Why Dolly Parton wears a full face of makeup to sleep

Being Dolly Parton is a 24/7 job — even within the occasion of an emergency.

The 75-year-old nation music magnificence talked to WSJ. Magazine this week for its “My Monday Morning” column, revealing, amongst different enjoyable info, that she wears a full face of makeup to mattress, solely to wash it off within the morning and instantly begin over again.

The motive for the exhaustive routine? There may very well be an earthquake — even in Tennessee.

“I do all my magnificence work and cleansing my face within the morning as a result of I normally attempt to maintain my makeup on at night time. Because I by no means know if there’s going to be an earthquake or a twister or a storm and I’m going to have to exit within the center of the night time,” she mentioned when requested about her magnificence routine, which incorporates predominately Maybelline and Max Factor merchandise.

Even after a lengthy day, she added, “I don’t like to go residence and simply tear down utterly as a result of my poor husband has to have a look at me.”

The “9 to 5” singer additionally claimed that, even in the course of the pandemic, her routine by no means slipped.

“I don’t put on sweatpants,” she scoffed when requested if she had “embraced” lazy lockdown fashions. “But I do like to be comfy like all people else,” she mentioned, describing her typical “home garments” as “a little dress-like teddy,” with a matching gown if she will get chilly.

“I name them my child garments as a result of they’re mushy like a child. But I don’t put on sweat garments.”

Parton additionally mentioned her huge wig assortment — “I by no means have a unhealthy hair day,” she mentioned — and professed her die-hard blond ambition: “I simply am a blond. That’s simply my nature. It’s me.”

Despite what some might deem an over-the-top routine, Parton insisted that she’s doing precisely what makes her really feel good.

“It’s about being comfy in your individual pores and skin. My personal overexaggerated look got here from a severe place I’ve typically spoken about: the city tramp in our little nation hometown,” she mentioned, recalling a boldly dressed lady from her childhood whom she fondly remembers, regardless of a sure popularity.

“When all people would say, ‘Oh, she’s simply trash,’ I’d say, ‘Well, trash is what I’m going to develop up to be.’ And I assume my look is glamorous trash!”

Besides lately launching a new perfume, “Scent From Above,” not to point out her half in saving thousands and thousands of lives by investing in Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine analysis, the icon mentioned she’s been engaged on songs to uplift listeners.

“By making different individuals attempt to really feel good and elevate them up, it’s lifted me up,” Parton mentioned.