However, her love for lipgloss and lashes began even earlier than that.

Her mother was thefoundation pun intended of what started a lifelong love of makeup.

Yet, the young star didn’t want to listen.

Janel Parrish, close-up

When it comes to contouring, “blend it upwards,” Parrish said.

“Because I feel like a lot of us blend down.”

“It’s just changed my life,” she confessed.

Janel Parrish sitting at a makeup table

“I love that trick.”

Another tip that Parrish has picked up is layering two different mascaras.

“I’m obsessed with all of the L’Oreal ones,” she admitted.

Janel Parrish talking in a video chat

“Sunscreen,” she told us.

“Because we got to protect that skin.”

“I always have big purses.

I’m always on the go,” Parrish told us.

Because of that, her makeup bag suffers.

“All of my makeup falls to the bottom of my bag and just breaks,” she lamented.

Fortunately, Parrish found an easy solution to help save her poor eyeshadow palettes.

“Ziploc accessory bags,” she revealed.

In fact, they were the official accessory at New York Fashion Week this year.

“It’s just like a jazzier version of me, which is really fun,” she shared.

In those cases, her makeup still needs to be unbreakable.

“Makeup is all about expressing yourself,” Parrish added.

“So that’s what’s really fun about it.”

Janel Parrish has partnered with Ziploc to help launch the company’s newZiploc Accessory Bags.