Gwyneth Paltrow Says She’s Had ‘Successful and Unsuccessful’ Experiences with Botox

Gwyneth Paltrow isn’t shying away from discussing what does and doesn’t work for her magnificence routine.

The Iron Man actress took a while out of her schedule on Thursday to do a short social media Q&A along with her supporters as she ready for a tv look. As followers flooded her messages, Paltrow, 51, revealed she has a love-hate relationship with botox. 

After being requested if she’d ever tried the injectable, she admitted that she has.

“God sure. Each efficiently and unsuccessfully I’m afraid,” Paltrow responded on her Instagram Story. 

Within the subsequent Q&A submit, a fan counseled the Avengers: Endgame star for taking pictures a closeup photograph with the New York Instances. The person then requested, “How does your pores and skin look so good?”

Paltrow thanked the particular person and guaranteed them that her wholesome glow comes from her being “diligent with my skincare.”

The businesswoman added her present skincare routine — which consists of merchandise from her firm Goop — together with Microderm, a peptide serum, and a as soon as per week in a single day peel pad. 

Paltrow beforehand spoke to PEOPLE about one other wrinkle-reducing injectable that she’d given a shot, Xeomin.

Throughout a September 2020 interview, the Oscar winner admitted the procedures weren’t sometimes her favourite. “I had at all times thought that they had made me look sort of loopy,” she mentioned. 

Her outlook modified when she heard about Xeomin, a beauty injectable that smoothes positive strains utilizing a uniquely purified system that removes pointless proteins. 

“I eat properly. I train. I’ve wonderful Goop merchandise and every little thing however generally you simply want somewhat further assist,” Paltrow replied whereas laughing. “Considered one of my actually shut buddies is a plastic surgeon in Chicago named Dr. Few and he was like, ‘Why do not you simply let me provide you with a teeny bit in your frown strains with these items, Xeomin?’ I used to be noticing [it] on the Zoom, proper there.”

The Seven star liked the “pure end result” she was capable of obtain with the product.

“I simply felt like, oh I seem like I simply had a very good nap or one thing. I am clearly a extra pure particular person and I am not going to go loopy with something however I additionally actually like that it is purified. It is the cleanest model,” she advised PEOPLE.

She added that in her opinion, magnificence and youth weren’t precisely synonymous.

“For me, magnificence is about deepening happiness versus attempting to chase youth,” she continued. 

Throughout her Instagram Q&A session on Thursday, Paltrow didn’t simply take beauty-related questions from followers, although. She additionally had a little bit of enjoyable with just a few foolish inquiries. 

When requested if everybody kisses her “a– 24/7,” Paltrow quipped, “I want.”

One other requested, “Is Alex Murdaugh getting a brand new trial?”

“I don’t know. You’re the lawyer, you inform me,” Paltrow replied to the person. 

Earlier than wrapping issues up, the Sliding Doorways actress additionally shared that to guard her intestine well being, she avoids processed meals, gluten, cow’s dairy and sugar whereas specializing in nutrient-dense meals. 

She additionally famous that her weight loss program contains “actually restricted alcohol, which sucks.”