Andie MacDowell Reveals Her Favorite Beauty Products — and Why She Prefers a ‘Very Simple’ Makeup Look (Exclusive)

Andie MacDowell is sharing some of the go-to products in her makeup lineup — and explaining why “simple” is her preference when crafting her own glam.

“I love an eyebrow pencil. L’Oréal Paris makes a wonderful eyebrow pencil,” MacDowell tells PEOPLE at L’Oréal Paris’ Women of Worth celebration on Nov. 21. “They have a new blush that’s a cream blush. I prefer a cream blush. Their mascara is fantastic.”

The Four Weddings and a Funeral star, 66, also provided a look into her makeup routine. 

“When I do my own makeup, it’s very, very simple — though I do like a smokey eye,” MacDowell says. “I quite often do it with a little bit of purple because it brings out the green in my eyes.”

MacDowell, in general, finds getting to experiment with color and product exhilirating.

“I enjoy wearing makeup,” the L’Oréal Paris spokeswoman says. “So much fun. And that is one of the perks. We get to play with colors and lipstick and all of that.” 

While chatting with PEOPLE, MacDowell also opened up about dealing with Hollywood body standards, saying that she finds the turmoil many women put themselves through exhausting.

“I did a fitting and the dress was really tight around my waist. It looks so good, but I woke up and I just knew it was not the right thing for me to do,” she recounts. “I wanted to wear something that was comfortable. And, of course, immediately I shamed myself for not being able to fit into this dress.”

“But that’s Hollywood,” she says. “It’s this expectation, like you see in [daughter Margaret Qualley’s movie The Substance], to be something that you can no longer be and that was easier at a certain time in your life, but I can’t. I’m too old to starve myself for five pounds, nonstop. I just can’t do it anymore.”

Instead, MacDowell has other things to focus on. 

She says: “I want to learn about birds and I want to walk on the beach and I want to be smart and I want to read books. I want to work out, but I don’t want that to be the only thing.”