Nicole Kidman on Skin Secrets, Sex, and Her Halloween Costume,Spend 1. Nicole Kidman, and the secrets of her success will become evident be kind, sleep. Throw parties. Dress up. Wear sunscreen. Oh, and posses a charisma so irresistible that not even an extended pitch on the merits of Neutrogena Rapid Wrinkle Repair Regenerating Cream can diminish it. Advertisement Continue Reading Below. Kidman, who reps Neutrogena and does convince me to purchase the brands Sheer Zinc Dry Touch Sunscreen in under 9. Emmy for Best Lead Actress in a Limited Series at the awards over the weekend. The interview has been scheduled so that we can discuss skincare, an in depth conversation that Kidmans poreless complexion deserves. Still, I plan to move on from that chit chat about retinols and then ask hard hitting questions about creative collaboration, roles for women in Hollywood, the provenance of Renata Adlers sweaters. But the minutes tick on, and I cant seem to pivot. Because when Kidman gushes over serums and sunscreens, she sneaks in her own observations on love, her kids, her time, how she feels about sex, age, celebrations, womanhood. RaggedyAnnCookieLand%20back.jpg' alt='Raggedy Ann Books' title='Raggedy Ann Books' />And truly, I shouldnt be surprised. Its that instinct to fill in the picture to shade the details that makes Kidman so good at her job. Its why she wins awards. Its why when I leave her to her pre Emmy ministrations, I feel drunk and a little in love. Advertisement Continue Reading Below. Anyway, its all for the best. Raggedy Ann Andy A Musical Adventure is a 1977 American live actionanimated musical fantasy film directed by Richard Williams, produced by the BobbsMerrill. Mom collected a lot of stuff over the years without trying. She had lots of interests. She passed away last year, and my sisters, good Roodhouse friends, and I. Raggedy Ann Books' title='Raggedy Ann Books' />If I had switched gears, how would we ever know that Nicole Kidman plans to dress up like a sexy rag doll for Halloween How do you feel about the companies that have begun to swap out terms like anti aging for phrases like restorative or radiance boosting Can changing the language brands use affect how women feel about themselves I think what it does is take the focus off the number it just says, I embrace my age, I embrace who I am, Im living my life as fully as I can, and its that simple. Youre going to have wrinkles its about how do you lessen them or repair them or make them so that you feel good about it. I think so much of it is based on that sort of inner sense of health, so that you glow. Probably the biggest compliment someone can give you is, Gosh, you look great. You dont look tired. Particularly as a mom thats the best. Youve talked before about sex and womanhood and how the two affect each other. Has your attitude to them changed at all as youve gotten older I mean, it hasnt. I still feel vibrant and alive that way. Im in a marriage where we put an enormous amount into our marriage. I always say, theres me, theres my husband, and then theres the us, the us that we create. Thats what we really take care of. Adobe Flash Player Dsi Download Play on this page. We never, ever take it for granted. We do everything we can to be together, not to be separated for periods of time. Were just a very, very tight family unit, and were really kind to each other. I think its so underrated people dont appreciate the necessity of that in society now. You know, my husband can make me feel beautiful just by saying something, and that is the loveliest thing. Advertisement Continue Reading Below. Advertisement Continue Reading Below. But are there any treatments or skincare experiments that you look back on and think, God, no matter what, I wish I hadnt done that When I did BMX Bandits, they put pipe cleaners in my hair because they thought it would be like a big fashion moment. I wish they hadnt done that to me. It was ridiculous. It did not look good. But I do think I shouldnt have straightened my hair as much, let it stay curly more. I wish I had just embraced the curl. Youre in the midst of one of the most incredible seasons of your career. Professionally or personally, what do you think youre better at now than you were when you were just starting out Saying no and compartmentalizing things, realizing, I can go to sleep now and deal with this in the morning, which I never used to be able to do. I would be up all night. I just did go, Okay, sleep is important. My time now is important. Ive got to take care of myself. I think a lot of women think, Ill take care of myself last because Im strong and I can take it. Ill just push through. And Ive gotten a lot better at realizing, No, actually, I need to focus on myself now. Especially in these dire times. Women need to be able to separate themselves from the crisis. Yes, I think a lot of women worry because thats the nature of who we are. If youre intuitive and you have a desire for people to be happy and you want equilibrium and you want life to be good, then youll worry. But we need to embrace the idea that, No, Im putting that aside, over there, in a box. Ill open that box when I wake up in the morning and deal with it then. I really find that men tend to do that, and its great to be able to do. And then deal with it then dont not deal with it. But wait. You tend to have more peace. You tend to have more time. And you have more to give because you havent run yourself ragged. Advertisement Continue Reading Below. So, dumpster fires and anxieties aside, what are you really looking forward to Gosh, we have a huge Halloween party, which my kids are looking forward to. We were trying on our Halloween costumes two nights ago, and Im excited about that. We invite a huge number of people huge. And Im all about having more parties. My girlfriend just called me and told me shes going to have a big holiday party in December, and Im like fabulous. More parties I used to be so much more, like, No, no, no, lets just be quiet. And now Im embracing the parties. Can you reveal your costume Im going to be a sort of sexy rag doll. Oh my god, is this a group costume Is everyone going to be a rag doll Yes, not too sexyTasteful, but a little twist. This interview has been edited and condensed. Target Expect More.