Kate Bosworth has had quite the summer. First, there was Bali, where she managed to disconnect entirely. “I actually deleted the email and text icons from my phone,” she says of her attempts to unplug from the Los Angeles scene. “There’s just the jungle, and a hotel I’d always wanted to stay at called the Hanging Gardens of Bali,” name checking the ne plus ultra of island luxury. “Then we went to the monkey forest,” she laughs. “There’s this big sign, with a person looking a monkey in the eyes, and a big cross through it. It was like a horror movie,” and she mock screams. “I bought a bunch of bananas, and I turn around and there a ten monkeys galloping up to me!”

Needless to say, dear reader, she survived the onslaught of fruit hungry primates. And then: “From Bali we flew to the Venice Film Festival, with Mrs. Prada,” she says. If ever there was a more delicious sentence, do let us know. During the festival, Miu Miu present a series of short films made by women (in conjunction with the label), known as the ‘tales’ and also featured a series of women in the industry in conversation with each other.

Here, Kate and her makeup artist Beau Nelson, discuss the pleasures of Mrs. Prada, film festival fashion, Kate’s secret skin remedies, and her necessities for getting ready both on and off the red carpet.

BEAU NELSON, MAKEUP ARTIST