79 years old and not a wrinkle (or almost). While time mismanages the faces, some seem to negotiate a secret pact with him. Catherine Deneuve found her parade. And it is neither a miracle cream nor a ten -step routine.
A simple routine, but an iron discipline
To the question that everyone is asking-how does she keep such freshness? Catherine Deneuve responds without detour: “I protected my sun a lot, as well as my neck.” A response from a disarming simplicity, but which resonates as a salutary reminder in the era of complex care and repeated interventions.
No 300 $ cream, no futuristic technology. Only an almost forgotten reflex: flee the UV rays. Deneuve never gave in to the temptation of tanning at all costs. Better still, it raised solar vigilance to the rank of daily reflex, long before dermatologists made a mantra.
This gesture, which she describes almost as obvious, has a crucial impact: According to WHO, almost 80 % of visible signs of skin aging are caused by sun exposure. The actress understood it before everyone else and it shows.
A assumed elegance, far from the diktats of surgery
Catherine Deneuve has always had this unique class, this way of never running after her youth, but to keep her without betraying her. When she declares to Vogue :: “I am rather happy because I find that I have a still correct skin for my age”especially we hear a woman in peace with her image and that is perhaps her true secret.
She does not abandon the signs of time. She accepts them, while taking care to slow them down. Far from the permanent retouching race, Deneuve embodies another, softer, wiser path : that of mastered aging, but never denied.
At a time when digital filters and unreal standards invade the networks, its speech has the effect of a breath of fresh air. No taboo, no shame, no desperate quest. Just care, calm, and admirable consistency in the art of preserving what matters.
The neck, this forgotten of beauty routine
Those who know themselves a little in facials know it: The neck is often the great sacrificed of beauty routines. However, he betrays the age sometimes faster than the face itself. Again, Catherine Deneuve was one step ahead: protecting her neck as much as her face is showing a real understanding of skin aging.
Specialists agree today on this point: The neck skin is finer, less rich in sebaceous glands, and therefore more vulnerable to external aggressions. And yet, how much are those (and those) who never apply their sunscreen beyond the chin?
Deneuve’s Declaration gives the record on time. Not only did she take care of her skin, but she did it with rigor and consistency. Without ever falling into the escalation. Result: at 79, Her complexion speaks for herbetter than any advertising campaign.
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