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Shania Twain Reveals Beauty Secrets to Maintaining Her Looks at 59: ‘I Believe in Old-Fashions Things’
Country superstar Shania Twain revealed some of the beauty secrets that have kept her looking amazing throughout the years, and the tips are so simple it’s shocking.
“I try to drink as much water as I can. I have always exfoliated. I don’t actually buy an exfoliator; I just make it,” Shania, 59, told Us Weekly in an interview published on Wednesday, March 5. “If I’m somewhere near the beach, I’ll use sand. I believe in old-fashioned things, like a bit of Vaseline. I always thought Bag Balm was the best of all things. The cosmetic one that’s been a staple for me is Crème de la Mer.”
The “Any Man of Mine” singer also admitted that she hasn’t always been secure with her looks and confidence in her body was something she struggled with when she was younger. Her insecurity was only made worse by the extremely thin models at the time.
“I was always insecure about my body. As a female, throughout my youth [I was] touched inappropriately so many times [and] I was in abusive situations where you hate being a woman. I hated being a girl,” Shania confessed. “My mother goes, ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ and I said, ‘A bodybuilder.’ I wanted to be a big, strong man that nobody was going to f–k around with. No one was going to touch my arm or my ass or anything unless I was OK with it. I was hiding all through my teens. I hated having boobs, I hated having hips. I think a lot of that was also because a lot of the models when I was a kid were very, very thin. That was a sign of elegance and feminine beauty to me.”
However, the Grammy winner said things began to change once she got “behind the camera” and “started looking at clothes and fashion.”
“I was like, ‘Wow, I’m actually a woman after all, and I think I might like it.’ When I wrote ‘Man, I Feel Like a Woman!,’ it was an absolute celebration [of that],” she explained. “And I felt empowered behind the camera. I was like, ‘They can’t grab me. I’m safe.’”
Shania added that she only wished she had learned to be more accepting of her body at an earlier age.
“I wish I’d come to this so much earlier, but I think referencing yourself to others is dangerous. For me, walking on the beach in a bathing suit is like, ‘What was I waiting for?’” the “You’re Still the One” artist told the publication. “Of course I don’t have the body I imagined — because my image of the perfect body is a supermodel with no cellulite, perfect proportions and a beautiful stride. This is just not me. You can wish a lot of time away ignoring what you actually look like. Just get real with yourself.”
Now, she feels less pressure in her life regarding her looks and her career, including performing live on stage.
“I want to be excellent at what I do, but you cannot be perfect live,” Shania said. “No one can because it is a living, breathing thing. I had to let go of [that]. I realized that everybody’s there for the live performance. They know they’re not listening to the record. They’re not there for me to show them how perfect I am.”
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