The celebrity world is finally being honest about cosmetic modifications, but it’s a big play, very late catch-up game with Trinny Woodall. The TV presenter and beauty CEO has always been refreshingly open about her beauty regime, and it’s for one simple reason.
“I think it’s really important not to pretend, because women have a tendency to compare how they feel inside to what they see on the outside,” she says. GH to her Trini London flagship store. “You have a responsibility, if you are someone who is slightly in the public eye, not to do anything to widen that gap.”
So yeah, when she does something that suits her, she’s not going to hold the gate. Trinny’s devoted tribe, currently running at 1.5m, is waiting to hear her thoughts. Instagram and an additional million at the top on Facebook. “I feel this intimacy with women. I will never hesitate to talk about things that I think would be helpful for other women to hear.’
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She is very willing GH about modifications, including those that no longer serve it. “I had fillers under my eyes and about seven years ago they started to show [under the skin]”, he tells us. ‘So I finally got it all off in the last year.’
He also talks very freely about neurotoxin injections, a topic that is often still off limits for many celebrities. “I do Botox but only twice a year – I don’t think you should do it more than that,” she says. “I did What not to wear in my 30s and started botox at 35 mainly because my forehead moved. I was very aware of this because I have a big forehead. Then I didn’t even have lines.’
Looking back, she’s relieved she took a conservative approach. “I’m glad I didn’t do it more often because there were people who did it too many times a year back then and it stopped working for them. Your skin becomes resistant to it,” she says.
He uses Botox along with other occasional major tweaks, such as lasers and radiofrequency microneedling, but believes it should be part of a consistent package. “I think it has a place if you choose to go down that path,” he says. “But the vitality of the skin comes from what you put on it every day.”
Trinny is a very hands-on CEO of Trinny London
“My skin now is so much about the treatment I use, the LED light I use, the FaceGym Pro, the at-home microneedling, the facial fascia exercises I do to lift,” she says, pinching and rolling her cheekbones to demonstrate.
As the founder of Trinny London, she considers herself the brand’s number one grooming guinea pig. Thus, she is the first person to reap the fruits of her lab team’s efforts.
Her latest innovation is directly inspired by the facial redness she developed during menopause, which wasn’t helped by her overzealous testing. “I have thrown everything on my skin. I’ve probably broken the skin barrier over the years, trying 101 products.’ As a result, she had redness on her face – “on my nose, my chin, sometimes red cheeks”.
That, she says, has disappeared since using her new Naked Ambition serum, which combines a slow-release vitamin C with 10% azelaic acid “delivered by exosomes so you have full power. I’ve been using it since March when I had quite a bit of redness and it’s literally gone,” she says, noting that her results echo the product’s clinical trials. 90% saw a difference in skin tone in 14 days. I saw it so quickly. The brightness of my skin has really changed.’
Trinny loves the results she’s had from her new Naked Ambition serum
At 61, she says she’s never felt more confident in her bare skin and has already vowed never to get a facelift. “I don’t think the face is ever the same. There are some amazing facelifts in America. But there’s something about a woman’s face when she’s getting a neck lift or face lift that you look at and think, ‘what is that?’ And there is a kind of strange thickness here, next to the ear.’
Also, if it ain’t broke, why fix it? Trinny perseveres with her skincare, DIY gadgets and modifications, thank you very much, and actively welcomes some of the changes that come with age.
“When I was younger, I had a very, very defined jawline,” she says. “But I had a very square jaw, too square maybe. So, surprisingly, gentle softening [of age] I like it. I’m a little more mellow now, and that’s really nice.”
And if things do soften more than she likes? Easy. She’ll just take her lab team on the case.
*And in case you were wondering if ‘Botox resistance’ is real
It’s absolutely true, injectable neurotoxins like Botox really are box stop working in some cases. “The active ingredient in muscle relaxant injections is a protein, so the body can sometimes recognize it as foreign and develop antibodies. “While this is not common, it is something we see reported in the medical literature, especially in people who have had frequent or high-dose treatments over time,” he confirms. Dr. Jennifer Owensits founder and medical director The Glow Clinic.
More is not always better, he advises. “From any strength standpoint, spacing your treatment appropriately and using the lowest effective dose helps protect the long-term effectiveness of your results.”
