'I love wearing neutral makeup: a little bit of Clinique High Impact Mascara, some blush, and then a colorful lip. I actually just bought a purple lip stain at Sephora—a Chubby Stick from Clinique in Voluptuous Violet. I love it—it’s moisturizing but it’s colorful; it’s perfect. I’d been looking for a really dark wine color, because I saw it in Teen Vogue and I absolutely fell in love with the look. But it’s so hard to find that shade, and when you’re on the street, you kind of have to tone it down a bit… But I wasn’t settling for this one! [Laughs] I tried it on thinking it would go on darker, but it’s actually almost a ‘natural’ purple. It’s wearable purple.

Makeup-wise, I avoid anything heavy because I have good skin in general, and I don’t like feeling weighed down. If I do use makeup, it’s all very light, natural-feeling things. One thing I always, always do is darken my eyebrows—I absolutely love how that looks on someone. I use a Sephora Brow Pencil that’s just a bit darker than my normal eyebrow color.

I don’t have any real problems with my skin, but I do use Lush Aqua Marina face wash with seaweed and aloe vera every day. I love Lush—it’s all natural, no-preservatives stuff. And I have a cream I bought in Korea this summer that uses snail goo—the goo that comes off of snails. It’s so weird, but it was so popular over there that I had to try it. Actually, I was walking down the street and saw this huge poster of models with snails and I was like, ‘What is this advertising???’ Of course I couldn’t read the writing, but I looked closely and it seemed like it was for a Sseal cream, so I went into a store and tried a sample. It was sooo nice, and I had to bring some home. My mom and I both love it. It goes on really smooth and feels rich, it has beautiful packaging, and it smells nice. It’s 60% nail slime—they call it ‘ escargot cream.’ It’s super popular in Korea, and I think it’s catching on here.

I’m also obsessed with Bio-Oil, this really hydrating light-pink oil—but it doesn’t feel oily. It’s light and really soaks into your skin. I think it’s a combination of essential oils, like vitamin E, and it only costs, like, 10 dollars for a bottle. You can get it at the Vitamin Shoppe or a health-food store. I use it to get rid of redness, dark circles—you can use it on scars, too…cuticles, anything.”

—as told to ITG

Apryl Mueller photographed by Emily Weiss in New York on September 17th, 2012. Apryl is wearing an Express top and necklace, and vintage hat from Tokyo.