Trinny Woodall's Best Skin Hacks to Look Fresh-Faced
We know and love Trinny as the queen of the quick glam-over, creating a full face with fingers, no brushes required, and only one product to hand. With no holds barred when it come to beauty, she's happy to go bare face and share the secrets to her glowing skin, Botox and all. And it's clear she loves skincare and knows her AHA's from her BHA's, from incorporating serum ingredients into her tinted moisturiser and under eye concealers to sharing her facial scissoring technique on social.
And when you put all that makeup on, you have to take it off, right? So, expect to see Trinny's face washing tutorials up next, as she launches a duo of Trinny London cleansers that she worked on during the lockdowns – plus wash cloths to use with them. “I wanted to start skincare with cleansers as I feel it's something everyone needs to do properly. It's the foundation of good skin.”
Ahead of the launch, we chatted and literally washed our face on Zoom with Trinny to try out the new luxe cleansing textures, while quizzing the beauty boss on her best cleansing and fresh faced skin hacks. And a warning, it includes washing away the morning ‘witches brew’ and maxing your skincare routine while on the loo! We admire her resolve to never to miss a beauty opportunity and now you needn't either.
You can only get away without cleansing properly for so long…
"I spent my twenties sort of sleeping in my makeup and doing all those shitty things. And I woke up age 30, realising why I had to clean my skin before I even considered any other skincare. Then I became obsessed with what I should use and how I should do it. And I think no matter whatever you do, say you do Botox which I've done for years, if you don't clean your skin every morning and night you'll see it. I can look at people's skin and know how much they clean their skin and if you go down that path, there becomes a tiredness to skin. I don't worry about getting older. I worry about looking in the mirror and feeling tired, which affects my whole day and my energy to do what I want to do. For me, it’s the most important thing that I want to give to people [with the launch of my cleansers], for them to look in the mirror and see energy and vibrancy in their skin again.
Go for the double cleanse
"I have been a double cleanse believer for 30 years, because back when I had very bad skin, I wore a ton of makeup. I had SPF, I had dirt. I lived in the inner city, so I had to get that all off. And I realised when you look at what's left on a cloth and you think, ‘Ok that's off,' it doesn't mean skin is really, really clean, it's just the surface that has come off. So now I need to *actually* clean my skin so that all those actives that I put on afterwards are going to really work.
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