I might say the primary half of my profession, I used to be actually too afraid to come clean with what I wished to do. And then the second half, I used to be simply loving carrying that eyeliner. Some years it was simply on high; some years it was high and backside. I might simply go all out. Mascara [was key], and likewise discovering a forehead I may put on full-time that, regardless of how exhausting I wiped, it wouldn’t transfer. And then lips: Eventually, I’d simply put on a lip coloration to offer me some kind of coloration on the court docket.
Millions of individuals could possibly be watching your remaining, and that’s the one time they’ll see you. So I’m attempting to determine a option to finest signify myself. That’s my red-carpet second.
You mastered the post-match reset. How do you describe that ritual?
I might have all the pieces that I wanted in my package: a bit concealer, mascara, some blush, an eyebrow, clearly a lip. Sometimes my lip was my blush, if I used to be in such a rush. Imagine: You get off of a match. You need to take away your tape, bathe, and do your make-up all in 10 or quarter-hour. Time was of the essence earlier than you’d present up at your press convention. It was actually intense.
I had it all the way down to a science—simply apply, rub, easy. Next, subsequent, subsequent. It bought simpler within the second half of my profession as a result of I might have already got my eyeliner and mascara on from the match. Sometimes I might combine my basis and a few solar cream collectively, and I might simply have that on. I like what we created at Wyn Beauty—I actually wished to get our pores and skin tint proper. Another factor that was tremendous essential to me was the liner. Getting that waterproof and clear wasn’t straightforward in any respect. I actually watch what I put in my physique, and I actually watch what I wish to placed on my face now. Some of the merchandise, they stated it was going to be too tough or take an excessive amount of time. But we have been like, “We’re not in a rush. We can wait a year or two—whatever it takes.”
Tell me in regards to the model’s signature chartreuse—the apparent, the metaphorical?
The apparent tie is certainly the tennis ball. The not so apparent: The motive I didn’t proceed to play tennis is I wished to develop my household. But I didn’t just like the phrase retirement. I used to be sort of evolving. So it’s like my tennis ball sort of advanced into this magnificence [line], simply bringing that championship mentality [into] on a regular basis life. Active magnificence for on a regular basis individuals to have the ability to use each single day and nonetheless really feel superb—that’s what I wished to champion. There’s extra to the story than simply the tennis ball inexperienced.
On the heels of the athleisure wave, “active beauty” is an attention-grabbing phrase. What does lively appear to be for you nowadays?
My day began right now at 7:30 a.m. I awoke late. “Mom, we slept in.” And I used to be like, “Yeah, we did. Let’s get up.” So being lively goes all day. I’m not going to have a possibility to be again residence till the tip of the day, when it’s time for me to make dinner. I don’t have time to simply do self-care. This is actual life, when all the wonder and the glitz and the glam comes off. I don’t have time to have a full-on face of my superb red-carpet make-up that I might like to have. It additionally isn’t reasonable for me to point out as much as a grocery retailer like that.
This is Wyn Beauty: You can win in it and you may be lively all day, like I’ve been. I can go do grocery runs; I can do toy runs if I wish to. I can go decide up my daughter from college, and I’ve my face on. It’s an on a regular basis look, nevertheless it nonetheless has full protection. It nonetheless has longevity and it’s clear. That’s what I imply by lively. You don’t need to be a world-class tennis participant. I imply, you could be, by the best way. [Laughs.] But on a regular basis lives of on a regular basis individuals are so lively.
This interview has been condensed and edited for readability.