Elizabeth Banks hasn’t modified a factor about her look.
The 49-year-old actress was named No.7’s first movie star ambassador, and solely opened as much as Us Weekly in regards to the partnership and the way she’s been in a position to keep such a youthful glow.
“I’m an all pure magnificence,” she instructed Us at No.7’s Reversal Lounge in New York Metropolis on Thursday, October 26. “Nothing’s ever gone in right here, you’ll be able to inform,” Banks mentioned, pointing to her face, explaining that she’s by no means gotten Botox. “And that’s as a result of my vanity is absolutely excessive. I try to give attention to my confidence and fewer on how I look.”
Whereas Banks prefers to give attention to the optimistic, she has her justifiable share of insecurities, telling Us she is a bit self-conscious about her “crows toes.” Banks tells herself, nonetheless, that the wrinkles are “my expertise and my laughter and my love.”
“I’ve actually come to grasp that a lot of [skincare] is what’s inside as a lot as the surface,” Banks mentioned, explaining that “hydration, extra water, sleep, weight loss plan, train” are important to her pores and skin’s well being. “To me, I discover that once I don’t go exterior day-after-day, once I don’t train, my psychological well being deteriorates. When your psychological well being deteriorates, your vanity goes with it. Abruptly, all my habits are out the window.”
Banks beamed whereas explaining her “holistic strategy to magnificence, sharing, “It’s not nearly what you place in your pores and skin, it’s actually what’s approaching the within out.”
With regards to skincare traits, the actress wholeheartedly trusts No.7’s science-backed know-how and prefers to hearken to the consultants as a substitute of receiving suggestions from the web. “I do suppose you need to belief your supply … I prefer to do some extra analysis,” she instructed Us.
“What I really like about No.7 is … they spent 15 years of [research and development] constructing this peptide know-how,” she gushed. No.7 isn’t solely extremely efficient and reasonably priced, it’s also called “one of many UK’s best-selling magnificence manufacturers.”
Though she listens to the scientists, Banks has acquired some questionable skincare suggestions up to now. “The worst skincare recommendation I’ve been given might be round zits and breakouts,” she instructed Us. What zits wants is love and care … [not] over-drying them out … whenever you exfoliate, it makes it worse.”
Earlier than turning into No.7’s ambassador, Banks mentioned she “didn’t actually use serums.” She continued, “I simply didn’t suppose I wanted them [but] you do.” Particularly, Banks loves the model’s Future Renew Harm Reversal Serum, in addition to the Eye Serum — each of which goal indicators of pores and skin harm, reverse the looks of advantageous strains and extra. “That’s been actually enjoyable to find,” the actress gushed.
Banks quipped that No.7’s colour coding system makes her skincare routine “simple to comply with and keep on with.” In contrast to overly costly merchandise she’s tried out up to now, Banks doesn’t have to suppose “about my pocketbook” whereas utilizing No.7 — that means she applies as a lot moisturizer as she pleases.