Actress Taylour Paige, who plays Charlotte Hamlin in It: Welcome to Derry, detailed her highly structured and deeply committed personal health regimen in an interview with Women's Health, rejecting the modern obsession that "everything is a hack". Paige, a self-described "supplement girly," begins her morning ritual with hot water and lemon, followed by a tongue scrape to achieve a "fresh palette for the day". She then consumes L-glutamine, utilizing it in powdered form when traveling or by making bone broth, which provides both the L-glutamine and collagen. Her meals are carefully balanced to include protein, "good fat," and some kind of fiber. She also finds the use of castor oil packs "pretty amazing," which involves applying castor oil and a flannel to her belly button, topped with a heating pad.
The actress's dedication to optimizing her well-being was motivated by personal health struggles. Paige identifies as a "recovering endometriosis warrior". Leading up to her surgery, she made a conscious effort to "really just got dialed in" and "changed" her routine to help her body. She believed that because her body was "under so much stress with endometriosis," she needed everything else to be optimal so that her body "could actually heal". She humorously noted to Women's Health that in her character Charlotte’s time, women likely used Crisco for everything, advising modern audiences to "lighten up on Crisco and just put olive oil sis".
Paige confirmed she is a "matcha girl" but not a traditional protein smoothie fan. However, she does have a specific, high-quality protein shake that she relies on, which includes bone broth, collagen protein powder, Greek fat yogurt, and vanilla protein powder. She sometimes adds almond butter and a little honey for sweetness but typically avoids fruit.
Maintaining sanity while working far from home requires proactive effort. While filming Welcome to Derry for nine months, the constant gray sky was "really depressing," leading her to pump vitamin D. She utilized a nearby facility, Light Mind Body, where she sat in a sauna and read every day. Currently, she uses a mat with crystals that charges up and allows her to adjust the intensity, where she reads her Carl Jung.
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Her commitment to physical activity is rigorous; she now works out five to six times a week, incorporating both Pilates and strength training, a step up from her previous schedule of strength training two to three times a week. She revealed that the hardest role she ever trained for was Zola, which required her to work at a strip club for three weeks and learn pole dancing for two months, confirming it "was not easy".
Paige expressed strong reservations about specific wellness trends, telling Women's Health that she is "not into the juice cleanse thing" and avoids the cold plunge. She believes that although cold exposure "seems like it would be really like stimulating and like woo," it is inappropriate for women. According to Ayurvedic and Chinese medicine, women are supposed to protect their wombs and keep them warm, so she simply "don't do the cold plunge".
Her "perfect self-care day" is an elaborate, multi-hour affair. It would start with a three-hour full-body massage, followed by a facial that includes a facial and scalp massage. She would then jump on her trampoline to get her lymphatics moving and sit outside to let the sun hit her back for vitamin D. She would lay on her crystal mat, perhaps to journal, and conclude with an infrared sauna session, making sure to complete it "before you eat". She also enjoys icing her face.
Taylour Paige is diligent about health maintenance, scheduling regular doctor’s appointments, including pap smears and blood work. She also sometimes receives infusions. She gets a facial once a month and tries to receive a massage once a week, or at least every two weeks, though this is currently challenging with a 5-month-old baby. While she previously needed ten hours of sleep pre-baby, she acknowledges that the "endurance of the lack of sleep" in motherhood is incredible. She also gets a mani-pedi maybe every two weeks, having recently discovered Russian manicures which are advertised to last longer.
She admits to doing "the extra shit that is maybe unnecessary" but feels "very blessed and privileged to be able to afford it now". Concluding her thoughts on wellness with Women's Health, Paige stressed that after years of being neglectful to herself, she now takes this life seriously, feeling that every day is "a day earned" which she doesn’t want to squander.
