RHONY’s Eboni K. Williams Opens Up About Her Struggle With ‘Severe’ Acne: ‘It Impacts Your Whole Life’

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Eboni K. Williams loves a good face beat more than anyone — just take a look at her confessional looks. But her relationship with makeup has come pretty full circle over the years.

The 38-year-old Real Housewives of New York City star exclusively told Us Weekly that she found herself “dependent” on a full face of foundation in her late tweens and early twenties as she was battling “severe” acne. “It’s been a journey for me,” she said. “Anybody that’s suffered with it [acne] or continues to suffer with it will tell you how it really impacts your whole life.

It’s very difficult to feel good in this world — especially in this Instagram world — when you don’t feel good about the skin your in.” “I wouldn’t go to the grocery store without a full face,” the Revolt cohost recalled. “That just felt really debilitating.” After struggling for years and trying everything from Accutane, an oral treatment for severe acne, to Retin-A, a dermatological prescription, Williams was turned onto SkinCeuticals.

And armed with a stellar routine, she finally got her breakouts under control. “Getting my skin to a place where I’m confident walking out with just some moisturizer on and feeling as beautiful as I do with a full face has been a process,” she revealed. “I love makeup and I love glam, but it starts really at the foundation of the skin.