It’s time for another episode of “Salma Hayek Has Amazing Skin & Wants To Tell You All About It.” I don’t understand why I seem to be doing endless coverage celebrity ladies giving infomercial interviews as they hawk their products. But here we are. Salma has a beauty line, Nuance Salma Hayek, and it feels like she’s been promoting it for years. Last month, she talked about how she doesn’t do Botox, she doesn’t do peels or fillers and she looks amazing and you can too if only you would just use Nuance Salma Hayek. Salma has a new interview with People and it’s a lot of the same.
Her beauty routine: “I don’t really take big risks when it comes to beauty. I think a big risk is plastic surgery. I’m very conservative in my beauty routine.”
Would she ever get plastic surgery? “I don’t know if I would never get plastic surgery. I’m not planning on it right now.”
Her thoughts on Botox: “I don’t believe in Botox, especially when [people] do it so young. They destroy themselves. They keep telling young girls, ‘Do it young, so you never get wrinkles.’ No, your face is going to fall. You’ll have to keep getting more and more and more each time. So if you’re going to do it, I recommend doing it as late as you can.”
Her mom’s advice: “I had a great mother who gave [beauty advice] to me, which is wash your face before you go to sleep — no matter what. She and my grandmother told me, ‘You have to do this for yourself. Just think about how much faster you’re going to age if you don’t.’”
Okay, that wasn’t as annoying as I expected. I actually agree with her about Botox: it’s insane to think that 20-something and 30-something women are doing Botox. STAHP. I’m not sure about the science of “your face is going to fall” though. Is that true? If you do Botox and fillers for months or years and then stop, does your face just collapse in an unnatural way? I’ve always thought that when the crap wears off, you would just look the same as before, not worse.
Oh, Salma also says that she prefers air-drying over blow-drying. I could not agree more! I’ve been air-drying my hair for years and years. I don’t even own a blow-dryer. I’m lucky with my Indian hair in some ways, in that I don’t need special products or anything and my hair looks fine. The bad part about my hair: I can’t really do anything to it. Even if I tried to style it with products, my hair doesn’t “take” anything. So, yes… air-dry if you can. Air-drying makes me happy (I’m air-drying as we speak!).
Photos courtesy of WENN.
I love the air dry too! I have ultra curly hair, so if I blow dry I look like Rosanne Rosanna Danna. Even when I straighten it I leave it like that for a week because it takes such a toll.
I think the fillers may stretch your skin then make it sag if you stop. I’m not an authority, but that kind of made sense when I thought about it.
Stretching your skin with botox must be like stretching your skin with weight gain. They say a woman has to chose her face, or her body, after a certain age, but in my experience, one wants to have a normal weight before entering old age. Dropping weight when you are old can make your face look like a popped balloon. These are the kinds of things that good girlfriends tell each other.
I’ve reached the age where I have to make this choice. I’ve decided to save my body. I’ve built up a fabulous clothing collection that i’m not willing to pass on. My face will have to take care of itself.
That’s what I say…and the point of all that sunscreen.
Botox doesn’t stretch your skin. It paralyses the muscles that move your face around and that movement helps to form certain wrinkles. The ones between your eyebrows for example. So, doing it early can stop them from forming, so the theory goes. On the other hand, as anyone who has had their muscles immobilized (in a cast for example) can attest to, the muscle becomes weak and atrophies. That’s maybe what she’s referring to by “making your face fall”.
Fillers are supposed to be used to replace the fat under our skin that we lose as we age, which contributes to sagging. Your skin is already “stretched” by the fat that used to be there. Using judicious amounts of fillers can “lift” your face by replacing the fat (volume) that used to be there.
I am a curly girl that air dries as well. I have found that healthy hair always looks best, so whatever I can do to make my hair healthy will in turn make it look better. Blow drying can do a lot of damage if done everyday, so I avoid it.
I do own a blow dryer, though…for my eyelash curler. 😉
I had a doctor tell me that botox paralyzes the muscles, and what happens to muscle when it doesn’t move? It wastes away so eventually you have atrophied muscle in your face. He is right so since then I have not even considered botox.
I have heard this as well. It makes your face look more gaunt and sunken after a while because the muscles atrophy and don’t support the skin.
I have an extreme case of baby face, would botox end up reducing the face muscle then?
I’m 22, and very skinny, so def not a weight issue.
I love Salma, and I do think that if (29 year old) Lindsay Lohan stopped all that stuff, she most certainly wouldn’t look the same as before. I think she would look worse… I don’t know about her face falling down, but for sure, much more different.
Also I actually agree with washing your face every night. My grandma did it, and I just copied her, but I guess it works in the long run.
i agree about botox but i think filler is not as bad coz
I air-day in summer, spring and maybe during fall but in Winter I need to blow-dry. Salma is a vampire. She gets better with age like Marion Cotillard.
Definitely air-dry. Best advice I heard was to treat your hair like a sweater, meaning don’t abuse it, because everything but the root it not living so you can’t abuse it and expected to get away with it. Also have cut back on shampooing to twice weekly as I’ve gotten older, so I don’t strip the natural oils from my scalp. My hair has thanked me for it!
I agree with what she says. In 10 or 15 years, I personally think ‘B’ and fillers will be viewed differently and not pitched as a neverending fix for wrinkles. It takes about 10 to 20 years to figure out the problems. After all, once upon a time, sun beds were viewed as safer than natural sunlight.
It seems common sense that fillers ‘fill out’ (stretch) the skin. Skin tends to lose elasticity with age, regardless. I think that is where she is making the assumption, which is what I suspect as well.
Maybe that is part of the reason ‘B’ is now being pitched for migraine headaches and certain neurological issues.
Ummm didn’t she get a nose job?
And a boob job and she must blow dry her hair because it is usually straight but she has naturally curly hair.
She’s right about botox making your face fall. The muscles atrophy such that you look worse when it wears off.
Exhibit A: Kate Middleton.
Without botox, her face is droopy and very jowly. That could be part of her accelerated POTUS aging, but she looks worse without the botox and I before she started messing with her face.
Her statement is not true. Botox can cause muscle atrophy and thinning if injected repeatedly over short periods of time, which means in between injections, you should have a grace period where the muscles that have been injected can regain their functions, so that they are not in a long term state of relaxation. Even if this does happen, your face is not going to collapse. The muscles will just become weaker, but this is why it’s important to not overdo it and wait a few days between each treatment.
She’s using hyperbole, but you are saying what she’s saying.
Very few people are going to be sensible about usage if they can afford to be re-injected repeatedly.
This makes sense. I have never heard of or seen any face “collapse” because of long term use of botox and I live in LA. I’ve seen crazy overuse of fillers and botox but no collapsing. Hayek is so full of sh*t.
Eh, I’ve been getting Botox for awhile and right now I am giving myself a break, no facial collapse yet. Just like anything in this world, moderation is key. There is such a negative stigma attached to it, that’s why it is always important to talk to a doctor and trained professional when it comes to injectables, way too many misconceptions.
I said the same thing below. Moderation. Unfortunately, the examples most people are familiar with are high profile celebrities who over do it, thus the fear and blanket statements.
You can tell she actually doesn’t use Botox, because she doesn’t know anything about it.
“You’ll have to keep getting more and more and more each time.” Wrong. It’s actually the exact opposite.
The longer you’ve had botox, the weaker your muscles are, since they’ve been in a paralyzed state. It requires less botox to parralyze a weaker muscle, so with continued use, your required amount declines.
My rule is: if my hair can’t look great unless I subject it to electric appliances and products, it is a bad cut. Change stylists.
It is scary to hear about 20 and 30 somethings getting botox and fillers. It’s really sad that people are so scared of it. I live in a pretty small town and at my last visit to a salon i asked the beautician about it (for curiosity) and she said they have a doctor who makes monthly visits to take care of their clients.. that a large amount of women in my town are doing it. When i expressed my disapproval the girl agreed with me and said she really doesn’t agree with it either but obviously she has to be professional. She’s just an employee. When she says it to her colleagues they say ‘but you dye your hair, it’s the same thing’ …………… nah.
Imagine what Kim Kardashian will look like at 50? :/
Salma looks amazing. She also has that latino skin which helps and i’m sure she has a lot of regular fancy facials to keep her looking shiny and supple.
1. That’s a myth. But, of course if you use botox and then you stop using it, you’re going to start showing age. But it’s not going to just fall because botox has been holding the forming of new wrinkles at bay. 2. You can’t put a blanket age on when your face starts wrinkling up and showing age. Some people wrinkle in their 20s. Some their 30s. Other their 40s. 3. Salma has gorgeous Latina skin, which ages much, much better than Caucasian skin. 4. Sure, you don’t need to get botox if you can afford and have the time for all the lasers that keep your skin in shape. And there are some great low downtime lasers that do just that. But they’re expensive and time consuming and require every other day use.
I’ve been doing light botox since I hit 31. I have fair skin, and growing up in a hot climate, had spent a lot of time in the sun as a kid. By my 20s it showed. By my 30s I had permanent furrows and lines on my resting face which made me look angry even when I wasn’t. I started getting light botox 2-3 times a year, so that my face still moved, but my wrinkles were minimized. Now, at 36, I look much younger than my peers, even when my botox from 6 months ago (yes, my last injection was 6 months ago) has mostly worn off. In all the years I’ve been doing this, no one, not even my family I see every day, has ever been able to tell that I get botox. It’s a private thing I’ve not told anyone and no one has a clue. AND my face still moves.
Moderation, people. Not everyone who does Botox does it with the intention of looking like Nicole Kidman. Just like not everyone who has a glass of wine is a raging alcoholic. Some people would just rather not look angry all the time.
ITA, when I was in elementary school I would spend the entire summer poolside, and never put on sunscreen, and usually my entire face and body would peel off at least once per year. By my teens, I had smile lines around my mouth even when I didn’t smile and had deepset forehead wrinkles, which made my look 24-25 (late 20s in asian years) although I was barely 17.
After I got botox injections (and lasers) at 18, I looked younger and more refreshed than when I was in my teens, and even though the last time I had botox was more than a year ago, the deepset wrinkles of the past has yet to return. However, moderation is definitely key.
Ugh I get such jealously when I hear that people can air dry. My hair is thick, coarse, and so so so frizzy. I can’t leave the bourse unless it’s been straightened. None of the products I’ve bought works.
My advice, as an experiment, try conditioner washing your hair, adding a small amount of shea butter or coconut oil, combing it to your head, and then applying a wave-net over your hair, and letting it air dry. You’ll be amazed at how soft and well-behaved your hair will be.
I’m an air dryer myself and always have been. Not sure if I should be though. My hair is pretty coarse and sort of heavy so it looks like I’ve stuck my finger in a light socket most days. I have a feeling if I blow dried, it would like pretty much the same, if not worse. I go out with wet hair all the time. I’m so glad I’m not alone!
I have to say, this is actually practical advice for everyone. I have noticed that outside of NYC where cosmetic enhancements tend to be very, very subtle, and sort of “just right” rather than overdone, botox makes people’s faces fall like she says. Particularly around the eyes, I’ve been told over and over not to get my forehead botoxed, because your forehead muscles can’t hold up your eyebrows anymore and you get tiny slit-like eyes. It’s true, I see it all the time in California. Personally I do enzyme peels and bentonite clay facials, between the two it keeps any fine lines away, makes the pores smaller, but the most important impact is that it keeps your skin tight and toned, particularly under the chin/neck.
The air-drying thing is so important, if you live somewhere warm enough and have the schedule to let your hair air-dry, do it and see the difference vs heat styling. It’s as dramatic a difference as when you get rid of your sulfate shampoo and switch to conditioner washing. I have coarse, wavy hair that will turn kinky/curly in high humidity, and all I need to do now to style it is comb and part, apply a tiny amount of shea butter to the outer layer, let it air dry underneath a wave-net and I have incredible finger waves and soft shiny hair. Its magic, and I’m saving hundreds of dollars in product and electricity bills, not to mention my hair is growing in fuller and glossier than ever.
I don’t think Nicole Kidman’s face would return to normal if she were to stop with the Botox. There comes a point where too much of that stuff will ruin your face permanently. Salma isn’t referring to someone who wants to try it out once to see its effects. This is about people who are addicted to Botox and other plastic surgery type methods to stop the ageing process. Think Nicole Kidman, Courtney Cox, Meg Ryan, Kim Kardashian and her mother and sisters….these women will never look normal again.
I’m 28 and have been getting Botox for a year mainly for forehead tension headaches of overactive muscles in the occipital frontalis muscles. In my case the muscles have been working in excess due to stress, postural positions at work, driving etc. By not getting too much injected each time and going for 4-5 months per injection allow the muscles to contract and relax normally. It also relaxes the line in between the eye brows. Like any muscle it needs to be able to relax (lengthen) or contract (shorten) in order to be healthy. Since we have so many facial muscles and we move them to communicate, breath, focus etc every muscle is worked pretty rapidly without thinking about it every single day. Celebrities just want to tell people that they’re not fake when they completely are. “Oh my look is completely real! All natural. No special lighting, make up, skin creams, peels etc.” Pfft Hollywood is a superficial machine. However with that being said everything is fine in moderation.
Omg botox does NOT stretch skin. Wikipedia that s**t if you can’t be bothered to google what it actually is. Jesus! What nonsense.
Where does she say it stretches? Your skin will, at one point, start sagging not because of
stretching, but because it looses too much elasticity by itself, and you have to use more and more botox to fill in- which in turn leads to weaker muscles, and even more sagging.
http://www.realself.com/question/botox-forehead-side-effect-sagging-skin
Well I don’t agree with her at all. I’ve been doing botox for migraines since I was eighteen, pretty sure that it wouldn’t be used medically if the risks outweighed the effects. I get it all over my forehead, eyebrows, etc. I agree that people shouldn’t use it if it’s not be necessary or if they don’t understand the risks but to say ‘if you use botox your face will fall off’ in a ‘if you have sex you’ll get pregnant and die’ it’s ignorant.
I don’t agree either. I get botox injections for strabismus and it has changed my life. Pretty sure medical use wouldn’t be allowed if it were going to make my eyeball fall out. Total hyperbole.