--- title: Margot Robbie Spoofs American Psycho for Vogue Video description: Margot Robbie channeled 'American Psycho,' Patrick Bateman in a hilarious video as Vogue's cover girl. canonical: https://time.com/4338645/margot-robbie-american-psycho-vogue/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-05-17T16:56:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:32:28.266Z og:title: Watch Margot Robbie Channel Patrick Bateman's Beauty Routine og:description: Meet the Australian Psycho og:url: https://time.com/4338645/margot-robbie-american-psycho-vogue/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Watch Margot Robbie Channel Patrick Bateman's Beauty Routine twitter:description: Meet the Australian Psycho twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Watch Margot Robbie Channel Patrick Bateman's Meticulous Beauty Routine > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 17, 2016 4:56 PM UTC  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang May 17, 2016 4:56 PM UTC Although there’s been [plenty of speculation about her age of late](http://jezebel.com/after-all-that-margot-robbie-is-definitely-25-1776847566), [Margot Robbie](http://time.com/4276753/legend-of-tarzan-margot-robbie-alexander-skarsgard/) has a psychotically perfect beauty routine that would banish even the thought of aging — and she’s shared it with _Vogue_. In a video for the magazine, [the 25-year-old actress](http://time.com/4244539/margot-robbie-ed-sheeran-jimmy-fallon-prince-harry/) channels the most dedicated narcissist of them all, _American Psycho_‘s Patrick Bateman, paralleling [his self-care routine](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGeAMVK75T4) almost exactly, from core workouts to that iconic peel-off mask. In the short clip, Robbie embodies the same chilling gravity that Christian Bale gave to his character in _American Psycho_, in a spoof so believable it’s almost creepy. Some of her most noteworthy beauty secrets include: * she meditates while working on her core, “even though I was born with a six-pack.” * using a deep pore cleansing lotion, although she can’t remember the last time she washed her hair, as it “basically cleans itself now.” * she always uses a small batch placenta-infused facial toner, “for that third trimester glow without the cravings.” You can watch the full clip below. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4338645/margot-robbie-american-psycho-vogue/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4338645/margot-robbie-american-psycho-vogue/"},"headline":"Watch Margot Robbie Channel Patrick Bateman's Meticulous Beauty Routine","datePublished":"2016-05-17T16:56:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:32:28.266Z","description":"No word on whether or not she has to return videotapes","url":"https://time.com/4338645/margot-robbie-american-psycho-vogue/","keywords":["Newsfeed","margot robbie"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4338645/margot-robbie-american-psycho-vogue/","name":"Watch Margot Robbie Channel Patrick Bateman's Meticulous Beauty Routine"}}]}] ```