Model Jerry Hall, 58, has a first person essay on The Daily Mail which is all about her beauty routines and fashion tips. We previously heard from Jerry about a month ago, when she admitted that she still has vices that are tied to premature aging including smoking, tanning and drinking wine. In her new essay, she expands on her beauty tips, and they include never wearing elastic pants (or else you can’t tell if you’ve gained weight), staying classy with fashion, and slathering olive oil on her hair and skin once a week. She also freely admits dyeing her hair, and swears off plastic surgery, saying that “I’m going to try to grow old gracefully instead.” Hall wrote the article to help promote her partnership with TK Maxx (The European branch of TJ Maxx) and their Give Up Clothes For Good campaign, which donates proceeds to Cancer Research UK. You can read the full article here, and below are some excerpts:
Why she doesn’t cut her hair
you won’t find me suggesting that a woman should cut off her hair when she reaches a certain age. My long, blonde hair has been my trademark ever since I started modelling in the Seventies, when I was scouted sunbathing in St Tropez.She still dyes her hair
The other big decision is whether to go grey or to keep reaching for the dye bottle. I love the look of grey streaks in hair — on someone else. But I’ve been colouring my hair blonde since I was 14, and I don’t see any reason why I should stop now.Her tip for keeping hair healthy
At work, my hair takes a lot of punishment from hot rollers and curling tongs, but the olive oil keeps it beautifully shiny.On Sunday nights I massage it in, like my mother taught me, tuck my hair under a shower cap, tie a scarf over it and leave it as long as I can.
Never wear beige
When it comes to clothing, I’ve got one really hard and fast rule: never wear beige. That’s such an old-lady colour. Having said that, I think that the colours I choose these days are a bit softer than they used to be.Don’t wear anything with an elastic waist
Another rule is never, ever to wear anything with an elasticated waist — jogging pants are only for jogging. That’s the beginning of the end: you won’t know when your waistline starts expanding and it’s time to cut out desserts.Dress classy, not sexy
At my age, though, you want to look classy, rather than as if you’re trying too hard to be sexy. I was famous for my legs, but when she was a teenager my daughter Georgia, 22, told me my mini-skirts were too short, so I auctioned them off for charity at Sotheby’s.These days, my skirts don’t go higher than a couple of inches above the knee, and that’s with opaque tights underneath.
She’s anti plastic surgery and injectables
Some women of my age swear by the odd nip and tuck, but I think it makes perfectly intelligent women look like lunatics. I’ve always said I won’t go there, and I haven’t changed my mind. I’m going to try to grow old gracefully instead.The problem with cosmetic surgery is that people who have it can only see how they look in the mirror. They don’t realise how weird they look from other angles. I particularly hate the injections that puff out the face, which are hideous.
I’m against Botox, too. For one thing, it’s very bad for your health to put poison in your forehead, and for another, if you paralyse the expression, you don’t feel emotions properly.
It’s true that Botox blunts your emotions, studies have shown that Botox users lose empathy because they can’t move their muscles to mimic facial expression.
Hall also says she never goes without makeup, but that she’s trying to go a little lighter during the day. She also doesn’t use powder, which can emphasize fine lines. (I also heard that tip from MakeupGeek.) I’m like that, I wear makeup even to the school run. I found myself nodding to many of her tips. I especially liked what she said about not giving up on hair and beauty as you age. She said her mother is her inspiration, and up until she passed two years ago “She loved to dress up and look glamorous… Like me, she had a signature hairstyle, and every week she went to the hairdresser to have it set into beautiful, sculpted waves.” This whole article just made me want to go to the hairdresser and get a blowout.
Jerry Hall is shown with her boyfriend, scientist Armand Leroi. Credit: WENN.com
I have always liked Jerry. I was 63 in July and have to say I agree with everything she had to say. She remains absolutely gorgeous and seems to be enjoying life. Good for her.
Sort of OT – this is one of the reasons I enjoy this site – not every one is 19 and there are many international folks weighing in i.e., the discussions are much more well-rounded and the snark is (for the most part) sophisticated.
“Sophisticated Snark.” The title of my new novel.
I just wanted to say the exact same thing!
I have read so many interesting comments and discussions here on Celebitchy and I really enjoy the international crowd who has the ability to express their views without insulting others.
I too am on this site for both items for comments, it is a pleasure to read funny comments, intelligent people of different ages and countries, this is my moment to me in the day. when Jerry Hall has fortunately that there are women like her to show a path other than surgery, for me all these women I can botoxe more
ITA. it is a fabulous community here.
Chiming in to agree about this site’s respectful communication policy and monitored posts. People should be able to have thoughtful dialogue and differences of opinion without fear of being abused and attacked.
I so agree, and it’s why I’m here, too. I don’t post a lot, but I still feel part of this community just by reading the conversations here. Yes, conversations. No other site is quite like this one. Or even NEARLY like it.
I agreed with her, too, BeckyR, and although I wasn’t crazy about her when she was younger, I have grown to like her more and more. I turned 58 in August and I love her philosophy on aging.
Yes, I agree. I didn’t use to like her either but every interview of her I read of late made me like her more and more.
And well done about aging gracefully 🙂
Same here. Was not a fan before today but I LOVE this quote and love what she said about Botox. Wish more celebrities felt the same.
60 and 50-somethings on this site! I had felt like the old lady at 44, so as others said, it’s so great to have a range.
54 here. Every decade, you just feel more comfortable about who you are and what you say.
I’ve really enjoyed her interviews lately. So down to earth and, dare I say it, normal sounding. I want to be her friend and hang out with her, she seems like she’d be a blast.
Amen. Jerry looks way more awesome than women 20 years younger who are botoxed to death
Doesn’t smoking age a person?
Yeah, but I’m guessing she won the genetic lottery.
Loads of money to pay for treatments helps. Not she’s not getting botox, but that doesn’t mean she’s sticking to soap and water to care for her skin.
I know so many people who are afraid to quit smoking because they don’t want to gain weight. I’m going to go out on a limb her and assume Miss Hall might feel the same way.
Smoking itself doesn’t help with keeping your weight, but when you quit you might substitute the oral satisfaction you got from smoking with eating, that’s why most people gain weight.
Some people also -gasp- enjoy smoking.
Smoking can blunt your sense of taste so many smokers find that when they quit, food starts to taste magically wonderful and this leads to overeating. Add that to the oral fixation and you can see how easy it is to gain weight.
To add many smokers that won’t quit from fear of gaining only weigh slightly less than many non-smokers. A few pounds really isn’t worth all the health risks.
And smoking changes how your body processes and stores weight. It leads for fat to be stored in less flattering areas and not burned off as easily as a health non-smoker.
It’s just better to quit. Fear of weight gain is a poor argument to maybe mask the fact they don’t want to quit. Imo anyways.
I read somewhere that a lot of the smoking habit is about the engagement of the fingers while doing a task, relaxing, focusing, whatever, etc. So the recommendation was to get a bowl of uncooked rice and dip your fingers in it whenever you feel like having a cigarette. The nerve endings of the fingers are activated and that releases the same sense of “satisfaction.” I did this when I quit and did not lose weight. I also sucked on cinnamon sticks (for the shape and also they are fiery so you get that hot taste in your mouth). And I smoked a sh*tload of pot. : ) And happy to say… It’s been at least 15 years since I’ve had a cigarette.
Yes, she admits to still having some vices that might age her, like smoking, tanning, etc. I have to say, she seems very down to earth, sensible and so cool, I love her !! What a great lady. She also seems so upbeat, that’s great…..and she’s got a boyfriend she seems very happy to be with, so that’s wonderful, too. LOVE and agree with her comments about all the plastic surgery and injections….ladies, let’s just all stop this kind of thing….we will all grow old naturally and all look the same, so you won’t need any of that!! Thank you, for this great article on Jerry Hall :- ))
That hair colour in the smoking pic is way too harsh as well. Her daughter should tell her to tone that down as well.
ITA with everything she’s saying here. Beige – do not wear beige as you get older – great advice. And the look-classy-not-too-sexy is also excellent. There is no way to bring youth back to your face via surgery – aging naturally shows that you’ve got some emotional maturity. She seems like she’s got a great post-famous-husband life going on.
I agree with her, too. I’ve never liked beige, maybe because I have light hair. Some brunettes can make it work though.
She seems as if she’s enjoying life. I like her take on the botox and fillers, these people who get Trout Lips just make me wonder. Also, skirt length – some younger people should consider that as well.
She has a point but I wouldn’t call everyone who gets plastic surgery or a little nip and tuck here and there lunatics. Some people wants or needs it for improvement and to make them feel better about themselves which I’m all for but just don’t go overboard. She’s lucky she don’t need to go under knife but she needs to realize that not everyone looks like a supermodel like her.
I read what she said totally differently, I read it as it makes women look like lunatics not that they are lunatics for doing it…
Yes, she said it makes them LOOK like lunatics, and I know what she means.
Me, too
That’s what I got out of it too and I totally agree. Maybe a little subtle work is fine, but not many people stop there and they do end up looking, well, not right and it isn’t flattering.
Joyce Wildenstein – oh dearie, dearie me…
Michael Jackson, Joan Rivers, and host of others too. I guess there is enhancement and then there is plastic in the very real sense of the word.
She’s speaking about an extreme and generalizing them. Not all look like lunatics. Some have it applied very well and you can’t tell. Botox isn’t what it use to be even a year ago. It’s far improved.
I think plastic surgery can be fine, but it has to be minimal and limited in area. When a person gets their eyes, nose, laugh lines, lips, etc. done all at one time it really does make them look unhinged.
And Madonna, the poster girl for not aging well. I saw a shot of her the other day with DJ Skrillex, and her latest plastic surgery made her look like she was wearing one of those white plaster masks you get at party stores.
Madonna is turning into Michael Jackson.
Lol, maybe she was talking about this?
http://www.thesuperficial.com/nicki-minaj-fake-butt-09-2014
Live and let live! You like botox – get botox. You can afford plastic surgery – get plastic surgery. It’s only a matter of time before you realize that neither of these things will make you happier, healthier or prettier…you will still age, your health will still deteriorate and your looks will still change – no matter how much money and time you spend trying to avoid it! Shakespeare said: I always feel happy, you know why? because i don’t expect anything from anyone, expectations always hurt.. life is short, so love your life, be happy.. & keep smiling. just live for yourself & before you speak, listen. before you write, think. before you spend, earn. before you pray, forgive. before you hurt, feel. before you hate, love. before you quit, try and before you die, Live !
Did Shakespeare really say that?
We’ll never know! LOL
That was Doris Shakespeare, from Albuquerque, West Yorkshire.
Gee I lurve Jerry. I mentioned before how I recall her at 16, a model in Paris, telling Cosmopolitan how she caresdfor her astonishing tumbling curls with store-bought mayonnaise, left on overnight. (At the time in England we only had weedy salad cream, so I spared my Ma gunky pillowcases!)
+1,000,000
Wait, drinking wine prematurely ages you? I thought wine was good!
I agree with a lot of what she says here, especially about elastic waistbands. I could live in yoga pants, and then when I have to put on jeans, I’m like “who shrunk my jeans?!?”
I guess I really really better not drink wine while wearing yoga pants.
I don’t think wine ages you, but it tends to make women “puffy.” I know my eyes are puffy and tired looking the morning after I’ve had a couple of glasses of wine — and that just makes me look older. And let’s face it, wine is also empty calories — so if you’re drinking too much of it, you’re going to gain weight, especially when you’re older and your metabolism slows down!
Actually there are some nutrients in wine, especially high quality wine, so it’s not completely empty calories. But do treat it like dessert, a little is good but too much is not.
Meads are also good. Still, lots of things in moderation is good and just outside of moderation is bad. You should drink wine and assume the bulk you’re consuming is empty calories. You shouldn’t drink it assuming there’s any nutritional value. It’s still going to sedate you.
Same for me. My eyes look puffy, thus lines, and tired looking. I have blue eyes and seem not as clear the next day. I suffer from sinuses, and that may have something to do with my reaction to alcohol and such and puffiness from it.
While red wine is considered to be good for the heart, for women it’s recommended not to drink more than 0.125 l per day of wine, which is half a glass of wine. Alcohol is a drug that in general ages you.
But if you enjoy wine, it enhances your life quality more than restricting yourself, so I don’t think it’s that black or white.
Wine in moderation is fine, but alcohol definitely ages you if used excessively or too freely. Even overlooking the toll on the liver and overall body, there’s the fact that it’s a high calorie drink that can pack on the weight vet quickly.
Never wear elastic: how true !
That’s about one thing I completely agree with her.
I’ve seen several 70 smth -old ladies in white and light beige and they looked fabulous! So the colour tip is a very personal one-doesn’t have to work for anybody.
As for Botox and co.-I won’t judge, the main point (in my eyes) is to know when to stop- I think of Sharon Stone.
Ah, yes, I won’t stop drinking wine, I’d rather go lunatic and stoop to Botox.
What about muumuus?
But seriously, I almost always gain weight in the summer because I’m always wearing a loose-fitting dress.
Now just to find pajama bottoms with a button and zipper.
Agreed on the pants………….unless I’m visiting New Orleans. The food there is just too good!
Joy Behar used botox in several areas. She showed plenty of emotions on her face when she was on the View. It’s all in how you do it, I guess. My sister used it in her line between her eyes. I never saw a difference in emotion on her face, just not that line that gave her an angry look when she wasn’t angry
I agree with Jerry about overuse of plastic surgery and big pillow faces, but I guarantee actresses have used minimal plastic surgery and look great.
Jane Fonda finally went under the knife and looks amazing. Don’t tell me Susan Sarandon didn’t do a little something. I saw the difference when her jaw line was tightened up, whether nonsurgical or other means.
But overall I agree with Jerry. But I don’t think plastic surgery is some awful thing. My mother, still beautiful, but in her 70s wanted to tighten up her noticeable loosening skin around her jaw line that was beginning to really bother her in the last couple of years of her life. Had she lived, she would have, and I see no problem with it. She had great eyes and wouldn’t have done an eye job or anything else. She would never have overdone it.
Jayna
Correct!
Hall is generalizing here. I’m have my 2nd application of botox for migraine control and you can’t tell. It’s a small amount in only a few spots. If it was at all noticable my mother in law would have mentioned I had some work done by now.
I wear elastic to bed and for sports.
I love my gray streak in my hair and regret that I ever dyed it out of my hair.
I love beige as a color on me and it looks great.
Beige, elastic waistlines, and going under the knife for cosmetic reasons aren’t right for her. That does’t mean everyone who wears beige and elastic waistlines is boredering on an old lady style.
This is why Hall is only good in small doses. She’ll give us more judgy gems in the coming days.
Dolly Parton and Jerry Hall…two fabulous women from the South with personality to spare.
Ah, I love the South, I really do.
🙂
I love the accent they have in the south, it sounds completely beguiling to my British ears!
It’s easy for her to say. It annoys the s**t out of me when beautiful people condemn plastic surgery, it’s like when rich people say money doesn’t matter.
Having insecurities and feeling bad in your own skin is hard. Really hard. So if a new nose or bigger boobs will make someone feel better about themselves, go for it. Plastic surgery is not a problem, it’s a symptom of the very narrow idea of beauty we have in society and how people are made to feel ugly if they don’t fit into that narrow idea. Until we change the way society views beauty, I don’t think we should complain about plastic surgery. I think it’s quite hypocritical to set such a high standard, and then mock people when they try to reach it.
But so many people who are beautiful have too much plastic surgery. Some people need plastic surgery I had a rhinoplasty 6 years ago because of my Wicked Witch nose that had been broken one too many times by my ex. The doctor tried convincing me to get a breast augmentation and liposuction too and I declined. I just wanted a smaller nose that looked like it fit my face and didn’t keep me up at night. It’s a choice to accept yourself. The nose job did nothing to “boost” my confidence because my looks were not tied to my confidence. It made me sleep better at night not dealing with loose cartiledge in my nose. I sometimes miss my old nose because it was a good way to filter the people who don’t care about your looks from the shallow people who do care. I think the message Jerry is try to get across is that it is possible to be confident when aging.
@Charlie
Nicole Kidman had so much plastic surgery that she is nearly unrecognisable. So it is not true that plastic surgery is for ugly and/or insecure women.
They went overboard, which I think is a sign of great insecurity. I don’t mean that. I’m thinking of someone like Lisa Kudrow, who had a nose job and she said she feels much better about herself, which I think is great and shouldn’t be condemned.
When you look like Jerry, when you were told your entire life that you are beautiful, when you fit the idea, it’s easy to have such an opinion.
And to be honest, I don’t believe Jerry didin’t have anything done.
But she’s not talking about one nose job. It think all of us can understand why people will change one thing that bothered them their whole lives or made them susceptible to taunting.
Jerry’s talking about the Kim Kardashians who were beautiful to begin with and ruined themselves with unnecessary PS.
But she doesn’t say that. She says plastic surgery period.
I get botox for strabismus, and it’s improved my life immeasurably. So when people condemn botox outright, I immediately think it’s because they’ve always been beautiful and they have no idea what it’s like to need cosmetic alterations just to appear normal. I don’t hold that against her though. I know what she meant; botox does look terrible when overused on the face for cosmetic reasons, like Nicole Kidman. Jerry’s totally right about that.
I agree with much of what she says but I think she’d look amazing with silver hair. The obvious dye job somewhat contradicts the idea of aging naturally, doesn’t it?
Agree Esmom – or just change from the harsh blonde to streaks. I stopped dying my hair 3 years ago and love it. I’m 61 but don’t have much grey, just sprinkles throughout and a couple of streaks at the temples. It’s freeing to not have to worry about roots and fried ends and heavy conditioners and all that crap.
Diane Keaton does a blonde-y gray that would look so beautiful on Jerry.
And a chin-length bob wouldn’t hurt, either.
I’m going prematurely grey (my Gran was silver white by the time she hit 40 so it obviously runs in the family) and I wouldn’t dream of touching my barnet even though it has an obvious silver tone all over now. I don’t object to anyone dying their hair (pink, green blue – whatever) but I do object to living in a society where I am constantly asked why I don’t colour it because of an expectation that women always want to look years younger instead of (shock horror!) embracing the age they actually are…
@frisbeejada-Good for you! My mom went grey at a really young age and colored it up until she turned 50. Then she just stopped and let it get white for the past 20 years. People would always tell her that she’d look younger if she dyed her hair but she refused.
I admire you ladies 🙂
I still think Mick massively screwed up when he cheated on Jerry. Also Botox is not meant to be used in excess which is what so many of these women do. It’s suppose to be used in a single area and the best place is the forehead area or the jawline area. But to each their own. I think if the goal of plastic surgery is to the look the best you can for your age (like Susan Surrandon) then it’s fine but if you are trying to look younger (Prescilla Presley comes to mind) then you look ridiculous but these women have to live with what they see in the mirror.
“I think if the goal of plastic surgery is to the look the best you can for your age (like Susan Surrandon) then it’s fine but if you are trying to look younger (Prescilla Presley comes to mind) then you look ridiculous. ”
This.
It’s not that people use fillers/Botox or plastic surgery, it’s that it’s often over done or looks like an attempt to reverse aging, instead of trying to stretch out the aging process. And also starting these processes in the early twenties, is that really necessary?
He cheated on her their whole marriage and relationship. Getting one knocked up was the final blow and had to move on. She said getting him off drugs just made a sex addict out of him, trading one addiction for another. It was understood when they were together, with a rocker on the road, what the deal was. She accepted that and had lots of children to take up her time with him away so much.
There are some odd examples of people whose appearance improved after a little nip/tuck (Julia Louis Dreyfus must have had something done, right?) but I agree with her. Compare those actresses in their 50’s and the 60’s who haven’t done anything to their faces with those who visibly did. Emma Thompson looks like a goddess in comparison to Daryl Hannah. Julie Walters was never famous for her beauty but right now, she looks infinitely better than former beauties who are younger than her, such as Meg Ryan, Lara Flynn Boyle or Courteney Cox. Nicole Kidman could be so gorgeous but she made her face look frozen and permanently surprised. The same with Heather Locklear. Not to mention the older actresses like Maggie Smith, Judy Dench and Betty White who can only laugh in Joan Collins’ and Cher’s fake-looking faces.
I agree with you. Some very pretty women have ruined their looks with plastic surgery – and so have some men, like Kenny Rogers and Wayne Newton. Tom Cruise and Will Smith have also been looking ‘freshened up’ recently.
Betty White actually did have a face lift in her younger years. I think that all of the actresses on the Golden Girls did with the exception of Estelle Getty.
I understand what she’s saying about not cutting your hair because you reached some arbitrary age, but if she truly wants to look her best, a change in hairstyle might make her look better. I find her hair brassy, wiry and not very healthy looking. Maybe cutting it or giving up the dye would be “better.” Of course, better is subjective.
She had about 6 inches chopped off not long ago…..see in the pic with the red dress? A great improvement I thought, though she looked fab before.
I agree about silver hair…..she’d not look a day older.
I’ve been trying to dye mine silver grey for ages, it’s my absolute favourite. I’m silver in streaks at the temples but the rest is veeerrrry slow in catching up. So for now it’s white blond streaks tinted silver, and tis a bløody hassle!
I agree with you about Jerry’s hair. It’s aging on her.
Live and let live and all that…but I mostly agree with Jerry’s philosophy. She’s a beautiful woman who isn’t trying to pretend she’s 25 and that’s wonderful.
But that wine ages you thing….is that true? If so, I am so so screwed.
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“It’s true that Botox blunts your emotions, studies have shown that Botox users lose empathy because they can’t move their muscles to mimic facial expression.”
Okay, what?
I’m early-50s. I’ve been getting minimal Botox since I was 46 when I started to develop angry lines between my eyebrows and everyone kept asking me, “What’s wrong?”, and assumed I was tired or angry when I wasn’t.
I have empathy for others. In fact, I’m more empathic now than I’ve ever been in my life.
You show me a picture of a suffering child, dog, cat or I attend a wedding or just SEE a funeral and I’ll choke.
Botox has NOTHING to do with empathy.
This is the study she’s probably referring to:
“Hollywood film directors were among the first to recognize the downside of Botox. Several years ago, Martin Scorsese, whose works include Raging Bull, Taxi Driver and The Departed, became an early and outspoken critic of the anti-aging treatment. The Academy Award-winning director complained that it was becoming increasingly difficult to find an actress who could use her face to express the range of human emotion, especially anger.
It may be worse than the famed director suspected. New evidence is now suggesting that Botox may harm not only the expression of emotion, but also its comprehension. The facial paralysis that does away with unwanted frown lines may cripple a crucial ability to process emotional language.
That’s the conclusion of David Havas, a psychological scientist at the University of Wisconsin—Madison”
http://www.psychologicalscience.org/index.php/news/full-frontal-psychology/does-botox-impair-empathy.html
Also a few years ago, she said she only washes her hair about once per month because, “the natural oils clean it and keep it shiny.”
The interview was in a major magazine; Vogue or one of them.
Anyway, the Interviewer decided to try it.
She didn’t wash her hair for a month and she said no matter what she did, it didn’t look clean and her friends started telling her she smelled badly.
I can smell dirty hair from about 4 feet away BUT if it looks good, I guess, AND, she smokes.
I’m not saying she stinks…
It’s possible that by “only wash once a month” she meant, with shampoo. Lots of women will still massage their wet hair or “wash” with conditioner, which doesn’t strip as much oil as shampoo, but doesn’t leave you smelly.
Maybe. That’s possible.
I smoked off-and-on for years and at night, I would shower and rinse my hair with conditioner.
Maybe that’s what she meant.
Ah the post-menopausal life. No oils left. I wash twice weekly. The hair looks fuller, the scalp doesn’t itch as much and it doesn’t fly away. That schedule works quite well.
YES!!! A celeb whose face actually looks like it belongs on a human and not a Tussauds wax dummy (side-eyeing you Megan Fox et.al). She is rght about facial PS-too much and you have Jack Nicholson Joker- level problems. Not good at all. I just wish she didn;t smoke, but that’s my own little prejudice. It’s her life, and she seems to be very happy with it. Isn’t that the whole point of living? I like her.
Original Batman movie!!! It was JERRY HALL who said to JACK NICHOSON (as The Joker): “You look fiiiiine.” He responded: “I didn’t asssssk!”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39pTkWqej-E
I think the best thing you can do for yourself when it comes to aging is excercise religiously. You keep your shape. I keep my hair long too. These women that cut their hair so short look harsh and longer hair softens your features. I get botox to lift my outer eyebrows and it’s so subtle but makes a world of difference because it opens up the eye area. Too much of anything is just that….too much. Personally I think Jerry Hall is looking a tad rough.
It sounds like she’s put a lot of thought into the idea of plastic surgery, fillers and Botox then figured it wasn’t for her. So kudos to Jerry! She sounds really reasonable and rational about aging. I’m 45 now and don’t like my forehead lines but like Jerry I won’t consider Botox. I had no idea it causes a lack of empathy! I also use coconut oil on my skin and hair once a week but olive oil is good as well. I don’t plan on forgoing hair color for at least another 15 years but who knows? It’s good to try and relax about the aging process! It’s going to happen like it or not.
With age comes wisdom at least in this case! I love what she says about plastic surgery and all the fillers that are so popular now are simply awful! Good for her because I think she looks great for 50 something. Exercise is the key too, especially yoga and drinking lots of water. I guess I don’t agree with the smoking but hey I am not going to judge her for it. I like that her daughter called her out on miniskirts and she actually listened! Most don’t.
She looks fantastic. Whatever she does or doesn’t do is working for her.
I’ve always had mixed feelings about Jerry Hall. She used to sometimes come across as an partying airhead. I admit that I judged her for staying with Mick who is, and always has been, a blatant cheater. But over the years I read articles and see interviews and she is really smart, wise, and we’ll grounded. She is still a beauty. Also smart and, it sounds like, full of lust for life. A real role model for women of any age.
I always liked her but I will never understand why she threw over Bryan Ferry for Mick. Bryan still looks fabulous for his age.
Her quote you used had me think if Trudie (stings wife). I always wonder can she not see what she has done to her one face. That is just on example where plastic surgery and whatever else money can buy was taken too far.
To be fair, Trudie Styler started out as corrective surgery in her teens to remove facial scars left by a horrid childhood accident. Apparently other kids nicknamed her ‘scar face’ and teased her mercilessly about it.
Plastic surgery can be done right if it’s about making you look better *at your age.*. It’s when people use it to try and stop aging that’s the real problem, though I get the feeling that’s what she’s talking about. I like her point about appropriate age wear, too. I think there’s definitely a shift in your sexuality as a woman where age increases confidence and you don’t need the external accompaniment to reflect it.
She’s right, plastic surgery and other things similar to that just look so bizarre from different angles. There is no way to do it ‘tastefully’ without looking somehow… odd… I mean one could look fantastic but you’ll always be a bit off looking somehow. If that’s what you’re aiming for, go for it… but I dont think you look how you think you look.
With every (30 something) beauty editor from every magazine writing books on their beauty tips, and pretty much all simply giving us the usual shopping list, I’d love such a book from Jerry! Kind of like Martha’s recent one, about the whole person, fulfilment, exercise, and whatnot as well as nifty tips.
. (Meanwhile, for us fabulous over-50s, there’s the brilliant “Feel Fab Forever” by Jo Fairley and Stacy Thingamijig…..it’s wonderful)
“it’s very bad for your health to put poison in your forehead,”
Whereas inhaling it and sending it directly to your lungs does wonders for your health.
But I share her sentiments on most points.
I love the fact that she is trying to age gracefully and not pouff out her cheeks like some younger women are doing these days. Courtney Cox is looking like that guy from the SAW movies. I just wish Jerry would stop smoking. Its a horrible and deadly habit
What a cool lady. Love this quote:
“if you paralyse the expression, you don’t feel emotions properly.”
Thanks for the powder tip! I am 56. Liquid base it is!
I like Jerry Hall, she is a fellow Texan.
I don’t think Jerry was talking about people who get procedures (i.e. Botox) for legit medical reasons. I doubt she was speaking of the casual user of Botox either. More than likely she was addressing the ones who over do it. That being said, it is great that personally she has decided to age as naturally as possible. I might be in the minority, but I got to say, I actually think she is kind of rough looking for 58.
The part about Botox making one unable to feel empathy is BS. I understand that it restricts the face in terms of being able to *show* various emotions—which is terribly undermining for any actor–but Botox absolutely does NOT effect one’s ability to feel–of all things!–human empathy. (Why not anger and happiness and fear and surprise, too–other expressions which cannot be facially formed w too much Botox—why is it ONLY EMPATHY that one becomes unable to feel? )Such nonsense: people w Botox still get sad and happy, because the origins of emotion are in the *brain*, and the brain’s capacity to register and FEEL such things is not impacted by their corresponding facial expressions–or lack thereof. If this were true, people who were depressed could just continually smile until they literally felt happy, or furious people could do the same, and be instantly rid of their rage, while a justifiably terrified person could just subdue their fearful expression, and be fearless, even if directly in danger! An instant mood changer, all through the brain’s responding to one’s facial expression!! Of course, this is NOT how the brain functions, it works in reverse (feelings lead to expressions) so neither would an inability to “look” empathetic (whatever that might mean) cause one to be unable to feel their normal range of empathy and compassion. (I get Botox occasionally, and I’d actually sometimes *prefer* to feel less compassion and concern for others than I do, b/c it makes me feel depressed, overwhelmed, and helpless, in too many instances. So I know firsthand that Botox simply doesn’t–and cannot–work that way: reduce our brain’s capacity to feel what our faces can’t, in extreme cases, reflect. I myself can change expressions just fine.) What a ludicrous and superficial “study” that was!
That is not the neck and forehead of a woman who’s avoiding plastic surgery. I say BS.