Jennifer Coolidge Had A Spray Tan And Ended Up In Hospital

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Jennifer Coolidge Had A Spray Tan And Ended Up In Hospital

It turns out that the set of The White Lotus was equally as chaotic off screen as it was on. For anyone who watched this month’s Emmys, you’d likely remember one of the evenings highlights: Jennifer Coolidge. Nabbing herself an award for her role as HBO’s Tanya McQuoid, the actress told the crowd, “I took a lavender bath tonight right before the show and it made me swell up inside my dress.”

Though in the moment this confession felt slightly random (albeit hilarious) we’ve now got a little bit of context, and it turns our Jennifer has been battling quite the string of allergic reactions to beauty products, in particular fake tan. In fact, one recent reaction was so severe it landed her in the ER.

The story behind Jennifer’s allergic reaction…

Speaking with Allure, Jennifer recalled her very memorable first day at work. “I didn’t want to look like a big, white marshmallow on the beach in Hawaii,” she said, speaking of her arrival to The White Lotus set. “So I got a spray tan.”

A pretty standard chain of events, until, “I got on the plane and I started to feel really weird. By the time I got off the flight, I had to go to the emergency room,” she recalled.

Unfortunately for Jennifer, her sensitivities to cosmetic products didn’t stop there. As soon as the cameras would stop rolling, Jennifer would have to be diligent with her makeup removal to avoid a flare-up. “The minute we stopped filming I would shower,” she said. “I have such a quick reaction to stuff.”

This sequence of allergic reactions (which have supposedly only begun over the last five or six years) led Jennifer down a path of being more mindful of the ingredients she’s using on her skin and seeking out cleaner alternatives.

“Even the clean brands are not all the way clean. They still have things in them that shouldn’t be in there. You realise it’s maybe not good for our health to be using all that stuff.”

Some of her favourites? Westman Atelier and RMS were both touted by the actress for their foundation formulations.

Westman Atelier Vital Stick ($102, MECCA) and RMS Beauty “Un” Cover-Up Cream Foundation ($78 at MECCA)

Have you ever had an allergic reaction to a beauty product? If so, what was it and what happened?

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