Cate claims she is ‘frightened’ of plastic surgery, and the 42-year-old Lord of the Rings actress refuses to have Botox or go under the knife because she worries about the long-term effects of cosmetic procedures.
“There’s been a decade or probably more of people doing interventions on their faces and their bodies, and now people are seeing that [in the] long term, it’s not so great.” She says.
“I’m not sitting on a soapbox telling women what they should and shouldn’t do. I just know what works for me. I’d just be too frightened about what it means long-term.”
“Looking at women in their 20s doing this stuff, in the end all you see is the work. It doesn’t fill me with admiration; it fills me with pity.”
Cate – who is the face of skincare brand SK-II – believes less is more when it comes to looking after her skin, and relies solely on her regular cleansing regime coupled with the occasional oxygen facial.
She told Fashionetc.com: “We’re always looking for the new thing. I’m very old fashioned … We do so much to ourselves, I don’t know whether [from] boredom or what. It’s like, do less! Read a book, go for a walk!”
When it comes to looking after your insides, she has this advice: “I think the glass of lemon juice in the morning is a good thing. It keeps your systems going. Like the people who get into colonic therapy; there’s a logic to that. The French have been doing it for years—the Egyptians did it!”
But that is where she draws the line. She added: “I’m not going to bathe in my own urine—there are certain things in ancient practices that are not worth adhering to!”
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