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masterofmystery · 10-07-2011, 01:29 PM

Emma Watson's feature in Elle Canada was released online, including a new photo of her from her photo shoot with Tom Munro to promote Lancome. Highlights of it include her interest in taking part in the beauty brand and continuing on as an actress. That can be read below.

“I can’t remember very much of my life when I wasn’t famous,” she explains simply, now settled in London. “I haven’t really known anything different. There have been times when my life was very odd, though. I could come from a day at school when I’d be doing math one minute and then changing into a premiere dress the next."

“I think young people like me are becoming increasingly aware of the humanitarian issues surrounding fast fashion and want to make good choices,” she said. Now, she’s hoping that the feeling spreads. “There are aspects of the fashion industry that can be cruel to the environment,” she explains. “It’s good to encourage people to consider what they are buying.”

Filming the short that announces her as Lancôme’s youngest spokesperson, with Mario Testino, she seized the opportunity to infuse a little Watson-brand girl power. “I wanted the character to be a girl who isn’t waiting for her life to start when a man walks into the room,” she says. “She is someone who is complete in her own right—not waiting for Prince Charming. As I’m growing up, my definition of love is becoming a lot broader. This concept of there being one person for you—while it sounds very romantic, it actually isn’t, in a way. I think love is everywhere, and I don’t think you need to sit around and wait for it to be with one person.”

But, luckily, Watson was able to channel that antsy energy for her role as Sam, an awkward teenager, in next year’s The Perks of Being a Wallflower. “I felt really compelled by her struggle to believe in herself,” she says. “I think it can be confusing at times because there is such a broad definition of what it is to be a woman. It’s hard to navigate your way around that.”

• “I’m English and I have a pale complexion, so I love blush.”

• “In the garden of my father’s house in London, we have jasmine growing on the balcony, so the scent of jasmine always makes me think of summer evenings and being outside.”

• “The funny thing about me is that I have tons of product. I have always loved makeup and its ability to transform, but I don’t actually wear a lot of it myself.”

• “My dad took my family on holiday to the south of France, and we visited a parfumier. I remember my stepmom getting very cross because she thought I was far too young to own my own fragrance! I think I was seven years old, but I still have it.”

• “I love Covent Garden and Soho, which has such a lively, colourful and vibrant atmosphere.”

• “I still have lots of family and friends in Paris. My favourite places are Café de Flore, the Shakespeare and Company bookstore and walking along the Seine.”

Also, nearly a dozen new outtakes from Emma's photo shoot for Marie Claire magazine to promote Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 last fall were released online; those can be found in our galleries.