Gwyneth Paltrow’s Kids Make Fun of Her ’90s Nails
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Welcome to Shelf Life, where celebrities break down every last detail of their beauty routines. Today, Gwyneth Paltrow shares her new go-to moisturizer, what she wears on “no makeup” days, and the cult favorite polish from the '90s she refuses to give up
One of the last times Gwyneth Paltrow was photographed on a red carpet, she got a scolding from her colorist. “I go to Kadi Lee, the owner of Highbrow Hippie salon in Venice,” Paltrow tells Allure. “She’s the best, but I don’t go often enough. Recently, I went to a pre-Oscar YSL party and I got a text from her the next day. She’s like, ‘Um, you need to get your roots done.’”
Though the Goop founder and CEO may not prioritize glam the way she used to, she does carve out time for daily exfoliation, hydration, and other skin-care rituals that produce what she describes as “that glowy, natural, sort of tomboy, Maine-in-the-summer vibe that I love.”
The pared-down aesthetic that’s become her signature in recent years is tied to her mindset about age and what beauty upkeep at this stage of her life should look like, Paltrow explains. “When you’re in your 20s, you don’t think you’re ever going to age, so you smoke cigarettes and go out all night. Something I’ve been working on is trying to accept that I’m obviously not 26 years old—not that I would ever want to be,” she says.
Rather than try to beat the clock, she’s owning the changes. “I want to find the cool part of aging and the rad part about having crow's feet. I want to feel strong and I want to feel vital. So now, [my beauty routine is] about doing things to increase my vitality and making my skin look as good as possible.”
And while Paltrow's daily beauty lineup includes formulas from her own line, she certainly plays the field—the majority of the brands on this list are not four-letter words that start with G. Here, she takes us through the favorites—from $26 to $399—that make up her routine.
Hair
Virtue shampoo gets the brassiness out of the blonde, and I’ll do a K18 mask about once a week. I love Jennifer Aniston’s LolaVie leave-in conditioner. I have crazy-dry hair, so I love a leave-in. It keeps it nice and soft.
Virtue Colorkick De-Brassing Shampoo
$44.00, Amazon
K18 Leave-In Molecular Repair Hair Mask
$72.00, Amazon
Lolavie Perfecting Leave-In
$29.00, Ulta
Skin
When I wake up, I don’t really do anything to my skin until after I work out. Then, typically, in the shower, I’ll use the Goop Cloudberry Exfoliating Cleanser. I’ve always been a big exfoliator.
After that, I’ll use our peptide serum and moisturizer. I love our new 72-hour water cream. It feels really light and dries with such a nice finish, it’s a perfect base layer under makeup. Then I’ll put on some lip balm and that’s it, that’s my morning.
Goop Beauty Cloudberry Exfoliating Jelly Cleanser
$35.00, Amazon
Goop Beauty Youth-Boost Peptide Serum
$143.00, Amazon
At the end of the day, Vintner’s Daughter Active Renewal Cleanser is really gentle and effective at sweeping away makeup and sunscreen. I’m always amazed by how fresh-faced I feel after using it.
I don’t get many facials because I don’t have lots of time, but when I’m in New York, I love going to Christine Chin. She gets every single thing out and off of your face. It’s a brutal extraction, but you really feel like you’re getting your money’s worth.
Goop Beauty 72-Hour Supercharged Hydrating Water-Cream
$68.00, Nordstrom
Vintner's Daughter Active Renewal Cleanser
$98.00, Bluemercury
Makeup
The average day includes nothing, really. We make these color blur balms for cheeks and eyes, so if I’m looking particularly tired, I’ll swipe on a little of that. Augustinus Bader makes a great serum for those kind of no-makeup days that nourishes my natural brows and lashes. In the summer, Tower 28 SunnyDays Tinted SPF 30 is an easy way to add SPF into my skin care routine while also getting light coverage and an overall smoothing appearance to my skin.
Goop Beauty Colorblur Glow Balm
$34.00, Nordstrom
Augustinus Bader The Eyebrow and Lash Enhancing Serum
$155.00, Bluemercury
If I’m going to do a red carpet, I love to do a bit of gua sha before or the Theragun face machine, which is amazing with all its different settings. I definitely want to work out first and dry brush after. I want to get in the sauna and sweat. I want to drink a ton of water with electrolytes. I want to have some greens and veggies and proteins. I try to eat well and hydrate and make lifestyle choices that show up on my skin. After that, my makeup artist puts on…I don’t even know. She puts a million things on my face.
Tower28 SunnyDays Tinted SPF 30
$32.00, Tower 28
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Body
Corpus has a really beautiful body wash and deodorant in a cedar scent. And I love the consistency of Tata Harper’s Resurfacing Body Serum. It’s more active than most body products and is efficacious yet luxurious.
Corpus Naturals Body Wash
$30.00, Corpus Naturals
Corpus Naturals Deodorant Stick
$26.00, Nordstrom
I collect fragrances so I’ll often switch up what I’m wearing. Right now, I’m loving The Sixth by VYRAO. It smells fresh for spring without being too floral or feminine and the bottle looks gorgeous on my vanity.
Tata Harper Resurfacing Body Serum
$155.00, Nordstrom
Vyrao The Sixth Eau de Parfum
$220.00, Revolve
I get a massage once a week if I can. I love deep tissue and fascia release. I have a physical therapist-slash-chiropractor-slash-bodywork person who uses all kinds of weird tools and cupping and just scrapes. It’s like she’s fileting your legs off. It hurts, but it also feels really good.
Nails
Chanel Le Vernis 155 Rouge Noir
$32.00, Chanel
I get a manicure once a week or once every two weeks. My kids make fun of me because I’ll either go natural or a dark, dark red like the Chanel color we all wore in the '90s. I don’t like my nails too long, but I don’t like them too short, either. I actually have really small hands, so I need a little bit of length to elongate my fingers.
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