We love a bit of self-care and the last year at home has given us an excuse to look after ourselves inside and out. Each week, we ask the celeb lot to share their self-care Sunday routines, because taking care of yourself is more important than ever.
This week it's all about Selling Sunset's Mary Fitzgerald, the glam LA real estate agent who makes selling million pound houses seem like a doddle. She's hilarious, sassy and extremely loyal to the other girls at The Oppenheim Group.
She tied the knot with French husband Romain Bonnet during the season two finale and even managed to sell a house on the same day. Get a girl who can do both, tbh.
Mary caught up with heat to talk about filming secrets, make-up favourites and the book that changed her life...
On filming secrets
We can all agree that Selling Sunset is explosive, glamourous and downright addictive, but what's the tea we don't get to see at home?
Mary laughs, "What happens behind the scenes is probably juicer than what you see on screen because they have to tone it down!"
"There's also a lot of properties, sales and buyers that I'm working with that isn't on the show. You guys see about 10% of what I do, because they want to see the biggest, most glamorous home. So if it's like a $3 million cute home, it's like, 'we have this one over $10,000,000 one here, so we're gonna focus on that one'."
"So, I could close maybe 10 or 15 deals this year, and they'll show one. They just pick what they want and then also, they edit down a lot," she explains. "We film so much, and we have no idea what they're going to actually edit it down to. So there's a lot that goes on that just people don't see."
Ugh, we'd do anything to watch the outtakes. ANYTHING.
On watching herself on tv
Do the Selling Sunset cast have a viewing party? The answer is YES.
"They normally let us watch it a couple of days before it airs because we don't know what happens in scenes when we're not there. They kind of give us a little warning about what's going to come out. Sometimes it's good sometimes it's bad and you're like, 'Oh my god, no, that happened? I'm so mad!' But for the most part, it's just kind of a warning."
"We'll typically throw a party like a little viewing party for all of our friends and family. Then I don't really watch it back other than that, but other than my wedding, I've occasionally gone back and rewatched my wedding. It's a little better than pulling out a wedding album! It's just an emotional moment, so I'd do that twice a year or something."
Who needs a wedding tape when you have Netflix, eh?
On self-care
"I love a massage or facial. I turn off my phone and watch TV and just kind of try to go brain dead, as my brain just goes and goes and goes all the time. It's really nice just to turn everything off and just chill or just watch a movie. I also get in my infrared hot sauna and I try to use my Babble app and learn French while I'm in there."
On make-up for filming
Mary always looks imaculate on screen, so we need to know, does she do her own make-up?
"Yeah, pretty much unless we do interviews and then and then they provide hair and makeup for us. But a lot of the girls have their hair makeup done every day. I just don't have time for that."
As for her go-to products?
"My favourite foundation is the Lancôme Teint Idole Ultra Wear Long-Lasting Foundation. It literally stays on forever. It looks so good and it just stays on. If I go get a facial, they're like, 'what do you have on your face? It's really hard to get it off!' which is amazing as we're always running around and it's so warm here and it just does not move. It doesn't look super thick or anything either."
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"I like Buxom Lip Gloss, it's so nice and plumping and Too Faced Better Than Sexfor mascara!"
On life-changing books
"Atlas Shrugged by Ayn Rand. I read that years and years ago and it just made a huge impact on me. It's a long book and you have to be very dedicated to read it, but it's a classic and I think it was just very inspirational. It just changed my way of thinking."
On great advice
"If negativity is coming your way, unless you really did something to deserve it, most of the time it's a projection from the other person because they feel insecure in themselves. It's not about you personally. I try and always remember that and it always helps me to process things better without getting hurt or mad about people doing or saying things."
AMEN. 🙏🏼
Quickfire round:
Show you’re currently binging? I watched StartUp on Nextflix recently and loved it.
Go-to cuppa? I love dirty matcha lattes, which is like matcha hot matcha latte with a shot of espresso.
Go-to loungewear brand? Queen's Park Sleepwear.
Favourite candle? My older sister actually makes candles, the brand is called Vintage Road.
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Mary recently opened up about Chrishell and Jason's new romance and admitted, "I never saw it coming!"
Selling Sunset's Chrishell Stause and Jason Oppenheim confirmed their relationship in an Instagram photo dump captioned "The JLo effect🤷🏻♀️" and we've been obsessed ever since.
"I never saw it coming because obviously she was married and so happy and he's always been a commitment-phobe. She's very serious in relationships, so I didn't even think about that and we're all just good friends," Mary told heat.