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Plus, her thoughts on aging and her best beauty advice.
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Each year, the brand gives ten non-profit leaders $25,000 to use in supporting their charitable causes.
And each year, Mirren is blown away by the women she gets to meet.
And how incredibly organized and proactive and powerful women can be.
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Notalways, but can be," she tells Byrdie.
About Her Skin
“My skin’s pretty good.
Surprisingly good, actually.
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I have to say, I’m probably a sort of Viking.
So I do have very fine skin.
And I’m very jealous of that beautiful [strong, thick] skin.
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“I do everything that I’m not supposed to do.
I do sit in the sun, because I love having a bit of a sun tan.
I probably don’t treat it nearly as well as I should, but it’s pretty good.
It behaves itself in general.”
I know, because being an actor you have to get made up every day.
So you know how it’s all reacting.
“I’m not someone who’s incredibly knowledgable about those sorts of things.
I don’t often have afacial.
Quite rarely, really.
Maybe once a year, if that.
For some reason, I love that.”
I don’t really think that I wash my face…
I put a bit of moisturizer on, honestly, and that’s it.
“I always moisturize when I go to bed, and then I always moisturize in the morning.
It just makes me feel better.”
There’s a couple of L’Oreal products at the moment that I’m really enjoying.
I do love theirMidnight Cream.
Actually, at the moment, that’s my go-to at night.
I like anEpsom salt bath.
It’s a good thing.”
Her Best Skincare Advice
“Don’t smoke.
Don’t smoke and don’t drink too much, either.
But better not, in general.
“Oh, and pomegranate juice!
As pure as possible.”
We want to look great.
Where’s the stuff specifically for us?
I mean, it’s a lot better now than it used to be.
I’ll tell you.
As a 40 year old you’re looking at it and going, ‘Who are you trying to kid?
I’m never gonna look like that by buying a foundation.
Why are you treating me like an idiot?’
So I used to get cross with the whole thing.
“It really is catching up big time, but it’s still got a little way to go.
And that’s changed, obviously.
“I’ve witnessed a lot of change, which is great.
And I still think we’ve got further to go in that whole process.
I mean, [take] the whole process ofmenopause, for example.
The way your skin changes, your temperature changes.
Why not market things specifically for that?
There’s an awful lot of women out there experiencing the same thing.”
