The extraordinarily gifted Sarah Levy could also be best-known for an epic few years starring because the beloved character “Twyla Sands” on the Emmy-, Golden Globes– and SAG Award–successful comedy collection Schitt’s Creek—however that is one actress who additionally has a stable background relating to what’s good in magnificence merchandise. Levy can at present be seen in Season 2 of SYFY’s drama collection, SurrealEstate (Season 2’s finale is tonight) and a supporting function in Roku’s five-episode vacation collection titled The Vacation Shift. In-between all of it, she caught up with us about what’s stable in skincare.

You might have two large initiatives, one which simply hit, and one which airs the finale tonight. What are you excited to share along with your followers?

Sarah: I like that they’re each vastly completely different. SurrealEstate is unquestionably a departure from issues I’ve carried out up to now, whereas The Vacation Shift is extra on-brand, if you’ll. It’s very thrilling and really enjoyable to have the ability to have two initiatives which might be so completely different going on the identical time. I’m very excited that we’re coming into into our finale of our second season of SurrealEstate. It’s an enormous, very tense episode, which hopefully I believe might be very satisfying for followers.

With The Vacation Shift, who doesn’t love something vacation when it comes time for the holidays? I’m such an avid Christmas-movie watcher, exhibits, and all of that, so to have the ability to be part of this present, which is such a beautiful gifted forged…it was nice. That was one of many issues that drew me to it as nicely…simply seeing everybody work collectively. I used to be fully blown away by everybody’s expertise, comedy chops, and all of that. I’m excited to have everybody get into the Christmas spirit with it.

Wonderful. Proper now, in New York at the least, the vacation events are in full impact.

Sarah: Proper…it’s very complicated, particularly as a result of I’m from Canada—Christmas stuff doesn’t actually begin till December for us. I’ve lived in Los Angeles now for greater than 10 years, and it nonetheless catches me off guard each time Thanksgiving hits. Instantly, it’s like lights up, bushes up, decorations up, all the things simply goes bananas after that weekend. It’s like, “Oh, sure, it’s lastly December.” It at all times sneaks up on me.

Time most definitely flies. Are you the kind of individual that relaxes by the top of the yr or do you’ve rather a lot occurring in December?

Sarah: It actually relies upon. Final yr, once we had been taking pictures SurrealEstate, we had been taking pictures proper up till the 18th, nineteenth, twentieth of December. Typically, it feels extra hectic than I’d prefer to really feel. This yr, we weren’t taking pictures, so now I’ve just a little little bit of time to breathe, time to spend with my husband and my son, prepare for the season, and never simply be residing in chaos, which it felt just like the previous two years.

On to the wonder questions: Is there something that you’ve got used endlessly or something that you just simply found lately that you just actually like?

Sarah: Sure. Oh gosh, the checklist is countless. In relation to skincare and wonder…the merchandise on the market are really countless. I’m such an enormous fan of Joanna Vargas. She actually helped me strip down my regime. I believe I used to be utilizing a lot of issues at one time and she or he simply pared all the things down, moisturizers, serum, face wash. I discovered that the much less product I have a tendency to make use of the higher.

I like Joanna and I’m additionally an enormous fan of SkinCeuticals. I like their stuff.

Lately, I simply purchased a serum from CLEARSTEM. That’s my new I discovery and I’m actually, actually loving that as nicely. I have a tendency to stay to previous classics, however I’ve been branching out just a little bit extra. I like CLEARSTEM. I’ve additionally been making an attempt some Caudalie lotions, which I like as nicely. Hear, I could possibly be bought on actually something, so strolling right into a CVS or a Sephora could be very harmful for me.

You may’t go mistaken with SkinCeuticals. They’ve the very best Vitamin C serum. Are you able to share something you used on “Schitt’s Creek?”

Sarah: Gosh, it was so way back and I’m making an attempt to recollect! However for foundations and stuff we had been utilizing Armani’s Luminous Silk ($69), which I like! We additionally used Charlotte Tilbury Magic Cream ($100) on SurrealEstate, which was nice as nicely. We shot that in Newfoundland, and it was extremely chilly! We additionally used a ton of Susanne Kaufmann.

Her line is gorgeous.

Sarah: Oh my gosh, it’s so good.

It’s very nice. Attempt her physique merchandise—they’re a few of the greatest.

Sarah: Oh my gosh, I haven’t tried. I’ll strive them—that’s nice to know.

My final query: If you moved from Canada to Los Angeles, what did you discover was the largest distinction, beauty-wise, aging-wise, simply anything-wise that was stunning?

Sarah: Oh, man…that’s powerful. In L.A., magnificence and skincare and all of that, feels prefer it’s on the forefront of girls’s minds—particularly within the leisure business. Everyone seems to be in search of the magic.

That was the largest factor that I observed after I first obtained right here…however I believe it’s even greater now, with social media, Instagram and TikTok. Skincare is actually blowing up! Once I converse with a few of my associates who’ve tweens—youngsters who’re 10, 11—their entire Christmas checklist is simply skincare. It’s so unusual. I suppose it’s beginning to change into extra common.

Going again to the unique query, I believe it’s necessary to simply take actually excellent care of your pores and skin—put on sunscreen!