The Final Nude Picture Shoot?
Written by: Jean Godfrey-June
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Revealed on: September 27, 2022
“All I do know is that they’re portray me gold and that I’ve to be bare,” mentioned Gwyneth, slipping right into a studio for a shoot with photographer Andrew Yee one morning a number of weeks in the past. The Goldfinger-meets-2022 shoot was dreamed as much as have fun her fiftieth birthday—with birthday-suit vibes however about as elevated because it will get. “I really feel so good turning 50, and that is about expressing that sense of power and optimism that I’m experiencing,” she continued. “It’s extra concerning the feminine gaze and only a sense of enjoyable.”
The shoot itself was enjoyable, involving piles of gold powder—and extra pores and skin (and hair) therapies than you may count on. “I used to be going to be portray GP gold, so I had to ensure the pores and skin on her face and physique was very, very moisturized,” says prime make-up artist Lottie, who’s based mostly in LA. Enter GOOPGENES, with the nourishing face cream, eye cream, and lip balm on Gwyneth’s face and the well-known physique butter all over the place else. “I’ve by no means felt so moisturized,” says Gwyneth. (Lottie herself fell in love with the face cream, and with the lip balm particularly.)
THE SKIN AND BODY PREP
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“Wealthy and nourishing and with superb medical outcomes,” says Gwyneth. “My pores and skin tends to be dry, and this fixes the issue—and delivers all these youth-boosting components on the identical time.”
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“What’s on this little tube is miraculous, cushiony eye cream—I can not reside with out these things. I’ve actually observed a distinction in my little crow’s-feet with this, and it reduces puffiness—clinically confirmed—and circles,” says Gwyneth. “It’s my secret weapon.”
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“Tremendous comfortable and nourishing,” says Gwyneth. “It’s acquired the proper slip, the proper end, a delicate scent, only a whisper of a style, the softest glide. It’s full of wonderful botanical oils like coconut, argan, castor seed, jojoba, and sunflower, plus it’s acquired pomegranate extract and shea butter.”
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“A head-to-toe miracle on your pores and skin, made with clear components with nourishing, groundbreaking outcomes,” says Gwyneth. “It feels so good on pores and skin, and it might probably tackle the indicators of growing old in a approach that’s actually potent.”
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After letting all of the moisture and pores and skin nourishment sink in, Lottie went to work. “We have been going for golden goddess,” she says. The important thing was a wealthy gold shimmer powder, constructed as much as intensify shine. Everybody ended up coated in gold mud, together with prime hairstylist Mark Townsend.
“We had a lot enjoyable,” says Townsend. “And Gwyneth was such a sport. We began the day with much less and constructed to an increasing number of gold. So for the primary look—gold particulars on the attention and a golden hand—I did an enormous ’90s supermodel blowout, pushed again.
“Her hair’s acquired a lot quantity—plenty of the time once we’re working collectively, it’s about taking it down, so on this case I simply did a basic large, fats round-brush blowout to get the hair easy and glossy. She got here in with moist, just-washed hair, so I sprayed in a bit of warmth protectant, however that’s it. We didn’t should tease it or something.”
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“To maintain the amount, it helps to dry your hair in vertical sections, away from the face,” says Townsend. “Usually you’d blow-dry in horizontal sections, which is definitely tougher, so that is a straightforward look to do at residence.”
As Lottie added extra gold to Gwyneth’s face and physique, gold additionally wanted to be added to her hair. “We used these cute gold hairpins from Day Charge Magnificence to create a easy bun to evolve the look,” says Townsend. “Then we acquired into the actually enjoyable bits. Lottie and I agreed it was necessary that the gold look the identical on her pores and skin and in her hair, so we used the identical free gold powder. However in her hair, it was tougher to make it seem like paint, not powder.”
The (Surprising) Hair Star
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The answer, it turned out, was goop hair serum. “I actually saturated her hair with it,” he says. “I used fairly a bit—virtually 1 / 4 of a bottle—and it was excellent. And it was nice—we squeezed in a hair therapy earlier than she went again to work.”
“It’s sort of a miracle on my hair,” says Gwyneth. “Since I’ve began utilizing this earlier than I shampoo, my hair seems approach shinier and more healthy, with much less frizz and completely superb texture. It’s sort of exhausting to consider the distinction it makes.”
A bathe was unsurprisingly wanted afterward. “We used the G.Tox scrub to get out all of that gold powder,” says Townsend.
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“Nothing feels nearly as good as this whipped shampoo,” says Gwyneth. “The chunks of pink salt therapeutic massage your scalp, and it foams into this stunning cream, smells so good, and leaves your hair so mushy.”
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So was this, in truth, the final nude photograph shoot? Unclear. “I feel growing old is definitely a wonderful factor. We simply have to open our perceptions,” says Gwyneth. “As you grow to be extra your self, in integrity, your life actually opens up.”
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