“I’m very much coming out of my character, coming back into me,” said FKA twigs.

The multifaceted talent — a singer, songwriter, dancer and actress — just wrapped filming Rupert Sanders’ “The Crow,” opposite Bill Skarsgård.

“Today has been really fun, since it’s the primary time that I feel that I’m back to myself,” she added, backstage at a pop-up event for Viktor & Rolf in Los Angeles. She’s the face of the brand’s latest fragrance, Good Fortune.

Beauty is a transformative tool, whether it’s used for filmmaking to embody a task or preforming on stage as a part of a persona. Nevertheless it’s also deeply personal. Finding herself again, FKA twigs had on her “staple, go-tos,” in braids, a lined lip, strong brows and massive lashes. Makeup artist Raoúl Alejandre was behind the look, keeping the skin fresh and glowing. “It’s what makes me feel good.”

FKA twigs, born Tahliah Debrett Barnett, has had a beauty routine since she was a young teen, because of her mom; today, at 34, her face is kept bare through the day (“not a scrap of makeup, not an inch, not a drop,” she said with fun), but for nights out, it’s done up.

“I really like twiddling with makeup,” she said. “I really like experimenting and having a great time, you understand? I placed on some techno and suddenly paint my face.”

In relation to skincare, iS Clinical is a favourite, and he or she swears by Amala Beauty’s “Illuminating Pro-Retinoic Treatment Oil.” For hair and body, her shelves are stuffed with organic, sustainably minded, family-owned goods. “You-can-eat-it level of products,” she said.

On the carpet, she’s playful; often donning different hair styles. And as a performer, she dives into the worlds she creates round her music.

“Throughout my different album eras there’s been very specific looks,” she said.

Within the early days surrounding her debut releases, she often wore a daring lip, big doll-like eye makeup, along with her baby hairs slicked and curled. Then got here “Magdalene,” her second studio album. “It was romantic,” she said of the tour hair and makeup. Created with Daniel Sällström, the inspiration referenced Siouxsie and the Banshees, in addition to “The Red Shoes,” a 1948 film that follows a ballerina (FKA twigs was one herself). Wearing braided cornrows, red lips, her brows feathered, the eye was placed on the eyes: 4 streaks of crimson and black liner, white in between, more crimson on the brow bone and topped with gemstones.

“You realize what? For me, makeup and hair is about reinvention, and I really like also self-referencing,” she said. “So once I wander away, going back into the archives of things that I’ve done and pulling out elements is absolutely fun.”