

*This article appears in the Novemissue of New York Magazine. I use a liquid eyeliner now, but for years I just used a black Sharpie.”Ĭlick ahead to see Petra Collins’s portfolio of Rowley’s routine.Īdditional reporting by Katie Van Syckle. “Maybe a little bit of eyeliner, which takes like two seconds, and then I’ll put on sunglasses to get to work and have a minute to get myself together. “I don’t do any makeup before I leave,” says Rowley. Her beauty routine, as a result, is built around speed - she’s out of the shower in less than five minutes. I wake up like I’m shot out of a cannon - it’s totally pedal-to-the-metal until drop-off, which is before 8:40.” Then I make breakfast for my little daughter, shower around 8:25, and I’m out the door by 8:30. Compare Wake up has a similar meaning to wake.


That’s when I set my day I swim and think about what I have to do when I get to the studio. Wake and wake up are verbs which mean ‘stop sleeping or end someone else’s sleep’. “Then I jump in the pool for about half an hour. “I get up around 7:30 and check in with my older daughter to make sure she’s set with breakfast,” she tells the Cut. In this series from Pretty Hurts, Petra Collins photographs six New York women as they prepare for their days.ĭesigner Cynthia Rowley doesn’t sleep much - she goes to bed late and wakes up early.
