In so many ways, Nicole Richie defined the 2000s. Alongside her childhood best friend, Paris Hilton, she became a pioneer of reality TV in 2003 with The Simple Life, where the party girls traded blingy Los Angeles for rural Arkansas. After five seasons, the duo moved on—having paved the way for the Kardashians, the Housewives, and the Bachelors. Daughter of the musicians Lionel Richie and Brenda Harvey-Richie, Nicole went on to write two books and launch the jewelry brand House of Harlow 1960. Now, married to Joel Madden and the mother of two teenagers, she’s back in the reality spotlight with Paris & Nicole: The Encore, a three-part series that finds the pair revisiting Arkansas—and trying to write an opera. To celebrate this cultural moment, Richie shares her simple nighttime routine.
WHEN DO YOU START GETTING READY FOR BED?
Emotionally, I start getting ready at seven P.M. Physically, I like to be in bed by 10 o’clock. But I start shutting down in the sense that … the shop is closed. My brain starts going a little sideways at about 7:01.
