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Its a big moment forSelma Blair.
Raul Romo. Courtesy of Guide Beauty.
diagnosisand treatment that premiered last summer.
Now, Blair is entering the beauty space too.
Blair is particularly excited about the latter.
Her venture with Guide Beauty comes as the bookend to a year full ofsharing her story with the world.
That flare was 11 years.
It wasnt just a week and its remitting.
Blair searched for answers for nearly half her life.
I wasnt believed, she says.
A doctor once even suggested that she simply drink coffee when she sought medical help for chronic exhaustion.
have at the time of diagnosis, according toJohns Hopkins Medicine.
In August 2021,Blair sharedthat she was in remission, and her prognosis was great.
So now Im finally finding my footing, she exhales.
Her new role at Guide Beauty feels deeply personal and in many ways different than other celebrity-backed beauty ventures.
I would have a full face of makeup.
I belonged in Dallas in a pageant circuit, I just didnt know it.
However, Blair found much of that spirit shifted as her physical ability wavered.
In one particular incident, Blair injured herself while trying to apply eyeliner.
I cant use pencils anymore.
They break, she says.
I had a pencil that broke, and I just couldnt see it.
And the wood goes and scrapes my cornea.
It was a whole thing.
So its like, Im done.
Blair says hertics and vocal dystoniascan be triggered in moments when she speaks about her condition.
This was confusing for Blairshe would be seemingly symptomless one moment and have a spasm the next.
For a while, she thought the tics were in her head because of their conspicuous timing.
You were walking fine a minute ago, and then you see people and you start walking so dramatically.
I would just say, If its in my head, help me.
Why is this happening?
I cut my hair shorter because I couldnt brush it.
I wasnt ashamed of how I looked, it just wasnt on the table anymore.
I kind of counted myself out.
She didnt see this as a failure.
It was simply her reality.
In her view, she had other ways to fill that space anyway.
I thought that I was great, and I was strong.
Im so talkative, chatty, love attention, love giving love.
Nevertheless, beauty is something everyone deserves to find joy and creativity in.
Instead, Bryant and Blair bonded over everything from their love for makeup to their Jewish upbringings.
I found how important it was to commune over something much more lighthearted, Blair says.
So began her journey back into the colorful world she once occupiedbut with a twist.
Blair says she can still wear certain heels, pointing to the stilettos on her feet during our interview.
(I want to be a shiksa, she joked toThe New York Timeslast year.)
I can even want to.
