Although Nieves Álvarez has worked with many of the biggest names in fashion, she always had her beauty reference at home. “My mother, without a doubt,” is what she responded when asked about her beauty icon in an interview with 'La Vanguardia', published in 2014, when the Madrid model was 40 years old. Furthermore, he also shared the advice he had received from her:
“I have inherited my mother's skin and she always tells me to take care of it naturally and be constant. Happiness is the best treatment for your skin,” she said. Therefore, not everything was genetic inheritance but it included the habit of taking care of yourself a little every day. In addition to a curious personal reflection on happiness in relation to skincare.
Of course, Álvarez explained that he had delicate skin and that is why he is very constant with his care. In addition, she revealed that she removed her makeup with Bioderma products, that she used Massumeh creams and that she used other Sisley creams and serums for spots. Of course, unfortunately, he did not specify the specific products of these brands that he has in his toiletry bag.
What she did mention was the Clarisonic cleansing brush, which she used once a week because she liked the way it left her skin. It is an electric device that is used with a wet face and a facial cleanser and whose head makes sonic movements to help remove dirt and makeup remains.
As essentials that she carries in her bag, she mentioned a hand cream and the famous Eight Hour Cream, Elizabeth Arden's well-known multipurpose balm, which Diana of Wales also adored. When talking about aesthetic touch-ups, he was favorable as long as they made him feel good and that the result was natural, with an important nuance: “I don't like faces without expressiveness.”
Six years later, in another interview with HELLO! of 2020, he spoke again about that combination of heritage and dedication. She then added her grandmother to the equation of women from whom she had received good skin and explained that she had taken care of herself since she was young. Perseverance came out again as a key factor. According to him, it is part of his character and also extended to other aspects of his life.
It was a conversation in which he also defended wrinkles as traces of having laughed, cried and lived, although he recognized that he liked to take care of himself and look good as the years went by. Because liking yourself in the mirror and accepting that your face changes are not, for her, incompatible. Her way of understanding and talking about beauty has always left room for much more than the next wrinkle that needs to be “corrected.”
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