Frownies In The News
#39: Rene Russo: "Believing You're Not Good Past A Certain Age Is Definitely Not Beautiful."
Rene Russo uses Frownies to help keep her forehead lines at bay.
The former-model-turned- Hollywood's-go-to- "older"-babe, insists of the little patches that were invented more than a century ago, "they have adhesive on one side, like a glue. You lick that side, separate your crease, put it on the crease, and sleep with it. And the next morning you look better. I swear by them." (Pssst. You can get 144 of them for $16.95 at your local drug store.)
Any other golden nuggets to share Rene? (I'll take mine with a side of ranch and a Heineken, please...)
"The best thing you can do is not smoke. Period," she says. "And if you stay in the sun, forget about it. You're gonna age, big time. So put on sunscreen, quit smoking, and limit your alcohol. Those are the biggest killers for your skin."
Um, let's take a pass on the Heine.
"Also, I drink lots and lots of water," continues the former Disneyland employee, "I swear I've seen a noticeable difference in my skin. I also drink one cup of green tea every morning, and it really gives my skin a glow."
That's not to say that the 52 year-old, who was discovered at a Rolling Stones concert when she was 17, is uber-paranoid about her skin, wrinkles or aging in general. As she told Good Housekeeping, "A lot of women just don't seem to be able to accept their age," she observes. "And they're desperate to look how they did in their twenties and thirties. You know what? It's never gonna happen. You have to make peace with getting older, and just get smart. If you begin to believe you are not good past a certain age, you end up scared and insecure. That is definitely not beautiful."
Wow. Amazingly pragmatic advice from someone who used to pay the bills by looking good.
"There are different kinds of beauty," she continues. "There's the beauty my daughter had at seven; there's the beauty that runway models have at twenty. And then there's the beauty that comes from being older, being truly happy with yourself, and being enriched by all you've experienced. Let's see a nineteen-year-old supermodel top that."
And, me thinks she's on to something...
As a clearly still-mesmerized Stephen Elliot extolled in Esquire last year, "I was taken first by her beauty. It wasn't that she looked young; she looked her age, but she looked it well. She had olive skin, red hair, a straight back, and a confident nose. She was three inches taller than me. She knew presidents and the people who made them. She knew secrets; she knew who knew the secrets. She was sexier than a woman could ever be in her twenties."
Source: RealSelf
