Just after winning the 2024 Paris Olympics––a gold within the Women’s Artistic Team All-Around and first individual bronze for her floor routine––gymnast Jordan Chiles’s race to the highest didn’t stop (or start) at the rostrum. From the Team U.S.A. French suggestions she competed in to her full glam makeup moment on the bars, the medalist also played into what the media dubbed the “beauty Olympics” which, in response to her fans, earned her one other gold. 

Leading as much as the games, constructing a skin-first beauty routine was at the highest of her busy training schedule. “Once I’m within the gym and really working hard for hours a day, I are likely to keep my makeup routine light and simple,” Chiles tells ESSENCE. “This yr, before I left for Paris, I actually put focus into my skincare routine.” In a recent Vogue Beauty Secrets video, the gymnast is seen using Fenty Skin Total Cleans’r to assist manage her oily skin before applying the Bliss Bright Idea Vitamin C Serum.

With the serum formulated to cut back hyperpigmentation, the Afro-Latina Olympian explains her difficult history with the skin concern. In response to the NIH, energetic melanin together with inflammation––often attributable to pimples––can lead to discoloration and scarring which disproportionately affects darker skin tones. No matter her gravity-defying gymnastics stunts, using skin-first products in her routine was a must before the Olympics. “I knew I used to be going to be on TV, and I desired to feel and look my best,” Chiles says.

Then, she entered the Olympic Village. “If I’m competing, or if certainly one of my girls on Team U.S.A. is competing, I’ll do a full glam look,” she says. A step up from her no-makeup makeup mascara and eyebrow gel during practice, Chiles added a stylistic white and black eyeliner, concealer and a dark red lip to compete in. “It took me some time to essentially love my beauty, love my skin, and love makeup,” she says. “Through the years of competing and realizing how fun it’s to play with my makeup, I cannot live without my full glam days now.”

As a can’t miss detail in her glam look, “nails have change into such a fun thing that me and my teammates do,” she says. “For probably the most part, all of us have our nails done with fun designs, colours, and yes, we do have long nails sometimes,” she says, as fans questioned how she flips in nail extensions. While three-time Olympic gold-medalist Simone Biles and two-time bronze-medalist Suni Lee showed off their white oval French suggestions on the games, Chiles stamped her Frenchies in patriotic colours with a textured tip. “Before big competitions and particularly before the Olympics, I wish to get a fresh set and produce out my personality on my nails.”

Now, straight off her first Olympic win, she celebrates her success by leaning into recovery. “I cherish being a part of this moment with every brand I’ve collaborated with, as they’ve helped me deepen my understanding of beauty,” she says, partnering with Bliss World for this yr’s games. “Right away, [that means] ensuring I’m caring for myself physically, emotionally, and mentally.”