Vil says that, when he was 10, he built a secret base in a room where he knew he would be safe no matter what: “All the walls were stone, and had no windows. There were a number of shelves, and just the right lighting.”
Jack asks if the lack of windows didn’t make it gloomy and Vil explains, “contrary-with no direct sunlight, it was the perfect place to give my skin a very much needed break…I can only truly relax when I know there is no chance of UV exposure.”
Vil said he would also do yoga in the room, which he took up when he was a child actor: “I’d also read scripts and work on my acting craft. I could really focus, without paying any heed to the time. It was the place I felt safest in all the world then, hidden away from prying eyes and the sun’s harmful rays.”
Jack asks if Vil stills spends time in the room during breaks from school and Vil says that he doesn’t even live in the house anymore, as they had to move for his father’s work.
Vil: “But it wouldn’t be a bad idea to create a room like that again where I can truly relax. A workshop of sorts, where I can craft my potions and skincare products in peace…I’m hoping to concoct the perfect product tailored exactly to my skin.”
Vil says that he has been formulating his own cosmetics for years, deciding to get more of a background in potionology as a result. Vil says that he received offers from cosmetics producers who hear about his work and want to commercialize it, but he turns them all down as he plans on starting his own brand in the future.
Vil says that skin beautification has been a constant area of research for him, and he normally never uses enchanted skincare products.
Vil also creates his own perfumes, massage oil, and asks Sebek for plants from Briar Valley for use in unspecified personal-care products.
Vil explains that he and his father would often pass the time at home by making their own beauty products and supplements, which they found fun, as they both love health and beauty: “Dad can’t use magic, but he knows a lot about beauty products, so it was a lot of fun creating things together.”
Each member of the VDC team is provided with a set of Vil’s personally formulated skin care products during Book 5, which Rook and Epel also use. Epel says, “he makes other things, too: sunblock, setting powder, lip balm, hand cream…He dumped-ah, I mean, gifted me—a bunch of it.”
Rook has also received special hair oil of Vil’s creation, and while Leona mentions receiving all-in-one face gel from Vil, he does not specify if it was something that Vil made himself.
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