford and I know it's like everything
changes in the industry from time to
time and whatever, but I'll notice like
if I I love a certain dresses, usually
it's Tom Ford. Obviously, there's so
many other amazing designers, but I'm
just telling you what happens. I think
keeping it simple is kind of like
something that I learned early on and I
try to go along that path. Well, I wear
this butterfly ring and I've had it for
years and years. They gave it to me. Van
Clee gave it to me and it was kind of at
like a a difficult time in my life and
it was so sweet that they did that and
so I always wear it
when I'm at home. It's pajamas, baby. I
could be, you know, going in the hot tub
or whatever and then I would not be
wearing pajamas. I have these suits that
I had made that are really cute custom
bathing suits. So, it's either like a
custom bathing suit or a fabulous pajama
ensemble. Like myself, my dogs don't
acknowledge time. So, we don't know how
old they are. They're eternally too is
what I'll give you. I have Chacha, who
is, you know, she's like my sweetheart.
Mutley is hilarious. He's just a really
funny dog. He kind of lays down on his
on his back and puts his all fours up
like it's it's he's a classic. And we
have Jill Beans who she's been having a
little bit of a hard time, but she's
just amazing. She was born in my bed. So
Chaa is her mother and Jill Beans was
she gave birth to Jill Beans in my bed.
They travel everywhere with me. I mean,
I'm talking about dogs like they're
people, but that's what I I love
animals. I do. And I love my dog so
much. H a typical Christmas day in my
household. There's tons of presents
being opened all over the floor
everywhere, wrapping paper, being thrown
to and fro. And I have my twins rock and
row, and they are the ones throwing the
paper and opening the gifts. And it just
makes me happy to be able to give them
whatever they want at Christmas because
I didn't have that when I was little
because not everybody has that, you
know. It's really, really nice to be
able to do that now.
And the most fabulous gift you've ever
given someone?
I gave my mother a house and that is a
pretty fabulous gift. May she rest in
peace.
But I did I did put a house together for
her and I knew exactly what she would
like and she loved it.
I often feel like I'm struggling with my
confidence, but I just have to push
through and press on. I grew up having
to say to myself, don't say, this is
another thing my mother said to told me
how to say, which was don't say if I
make it, say when I make it. And really,
really believe in yourself. I have this
song called Make It Happen. And it's
like if you believe in yourself enough
and know what you want, you're going to
make it happen. Like it's just to tell
people to encourage others. Like you can
actually do this on your own. Whatever
your dreams are. If people want to sit
around and critique me, then that's a
that's pretty boring for them for their
lives. They have pretty boring lives.
What's the one piece of life advice
you'd give to someone who's not feeling
very fabulous? I would do what I said
before, which is just encourage them
like keep going and you can get through
this time no matter what. Just believe
and that's the truth. That's what I feel
the truth is.
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Thank you so much for watching.