Michelle Monaghan, 49, on Skincare, Makeup Trailer Hacks, and the Beauty of Aging
October 17, 2025
I have a little hack for puffy eyes, which is using witch hazel. It’s a natural anti-inflammatory. I start my mornings very early when I’m shooting; sometimes I’m up at 4:30 in the morning, and by 5 a.m. I’m in the makeup trailer. And I actually learned this probably 20 years ago from a makeup artist: I’ll dump a tiny bit of ice-cold water into a bowl of ice with witch hazel, add a couple of eye cotton pads in, and then let them soak up the witch hazel. I just add them over my eyes while they’re fixing my hair, and it depuffs my eyes before I go to the makeup chair.







