It’s a superb week to be Michelle Monaghan. Episode 5 of “The White Lotus” has had everybody abuzz since airing Sunday evening, with Monaghan’s character Jaclyn caught in one of many episode’s main cliffhangers. Within the midst of speaking concerning the present, Monaghan was additionally celebrating her first magnificence marketing campaign, for U Magnificence. After the information was introduced earlier within the day, the actress was readily available at The Mark Lodge Tuesday night for a celebratory dinner hosted by U Magnificence’s Tina Craig and Katie Borghese.
“I’m so enthusiastic about this marketing campaign,” stated Monaghan, sporting a pale pink Khaite slipdress. “I’ve been a longtime fan of their merchandise and it simply felt like we had been all aligned by way of what our magnificence requirements are and what our targets are.”
Framing the eating room had been a number of blown-up photos from the marketing campaign, which Monaghan stated was a little bit “surreal” to stroll into.
“I can say that I’ve by no means actually loved taking a look at myself a lot,” she stated. “They actually did such a stupendous job.”

Contained in the U Magnificence x Michelle Monaghan dinner.
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Whereas on set in Thailand taking pictures “The White Lotus,” Monaghan particularly relied upon U Magnificence’s resurfacing compound, which she known as her “holy grail” product.
“It helps lighten my darkish spots and a few of my solar harm and texture of my pores and skin. It brightens my pores and skin, which was truly a extremely key element in Thailand as a result of it was so sizzling there. It was actually laborious to put on make-up so I wished my pores and skin to be wholesome. So the resurfacing compound was pretty,” she stated. “It provides me a pleasant glow.”
The remainder of her Thailand magnificence routine included consuming a number of water and making use of bug spray, however she additionally integrated U Magnificence’s lip plasma into her character Jaclyn’s wardrobe.
“I exploit the common lip plasma, however for my character, I selected it in rose. She likes to make an announcement,” Monaghan stated.
The room buzzed round her as she chatted with response to Sunday’s episode, which noticed Jaclyn seduce a person she’d beforehand been encouraging her pal Laurie to go for.
“I’m listening to by the grapevine that there are two completely different faculties of thought. There’s lots of people who’re like, ‘Go Jaclyn, go get yours.’ After which there’s one other faculty of thought the place Jaclyn broke lady code with Laurie,’” Monaghan stated. “All of us knew that that was going to spark dialog. And I believe that we’ll see the way it all form of pans out [in] episode six. However I believe Jaclyn sincerely wished Laurie to hook up and have a good time and deserved it. I believe Jaclyn is the kind of individual that wants lots of exterior validation, and he or she wasn’t getting it. She was getting a little bit bored. She went out, had some enjoyable, hit the ‘f–okay it’ button and was considering, ‘I’m going to inform the ladies about it within the subsequent morning.’ I don’t assume she seems like she’s executed something unsuitable — however we’ll see how the women really feel.”

