The benefit of age is you discover who you are... you don't worry what people think
| Published date | 27 March 2024 |
| Publication title | Loughborough Echo |
Trinny, who rose to fame as one half of presenting duo Trinny and Susannah (Constantine) on the Noughties makeover show, What Not To Wear, and founded beauty empire Trinny London in her 50s, says she's "more confident" as she enters this new decade - in her skin and herself.
"I feel that I really know who I am. The benefit of age is you really discover who you are. And you don't worry what people think. In my 20s
I definitely didn't have that selfbelief. "I found 50 to be quite a freeing decade, and I find this to be an even more freeing decade."
Although she didn't feel skin confident until the age of 30, after years of suffering from acne, which was "very debilitating - I tried every single thing for my skin", it gave her lifelong passion to figure out what works for her.
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Trinny launched her brand, targeted at women over 35, with make-up in 2017, followed by skincare in 2022. She posts her routines almost daily for her 1.2 million Instagram followers.
She doesn't use the phrase 'antiageing' ("I've got eye wrinkles now and they don't bother me one bit") it's about what suits our skin as we get older. But she is open about the fact she has Botox twice a year, alongside a comprehensive skincare routine.
"I've actually never gone to bed without taking my make-up off.
From my 20s, I've always had a routine which is sort of three or four steps," she reveals, although the active ingredients available now go far beyond the three-step Clinique routine Trinny used back in 1979.
"As much as I do Botox, you know, I've had CO2 laser for my acne scarring, the consistency of my skin is down to ingredients I continually put on my face every day."
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The sheer amount of different active ingredients on the market these days can feel overwhelming, though.
So what's key for her? "Having a very good mixture of exfoliating acids is crucial. I don't particularly love glycolic acid because I find it's a very abrasive acid.
"I love other AHAs [alpha hydroxy acids] like mandelic and malic.
Many women come and say, 'Oh my skin is dry' and I feel their...
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