between 10 and 11 [laughs], not early.

Hey Vanity Fair,

this is Dove Cameron,

coming to you live from my home in Los Angeles,

and this is everything that I do in a day.

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My days when I'm not in quarantine are really varied.

I have the kind of job

where sometimes I have one thing to do

and it's like a meeting across town,

and some days I have nine things

that are completely back to back.

Some days, you don't work for three or four days,

and then there are times

when you work everyday for nine months [laughs]

doing 16 hour days.

And when I'm on set,

my days are pretty regimented.

I like to wake up,

shower in the morning every morning,

and feel fresh and good.

Get a coffee [laughs]

so that I can have it on the ride to work.

Usually just throw on sweats or whatever's nearby

because you're gonna be wearing another character's clothes

in an hour or two anyway.

I spend around two hours in hair and makeup,

and I have my breakfast while I'm there,

and my coffee,

and I'll have these little under eye patches,

usually start in hair.

And then I'll go get dressed and I'll ride to set,

and then, when you're on set,

your kind of on set.

There's nothing really to be doing,

so I'll usually bring a book or my journal

and my headphones.

But I also love to talk to my castmates

and things like that,

and then, over lunch,

I set that time aside to be doing me time.

I'll either take a nap or I'll watch a show on Netflix,

or I'll read or I'll journal,

just so I can feel some kind of private time.

Right now, I am at home,

like most of us hopefully are,

and my routine if I'm not on set

or doing something that relocates me,

my at home life is pretty much the same.

The alarm will go off

and I'll snooze it for a good 1/2 an hour.

And then, if I have something

I'm particularly waking up for,

I can pretty easily roll out of bed

and go straight to the living room and start my life.

But if I don't,

then I will check my phone.

I'm a firm believer that we as human beings

are not meant to be as involved

in everybody else's lives as we are,

and I feel like we're meant to

really focus on ourselves more.

On the days where I do,

I'll stay in bed for live five minutes,

mostly check my emails and things like that,

but I will check Instagram.

It's funny, I'm such a big skincare person,

but I'll probably go straight to the living room

and I'll start my day with a big, massive jug of water.

Either a liter of water,

if I'm being really crazy,

or I have this reusable Starbucks cup.

There's something about if you have caffeine

before your natural body energy is created,

then it [beeps] up your cycles

and it just makes you more tired throughout the day.

So these days,

I try to do that.

I try to have a ton of water.

I'm a big supplement person,

so I'll have a lot of supplements that are like,

"Take these on an empty stomach,"

and I'll start my day like that.

And then, I'll go make breakfast around 11, maybe 11:30.

I'm the breakfast person during quarantine.

We divvied up the meals,

so I do breakfast and lunch,

because they're easier,

and then he does a big dinner,

he being Thomas,

he's over there somewhere.

I'll make something like brown rice cakes with avocado,

I'll mash up some avocado,

put in salt and pepper and chili pepper flakes.

And then, I'll put either some smoked salmon

or I'll fry up an egg or something like that.

I have to start my day with something really salty,

I think I must have a salt deficiency or something.

Then, I'll have my coffee,

and then, after that,

I'll have the rest [laughs] of my supplements that are,

"Take these on a full stomach," supplements.

I take a number of supplements.

I take collagen supplements,

omega-6 fatty acid fish oil pills.

I'll do something immune boosting like a B6 or a B12,

just stuff to feel my best.

And then, I'll take vitamin E

because it's really good for your skin,

your bones and your joints,

and things like that.

I'm a big oil person,

I'm big at keeping my body oily,

as sexy as that sounds.

After I've allowed myself kind of an hour to wake up,

because I'm really sensitive,

so I need my protected hour before I begin my day,

probably around 11:30,

I'll sit down in the living room.

I can't keep lists on my phone

because if I do,

I feel like it just leaves my brain.

So I'll go to the lists on my phone

with this massive list of things that I have to do

by this day,

or work that I have to get done,

or contracts I have to sign or scripts I have to read.

And lately, Thomas has been trying to get me

to do specific times

because I get really overwhelmed really easily [laughs].

So he's like,

"If you just block it out to specific times

"then you'll feel more chilled."

And then, I'll start,

I'll start my work,

which is, a lot of the time it's maybe a video

for an outlet,

or the other day,

we did a spread for a magazine.

We shot that at home.

Or I'll have a self-tape audition for a role,

or I have to do something promotional for music.

There's lots of things.

Probably after I've done a few things like that,

that's when I'll remember

that I have to take care of my skin.

So around 12:30 or one, even,

kind of after I've given myself a chance to wake up,

I'll go to my bathroom

and I'll wash my face with this unbelievable,

I'll never stop talking about how great it is,

Shu Uemura oil cleanser.

It's this anti-oxy oil based purifying cleanser,

and it's in this big green bottle.

I've not used anything else for like two years now.

I do a serum,

and I kind of change up my serums the most.

I'm using this Clarins two in one.

I've never used Clarins before,

but it's a really great serum.

It's this amber colored serum.

And then I will use a Barbara Sturm serum,

which is great,

I love Barbara Sturm products.

And I'll give myself a second to brush my teeth with,

I just got this cute toothbrush,

I'm obsessed with toothbrushes.

I think it's called quip.

It's super small and really lightweight,

and it comes with its own little case,

and I'm a major germophobe

so I was really excited about that [laughs].

And it's also electric,

and I was like,

you're for me.

Then I'll layer on a bunch of moisturizer

and finish off with some vitamin E oil,

just tap it in,

let it live on my face for a while.

And around that time,

I feel like it's maybe 2:30 or three,

when I hit a stopping point with getting things done

and I start to feel like

I could use another cup of coffee [laughs].

I love my espresso machine so much,

and I didn't use it until this lockdown

because I was such a Starbucks person,

but I bring you reusable cups often.

Now that I can't do that,

I've learned the value of having your own espresso machine.

The second I learned how to work it,

because it looks really scary,

I was like,

"Oh, I'm an adult now, it's official."

And then, like I said,

I'll start on lunch,

which mostly has devolved into just sandwiches.

Now I make Thomas these massive triple sandwiches.

I'll toast the bread,

I'll do three slices of bread,

and I'll put this stuff on it that he likes,

it's called Nandos spicy mayo.

I'll layer it on really thick,

and then I'll do turkey or chicken,

and then some Swiss cheese,

and then I'll put another piece of bread in the middle

and I'll double layer it with the spicy mayo on either side.

And then, on the other side,

I have my produce,

and I'll do chopped tomatoes,

lettuce, and he really likes jalapeños,

so I'll throw jalapeños on there.

And so, I cut it in diagonals

and that's his lunch everyday.

And then, for my lunch,

I feel like I get way less creative.

I'll have a hard boiled egg and some toast myself,

or I'll throw more things on rice cakes

or something like that.

Sometimes I make myself a PB&J

because there's nothing better.

After I've made lunch,

I'll usually deliver it to him first.

I mean, admittedly,

we'll probably watch The Office

for a good two or three episodes.

But in that time,

I am still being productive.

It's so funny,

I give myself this long list of things that I need to do,

but I'm also highly aware

of how toxic productivity culture is.

I have to be like,

"Okay, in this time,

"I'm putting my phone away,

"I'm just gonna watch TV for an hour and a 1/2,

"or I'm just gonna sit out on the balcony for a little bit

"and just chill."

And that can mean anything,

that just means whatever I want that time to be,

and not what I think I should be doing,

but just, what do I need right now?

Do I need to have V8 juice?

Guys, I'm a really big fan of V8 juice.

I even found my baby journal the other day

from what my parents kept when I was little,

and it even says,

from when I'm like a year and a 1/2 old,

we can't get you away from the V8 juice,

and it's the same now.

When we went on quarantine,

I came home and Thomas got me

seven big liters of V8 juice,

and I was like,

"I'm set, it's all I need."

Lately, Thomas has been playing guitar,

so we'll sit around and I'll kind of hum along

to whatever he's doing.

Or I'll organize my photos on my phone,

or I'll learn a little bit of French.

I've really been wanting to improve my French skills

in this time.