“It was actually a dream of mine and my makeup artist [Melissa Hernandez] to work with Armani; since day one, we always said that was our dream,” recalls Sweeney, who has worked with Hernandez for six years. “My makeup journey was really rough until I met her—she changed my life.”

Hernandez initially introduced her to Armani’s renowned Luminous Silk Foundation, which she has worn since that fateful day. “I stopped breaking out from makeup because of it, and I started experimenting with more Armani products,” she said.

Sweeney, a lifelong lover of the brand, is still adjusting to the fact that she is working with them—and will be one of those familiar faces at the airport in her hometown of Spokane, Washington. The ultimate pinch-me moment occurred while she was filming the campaign video in a secret location.

(She subsequently admits it was Morocco after asking the Armani team if she was authorized to say so, laughing, “I feel like my whole life has slowly become an NDA; I never know what I can say or not”). Sweeney and Hernandez exchanged glances on the first day of shooting and both burst into tears. It symbolized how far they had come together.