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8 Skincare Secrets Thandie Newton Swears By

Photo credit: Rodin Eckenroth - Getty Images
Photo credit: Rodin Eckenroth - Getty Images

From Women's Health

You may recognize Thandie Newton as the Emmy Award-winning star of Westworld (among other hits), but what you might not know is she has also spent time as a beauty blogger. In 2013, she teamed up with longtime friend and makeup artist Kay Montano to launch beauty website ThandieKay, where she wrote articles about here skincare journey. While content for the site has seemed to pause, she has always been vocal throughout her career about her love for beauty rituals–and the importance of inner beauty.

On ageing, the 48-year-old advised in Glamour: 'Settle in with what you have. This is it, this is me, and find that confidence from within,' she said. 'That's about accepting yourself the way you are, recognizing what you love about it, whether that's looking back into your family and recognizing the strengths that you may have inherited or thinking about yourself and the life that you lead and how you benefit other people.'

Sounds lovely, no? If you're looking for more guidance on actual products and tips Thandie uses, however, keep reading for her top skin tips.

1. She prefers organic skincare

'I do try and look for organic and natural where I can,' she told Grazia in 2014. 'Antonia Burrell has this cleansing powder which foams into an amazing clay paste. She also has a serum called Forest Dew Skin Conditioner that I love.'

Among her other go-tos is the Eminence Strawberry Rhubarb Dermafoliant. She likes it because it's 'completely natural and organic, smells divine, and is gentle enough but properly effective to use morning and night,' she wrote on ThandieKay. 'After that I use Eminence Bright Skin Licorice Root Booster Serum. This stuff rocks!'

One more cleanser she loves is the Eve Lom Cleanser, according to Glamour UK.

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2. She avoids facials

'I think we have a tendency to over-primp, to over-clean,' she told Glamour UK. 'I rarely go for facials. I think that the more you strip away the more vulnerable your skin is.' She echoed this sentiment in a 2017 HuffPost interview: 'I found that my skin was kind of getting red and I had these little bumps. I was like, "What is going on?" Through trial and error, I realised I was just messing around with it too much.' Less truly is more.

3. She never picks her face and uses this at-home tool instead

'I learned long ago not to pick at a spot, but that's almost impossible, because you want to get rid of it,' she told Redbook in 2018. 'My mum's skin is excellent, and I think it's because she hasn't picked and poked.' Clearly, she also has blessed genes:

If she does have spot, she wrote on her blog that she treats it with an at-home LED blue light tool. Why does it work? 'Blue light calms skin and kills bacteria,' dermatologist Ellen Marmur, MD, says.

4. She approaches diet as part of her skincare

'Think about what’s going inside your body. Your skin is this incredible map that’s telling you what’s going on,' she said in Huffington Post. 'It can look extraordinary if you feed yourself well. It’s not about not eating sugar or not eating wheat, it’s about moderation.'

The book Eat Yourself Young by naturopath Elizabeth Peynton Jones has been a guide for her habits, she told Glamour UK. 'You just read it and immediately want to run out and get a juicer. Just one fabulous juice a day can fill your body with all the right vitamins and minerals which make you feel amazing,' Thandie said.

5. Her fitness routine also plays a role in her skin

'When I practice yoga, I love doing a headstand,' she told Redbook. 'I could hang out like that for so long. It's a good way of resetting — plus, the blood rushes to my head, and when I get up, I have an instant glow.' No products required!

6. She prioritises getting fresh air

'When I’m in the ocean, my skin just is glowing. Within days, any bumps or tired lines or dryness just disappears,' she told HuffPost. 'I think there’s something about that wonderful freshness of the ocean air, or fresh air in general. You’re out and about, it’s so good for you. We spend so much time indoors with central heating and so on, it really dries the skin out. So I try to get out as much as possible.'

7. She is a fan of this buzzy skincare ingredient

'I have found that as I get older, I need more hydration,' she told Redbook. 'I try to stay off coffee because it sucks moisture from my skin. My go-to cream has hyaluronic acid, which feels like pouring water into your pores.'

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